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This story will probably amuse a great deal of you, but the great Kim Kardashian has been snubbed by the fashion industry. These are actually photos from the Kim’s feature in the Elle’s March issue (the one with Taylor Swift on the cover), and this shoot was apparently a very long road to come by. That is, stylist Nicola Formichetti (the dude that usually styles Lady Gaga) became quite exasperated when he reached out for samples for the shoot, and nearly all of the designers denied his requests to dress Kim!
While it’s very easy to assume that any reputable designer would refuse to dress a woman who is only known as a reality star, I think there’s something else to this phenomenon. That is, Kim doesn’t know how to wear clothes to flatter her (admittedly atypical) body. She insists upon wearing clothing that is way too small for her and that only highlights her (allegedly fake) ass. So I can understand if designers would be hesitant to promote their brands by dressing someone who would probably insist on samples that are five sizes too small. Eventually, Mr. Formichetti found willing guinea pigs in Robert Cavalli and Tom Ford for this shoot, but he still describes the gig as “a challenge.” This poor dude:
Formichetti on how hard it is to dress Kim for free: “‘People wouldn’t lend me the clothes, But that’s fashion snobbery. She’s not the It Girl yet, but she will be.”
This new stylist will transform her: “I love being transformed and I love, like, your vision of who you think I am. That’s always so inspiring to me and so interesting to see someone else’s take on me.”
She’s so low maintenance: “I travel alone. I don’t have an entourage and I’m sick of my family right now and they’re my only entourage! I like to vibe out by ourselves, and sometimes when you have lots of other people there, it gets in the way.”
[From Elle]
It’s hard not to take issue with the fact that Kim persists in wearing clothing that is too small for her. Of course, Formichetti is a bit unaware himself if he cogently describes Kim as a future “it girl,” because honestly, she’s on the downslide of her extended 15 minutes of fame.
After all that hassle, Formichetti managed to wrangle a half-way decent shoot out of the willing designers in this Elle issue. Here are the results — they’re really not that bad at all, right?
Photos courtesy of Elle
Written by Bedhead
Posted in Kim Kardashian
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Fashion people refuse to dress anyone who isn’t a size 2. (A real size 2). In Mindy Kaling’s book she talks about this. It’s actually really gross how sizeist they are.
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If I were a designer, home girl could be a size 0, and I would feign to be out of everything. “Oh my goooooosh, I don’t even have scarves to leeennnnnnd” *in same annoying tone as a Kartrashian
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I so loooooove Andre Leon Talley for what he said in that one interview about how everyone shouldn’t be so quick to dress her, and how it bastardizes the fashion industry…something to that effect!
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Back when Victoria Beckham was just a trashy WAG (before she moved to LA, swapped her booty shorts and blonde extensions for Roland Mouret and somehow convinced people she was glamorous and classy) not only did designers not provide her with clothes for photo shoots, quite a few actually tried to stop her buying their clothes. Same thing with Paris and Lindsay, and all those women are (or were at the height of their fame) super skinny.
Kim K manages to make everything she wears look like trash. Having her wearing your clothes instantly devalues them. It’s not about size, it’s about class and respectability, and Kim has neither.
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^^^BANG ON!!!!
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Jess: Agree 100%. Kim K is trash and I am all for fashion snobbery if it denies KK something she wants.
And I’m curious about the current state of her ass. She has implants and obviously (?) wanted a huge ass so why is she suddenly hiding it now that it is huge? In all her pics she has something tied around her waist.
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Everything you just said! Yes, all of it!
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Except that Victoria was never just a WAG. She was by all accounts, a successful popstar with her own money before she met and married David.
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And Victoria’s claim to fame is not being Paris 2.0 and selling a porn tape.
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@jess: the other Jess is right. It didn’t matter that VB was a successful popstar. She was considered tackier than tacky and many designers wouldn’t lend or let her buy their clothing.
I remember there was a scandalous story about VB being chased out of the McQueen store and her vowing NEVER to wear McQueen. Many years and a radical fashion makeover (make under?) later and she was photographed wearing a McQueen optical illusion dress!!! It made me wonder if she’d reached out to them or bought it off Net-a-porter.
