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  • - Hi Vogue, it's Kim Kardashian West,

  • and today I'm gonna be going through

  • some of my most iconic looks,

  • some of my most tragic looks,

  • I have no idea what's in this book,

  • so this will be a fun journey.

  • [upbeat music]

  • Oh my god, this look.

  • This is literally one of my favorite, most iconic looks.

  • First of all, this is what Paris and I were gonna be

  • for Halloween this year, but we ran out of time.

  • I think we need to do this next year.

  • How fun would that be?

  • Those bags, I still have those bags,

  • and one thing, Paris does not take care of her purses,

  • so if you see what's inside of her bag,

  • there is a million things,

  • from every kind of makeup, lashes, just everything,

  • it's like a pharmacy inside of her bag,

  • so I would not let her put anything inside of this bag.

  • So, it is an empty bag that she's carrying, fun fact.

  • Oh my god, okay, this is so embarrassing.

  • This was the premiere of season one

  • of Keeping up with the Kardashians, at our party.

  • I probably borrowed this dress at Dash,

  • kept the tag on or just re-tagged it,

  • and then returned it afterwards.

  • It was by this like, designer Foley, I think.

  • I used to work the cash register,

  • so I would always remember,

  • but I know my shoes were Jimmy Choo,

  • my earrings and bracelet, I thought I had made it.

  • I don't know why I did the lip and the eye

  • and the hair and the dress and the jewels

  • and the French tip nails.

  • Obviously, it's like, cringe-worthy, but like,

  • I still respect it and like, laugh and think like,

  • oh my god, that was so cute, I was so clueless.

  • This was probably one of my worst looks of life.

  • No, this is not my worst look of life, this is.

  • This was at an Us Weekly party.

  • I was able to afford a Fendi belt and matching Fendi boots.

  • Any time I could go to an event, I would,

  • because I just wanted my picture taken.

  • That's all that mattered to me.

  • Oh, okay.

  • This was so much fun, let me tell you,

  • I lived in Juicys, like,

  • it either like, a dress and heels

  • or Juicy and Havaianas,

  • so that's what I wore everyday to walk up and down

  • Robertson Boulevard, I lived behind it.

  • Kitson was in, literally, the back alley,

  • so I would just go downstairs,

  • go to Kitson, meet my friends.

  • What a life we lived, French tip toe nails

  • to match the nails, the hoops, the whole thing is just

  • pretty legendary, if you ask me.

  • I love it, and this era will always have such a close

  • place in my heart.

  • Like, I cherish every era.

  • Awe, fun, this was, I think, my 30th birthday,

  • and wow.

  • This was my dark nail era, and I literally did my nails

  • dark to try to like, emulate that.

  • It's the same exact color,

  • I was just feeling nostalgic.

  • You know, this is when I would host nightclubs.

  • It was my favorite thing to do.

  • It was like, how I made my money,

  • and I would never even drink, so I would just go

  • and show up and, I don't even know,

  • I don't even know why they would hire someone

  • that doesn't even party and drink

  • but to go host parties and drink,

  • but it was really cute, I love the heavy makeup,

  • it's a lot.

  • The super-long hair, it's cute,

  • it's like, very...

  • Like, Kim K.,

  • if that makes sense to you guys.

  • Awe, this is so cute.

  • This is at Kanye' fashion show in Paris.

  • This is when him and I started our love affair.

  • I'm wearing all Yeezy, or all, I think,

  • the brand was Kanye West, not Yeezy yet.

  • Looks really sweet.

  • Oh, Midori Sour, I was the spokesperson for Midori.

  • It was green, so I had to wear green,

  • and I thought I was so chic in my green Gucci velvet dress,

  • and the side hair part was my thing,

  • I really think I need to bring that back,

  • but this was an era of like,

  • when I loved my hair and makeup.

  • Oh, my first Met Ball.

  • I was very pregnant, very puffy and bloated,

  • and I was like, oh god, of course,

  • the first time I go I'm gonna be huge.

  • Kayne was performing, so I wasn't actually invited,

  • I was just Kanye's plus one and that was okay with me,

  • because I never really dreamed I would be

  • at the Met Ball.