Anne Wintour is on record saying she regrets putting the spicegirls on the cover of american vogue. I guess that’s why all her efforts to be seen as a fashionista are so amusing.
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right on. Kim K is pure trash.
AFter seeing her buying and using Birkin bags i honestly feel like the Hermes label is tarnished
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@ emmie_a Doesn’t tying something around your waist just emphasize the size of your bottom?
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But Mindy doesn’t write that designers didn’t give the stylist clothes for her; she writes that the clothes they gave her didn’t fit her because they were sample-sized, which is a standard practice. This stylist is saying designers didn’t want to give him any clothes at all because Kim K was going to wear them.
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So true-KK would instantly devalue the brand.
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LOL
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That is the fanciest photo shoot of a porn star I’ve ever seen.
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Good one Daahling!
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omg hahahahahaha! Lest we forget why this woman is actually famous…
Good one
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LOLLLLLLLLLL
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No not snobbery at all. I thought she and her boyfriend were both so called designers so they should both be wearing those clothes. The ugly just oozes from her like lava out of a volcano. Yuk.
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Yeah, why not wear something from the Kardashian line Kimmie?
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Yep! She can grab something from that Sears “line” and something dead and furry from KW’s trashpile and be ready for the spotlight!
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please never let her become the “It Girl”.. and low maintenance, does she think we’re dumb?
something nice, the photos are decent.
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The last picture is pretty, but the second one is scary creepy looking.
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I agree, the last picture is pretty.
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Yes – the last one is quite pretty. It strikes me, though, that her mouth looks pretty normal in that picture and it’s MUCH different than what her mouth looks like today. Weird.
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How could she become the ‘it girl?’ Isn’t that something you are when you’re a relatively new undiscovered talent?
Photos are too messed up with lighting IMO.
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If by “it girl” they mean how to evolve a lucrative porn career into reality television, I concur.
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+1
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No way she is fitting her ass into designer samples.
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It’s all about image and when I think about hers…I don’t believe the size is the real problem.
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Lol Kimmy K said she wears a jean size 27. She wishes.
On a side note, designers probably didn’t want to give her clothes because she is trashy. Fashion mags dressed people much bigger than her and had no problem finding clothes that fit.
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I wear size 27 jeans. I have been skin and bones my whole life. Straight up and down, no curves. There is no way in hell she wears S27 jeans. (or maybe I just need to check the size of my ass again lol.)
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She said she wore a 27 jean? Maybe a 27 inseam…Because she’s so damn short. Of course, I’m just as short, but I weigh 104-110 depending on the day, and I only fit a 27 waist on the lower end of that range. (I once was a size 0-1 and weighed @100.) Yeah, bitch is certainly delusional about her size. Of course, she’s delusional cuz she thinks people believe her lies about all the plastics and fake-assery she tries to pull (oh, what I wouldn’t give for a doctor or nurse with the truth to come forward and expose the ho…)
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Fashion snobbery? More like Fashion smart decision methinks.
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Adele in Valentino and Oscar de la Renta begs to differ…I don’t think it’s a size issue, darlin’.
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And this is news how? The entire fashion industry is built on exclusivity. You think Hermès or Prada come up with their prices to make huge profits? No. They want the circle of people who carry their products to remain small and exclusive. And classy. Folks at Givenchy are probably having seizures every time she steps out with those boots.
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On ET (Canada version I think) last night the hostess called Kim a superstar? Pretty sad state of affairs if Kim Kardashian is considered a superstar. Designers have a right to give, or not give, their clothes to whoever the hell they want. Buy them yourself if you like them so much.
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those massively sucked cheekbones, inexplicably, just make me really annoyed.
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Agree, not a size issue it’s the fact that the designers don’t want their label to be associated with her.
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absolutely, if I was a designer I would never dress her, no problem with Adele, Beth Ditto, Gabourey Sidibe because they are famous because of theirs works and not because of a sex tape and they’re not famewhore and
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IA – it’s not because of your size, Kimmy doll. It’s to do with how you got famous, and how you continue to act to this day.
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“I love, like, your vision of who you think I am.” This says a lot about Kim Kardashian.
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That got me, as well as:
“That’s always so inspiring to me and so interesting to see someone else’s take on me.”
Good Lord. Self-centered much?