  • I know no one really probably wanted me there at the time,

  • but then I get there and I'm sitting at this table

  • and it was like, every designer that I've ever

  • just dreamed of was there,

  • and so Ricardo was dressing me because he was dressing Kayne

  • so we chose a really stretchy fabric

  • because I would be growing and we wanted to make sure

  • that alterations were easy and it was comfortable.

  • We had a black version of this,

  • and then the floral version of this,

  • and I was like, I think I should just do the black version

  • and Ricardo was like,

  • "No, come on, we have to do the floral."

  • It was just this, the floral was,

  • Ricardo had said afterwards like,

  • "What do you give a woman when she's pregnant?

  • "You send her flowers."

  • And it was such a sweet message of what,

  • how Ricardo described it, but I was so insecure,

  • and I could never really speak up at that point

  • because I just, you know, was so shy and just wanted to make

  • everyone happy, and he said Anna really wanted the floral,

  • and so I said, "Okay, floral it is,"

  • and on the car ride there, I remember Kanye saying,

  • "You look so beautiful, I'm so happy for you."

  • He was so happy, and then I was crying like,

  • the whole way home, because I just couldn't believe it.

  • There was all these memes about me and this couch and

  • I think like, Robin Williams even tweeted it

  • and said I look like Ms. Doubtfire, like,

  • it was like, this whole thing, so I just like, cried,

  • and now I love it.

  • Like now, it's like, sick.

  • Like, I look back and I'm like,

  • "Wow, they had the vision, this is like, sick."

  • I just remember the Olsen twins came up to me

  • and loved my outfit and my gloves,

  • and so none of the critics mattered

  • because the Olsen twins approved, and I loved it.

  • Oh, latex, I love latex.

  • This was in Australia, I'll always remember where I was

  • and what I was doing.

  • Giuseppe Zanotti shoes and Atsuko Kudo, or something,

  • and I was really into this hair length.

  • I think I am again.

  • Oh, my first Vogue cover.

  • So, I remember Kanye told me that Anna wants to meet

  • with him and I in New York,

  • and I had just had North, and so I brought her,

  • and we go there, and she presents us with the idea

  • of being on the cover, and I was like, shaking.

  • So, I was just like, "Listen, I'm in shock."

  • Because she said nobody could know.

  • So, I was like, I want to get up and scream right now,

  • but no one can know, so I don't want to make a big deal

  • or everyone in this room will know what's just happening.

  • We shot it at my mom's house,

  • and just being on set with Annie Leibovitz

  • and Grace Coddington styling it,

  • I think I took a moment and tried not to tear up

  • and just like, took deep breaths,

  • but I just, I went in and had like, three cookies

  • and I like, stuffed my face at the end of the shoot

  • and was just like, "We did it!"

  • Like, I can't even believe that this was happening.

  • I think my mom was there and was even like,

  • crying at one point.

  • I mean, we all were just so excited that Anna believed in

  • me and Kanye and, you know,

  • we're the first interracial couple on the cover of Vogue

  • and I think people started to take me seriously in fashion,

  • and I remember just sitting in Glam thinking like,

  • this is just, I can't believe this is happening.

  • It was such a surreal moment for me.

  • Lanvin, Alber Elbaz gave me this dress afterwards

  • with the shoes, and I have it in my archive,

  • and it's so special to me.

  • Oh my gosh, okay, this is when I feel like

  • we fashionable made it, I did, you know,

  • because I was not that cool before,

  • and so, this is in Paris,

  • my bachelorette big dinner party

  • with all my girls, wearing Balmain.

  • This was like, the height,

  • I have an entire Balmain archive from this era.

  • It was so amazing.

  • This dress really means a lot to me.

  • Blonde in Paris, I loved this.

  • This trip to Paris was so much fun.

  • This was like Givenchy, Riccardo Tisci era like,

  • I was so excited.

  • I would let them just dress me up like a doll,

  • I didn't even care.

  • I knew between Riccardo, Kareen, and Kayne,

  • they would make me look like the chicest person ever,

  • and they did, look at this look, I loved it.