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“I like to vibe out by ourselves…”
What?
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She has as thorough a command of the English language as she does of style and fashion.
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Bitch has Multiple Personality Disorder!
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lol…so like how many are there of you Kim?
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Why is she even being featured? Ugh
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She is trashy, has no style and everything she wears looks instantly cheap and tacky. I wouldn’t want her wearing my clothes either! I hope this means her 15 minutes are waning.
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Agree. If I specialized in haute couture I would not want Kim associated with it.
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Maybe if there was a label called ‘House of Skank’ or ‘Ho-tcouture’ she’d be their girl.
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And then there is the Kardashian Kollection by the very chic store, Sears!
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It’s sad to see so many women on this site continually feel giddy about downing Kim K for her sexual choices…
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I don’t think it’s “downing” her but more or less “she did jack and squat to be ‘famous’ other than get pee-ed on”. Kind of like Paris Hilton is just the daughter of a mil(bil)ionare and did nothing either and the vitriol that was hurled her way.
Personally, I don’t care. She’s not worth watching regardless. Reading takes far less time than the TV.
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If she chooses to be peed on in the privacy of her own home-whatever floats your boat! That she parlayed that video into some kind of mainstream “career” and fame whores herself is what people get mad about.
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Oh god, not this again. Listen, if you have a daughter and she makes a porn tape that’s viewed extensively, which you yourself helped to distribute, then let’s talk about your “pro sex, anti shaming” POV.
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Actually nofkksgiven, what is “sad” is to watch a beautiful young woman sexually debase and degrade herself for a chance at fame and fortune.
And explain to me why, if KK had freely and of sound mind chosen to be filmed in a scatological pornography film, why did she never do another one? Why isn’t she standing behind her *sexual choice* and marketing the hell out of it like she does everything else?
The truth is, she is a victim of her pimp of a mother, degenerates like Ray-Jay, and a culture that rewards vulgarity.
And it IS sad.
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i can’t recall ray j making an effort to profit off that tape. i don’t see kim as a viktim of him at all.
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He did the filming Lisa. Have you seen the tape?
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yes but she knows she is being filmed (yet just lies there like a dead fish). i dont believe he did anything to leak it or to get fame from it.
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Well, if you think that is how a man behaves when he has any respect at all for his partner, then I guess from that point of view he is innocent.
To me, it appears that he is sexually abusing an obviously altered girl. She seems “on” something and out of it. He has no respect for her and treats her like a piece of meat. I find that type of perversion to be appalling and abusive…but maybe that’s just me.
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how do you know she didnt want to make the tape or didnt enjoy it? i think it is very sexist to assume she was coerced into it because she owns a vagina.
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If it was truly her idea to make that tape, why has she never made another one? I mean, it was one of the most profitable things she was ever involved with. If she really finds scatological porn enjoyable to do, and isn’t ashamed by it, then I guess we should be expecting another Kim Kardashian porn film any day now…
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lol seriously? she got what she wanted from the first one. a second one would just damage her brand, not enhance it.
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Yes, exactly lisa. Because she’s embarrassed by it. And Ray-Jay was wrong to take advantage of her like that in the first place. She was a victim of his perversion, she’s learned her lesson, and she’s not going to let it happen again.
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See people just bring it up because its what got her “brand” started. Honestly more women on this site criticize her because of how dishonest and just gross she is. The woman literally does nothing, starts scandals, lies continually, is a goldigger, and GREEDY. She’s vapid and self absorbed and that’s where most of the criticism of her and her family comes from. I’m surprised by the number of people that blindly defend her when all she does is make money for nothing.
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Why doesn’t Kayne just dress her for these “photo shoots”? He’s supposably got his own fashion line. If they’re so much in love he should dress her.
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He doesn’t know how to! I mean a majority of the stuff he puts on her would look good on her if she had the physique of a model, the clothes often look Good on the runway and horrible on her.
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I thought on one of the shows (and I have never seen any of them) that he cleaned out her closet (or one of her closets) and put all new outfits in it. Since she has been with him, she wears leather quite often – but then again he wears leather quite a bit also.
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I think I now why Kim’s face looks so different from when she was younger, bitch has gotten chicken cutlets fitted into her cheeks. She looks really gross
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i might actually die of shock if someone (including her) ever decided to actually style her in a less wrought, aging mob wife kind of way. it could still be glamorous! i’m thinking the janet jackson/herb ritts look from the love will never do vid.
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It does not surprise me that any designer would be anxious to dress a former porn star or someone on par with Snooki.
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Ugh. If I was a designer, I wouldn’t want my clothes on a pr0n star who got peed on.
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i don’t see why she doesn’t reach into her fat (no pun intended) wallet and just have her clothes custom made to her proportions instead of giving fashion so much power. be independent.
jussayin.
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I bet Glad would be happy to loan her a couple trash bags from their latest collection.
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lol!! You made me laugh!
I was going to say why all the horrid catty hatery of Kim but your comment made me forget that and just laugh.
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THANK you GOD .. This news make my day ! i want more news like that ! Snob her Snob her please !!!
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I’m uncomfortable just looking at her! OY. I think even the skinniest people look larger when they wear their clothes too tight, because you get the fabric pulling situation that screams loud and clear, “Sh*t doesn’t fit, y’all!” The funniest part about this fool doing this is that no one, not NO ONE, would ever know what size she had on or even speculate about if it fit properly. I always say her next fragrance should be called “Delusional Ho”.
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lol! That and she needs to close her mouth.
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Let me see if I can say something nice: Okay, I like the shoes.
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These pictures do nothing for her. If this is high fashion then you can have it.
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Brands like Louis Vuitton, or Christian Louboutin are now mere status symbol that anyone with money can purchase.
A Celine bag should be exclusive to a certain elite.
When you see the Jenner sisters having five of them, that whole aura is gone.
They can be snobbish all they want but most of their customers are tacky nouveaux riches.
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It’s not snobbery. Some people (unlike E! And Ryan Seacrest) don’t want their brand associated with someone who obtained “fame” from being pissed on. And who is now knocked-up by a shi*ty raper whilst still married to another man!
Too bad more people in this country are not “snobs” to this idiot and her whole family!
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All I see in these pictures is a ton of plastic surgery and a ton of Photoshop.
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She looks like Amy winehouse.
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She bastarizes brands. Why is he so surprised no one but Kanye will “dress” her? The blind leading the blind.
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It’s simple Anna Wintour controls the fashion world. Karl Lagerfeld has commented on various occasions along with other fashion designers that when she sits front row at european fashion shows if she expresses distaste for anything this can bring down a whole show/designers vision. The doc on her “September Issue” solidifies this persona as well.
Anna Wintour is said to hate Kim Kardashian and thinks she is tacky and gaudy. Anna has said that Kim K will never appear on American Vogue in a million years. I don’t think any designers would go against the top gun in the industry nor do I think they’d want to. I also sure they probably don’t want their brand associated with her. They’d rather dress others who didn’t make a career appearing in a sex tape .
I find it refreshingly different that there is a group out there she is dying to get into but seeing that she can’t buy everyones love. I am sure she feels entitled to a lot as well. This I am sure will knock her and Kanye (who is struggling to break into the fashion world) back a peg or two. They both have such egotistical personalities. Under Anna’s watch Kim will not be an ‘it’ fashion girl anytime in the future.
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So let’s keep our fingers crossed that Anna can’t be bought off by the cheap publicity that follows KK where ever she goes.
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This futher goes to prove that the kardashians 15mins is about to end.they are on 14:58.its really been so long.no amount of pr stunt can prevent the inevitable
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That first picture of her is sooo so bad! Ickkk
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To the tune of “Bingo”:
Kim hoochie-fies the clothes she wears,
it’s now her claim to fame-o,
B-I-M-B-O!
B-I-M-B-O!
B-I-M-B-O!
And Bimbo is her name-o!!
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“she’s on the downslide of her extended 15 minutes of fame”
FINALLY!!! The Kardashians have been around way too long!
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They can keep their fashion samples. Queen Kardashian is fashion.
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Queen of Trash you mean!
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This has nothing to do with her size, but rather with her standing as a vacuous, dull famewhore with no visible talent. Why would any reputable designer who wants to be taken seriously lend clothes to this awful, tasteless, classless woman?
Might as well lend clothes to Snooki or Lohan (who would then steal them).
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