  • Awe, this Vetements dress with the clear Yeezy heels,

  • going to Kanye's concert, I think at Madison Square Garden.

  • The tricky thing about the sequins is it always does

  • that reflection on your face, so there is that

  • weird face reflection, but I had to make North this dress

  • because she saw it in my closet and it was so sparkly

  • so we remade it for her, and she absolutely loved it.

  • Oh, Miami, you could tell we're in Miami

  • by what I'm wearing.

  • I'm wearing a diamond Cartier choker.

  • I loved this power mesh.

  • My friend Simone came in and styled it,

  • because I didn't have anything to wear,

  • with some Yeezy heels,

  • and this was like, such a thing.

  • I remember, there were so many knock offs of this dress,

  • and it was so sheer in Miami.

  • Like, I can't believe I wore that.

  • Ah, I think this was my favorite era,

  • platinum blonde hair, Yeezy tones,

  • Yeezy clothes, Yeezy campaign.

  • This was like, so effortless, so cool.

  • You know, Kanye had been designing lots of looks

  • with really comfy sweats and heels and had this whole vision

  • that sweats will just be like, the new vibe.

  • I always trust his vision, I think he thinks just like,

  • or like, sees like, years ahead,

  • and so it really is interesting to see,

  • and he always will come to me and be like,

  • "Okay, I know what's gonna be like, next in fashion."

  • And I remember, he brought me like,

  • a Margiela jacket and a Balmain jacket in like, 2008,

  • I had no idea what that was,

  • and he was like, "I'm gonna introduce you to like,

  • "really cool designers and I'll be your ghost stylist."

  • And I was like, "Okay, like, I'm down for a ghost stylist."

  • And that's how it really started,

  • and so I always say like, my best stylist of my best looks

  • always are the ones that he puts together.

  • This campaign was shot in the back of his office.

  • We would just change looks like, 30 times,

  • and just, we knew the paparazzi was out there.

  • We'd go to the gas station,

  • we'd go to the, you know, supermarket,

  • wherever we could go, knowing that the paparazzi would just

  • follow our every move, they would just put out photos

  • and that would be the whole Yeezy campaign, very genius.

  • Okay, so this was the Lacma event.

  • I was wearing an old Tom Ford Gucci suit.

  • This was like, the classic example of why I invented

  • SKIMS body tape.

  • This was probably black packing tape that was used,

  • or like gaffer's tape, and I didn't tape it to me,

  • like, I just taped my boobs up,

  • and then I didn't even connect it,

  • I just figured like, I will be very careful,

  • and it worked, and I love the blonde hair.

  • This blonde hair makes me really miss it.

  • Okay, more Yeezy, this is at the Yeezy office,

  • Yeezy head to toe, boots, bike shorts.

  • I remember, everyone made fun of me for these bike shorts,

  • literally, and was like, a puffer and bike shorts?

  • Like, what is going on?

  • And then of course, everyone was wearing it like,

  • two years later.

  • I got roasted for like, two years on this,

  • but I loved it.

  • Oh, this is Kylie's 21st birthday party.

  • I love the mix of the colors.

  • I got the bag in Japan.

  • This is a Yeezy dress that he made,

  • and these are Louboutins,

  • and I just love the wet hair.

  • I was really in shape here, this was like, a year ago,

  • gotta get there again.

  • People's Choice Awards.

  • This was in a Gautier dress.

  • This image is a huge reason why

  • adding SKIMS shade range was really important to me,

  • because you can clearly see the shapewear underneath,

  • that it was just too light for me,

  • so I did a whole SKIMS video where I put on the shade

  • that actually matches me, and it looks completely sheer,

  • but it's fully lined in the shapewear.

  • I love a high snatched pony,

  • it really does give you a little lift on your face

  • when you need it.

  • It's always one of my favorite looks.

  • Oh my god, so this dress here,

  • I was going with Kris to receive an award.

  • We literally look like, I don't know,

  • we look like we're going to the Oscars or something.

  • This is Terry Mugler from the archive,

  • and this was the start of our relationship,

  • the House of Mugler and Mr. Mugler let me wear this dress.

  • I never thought I would ever fit in a dress like that

  • because the original model was a lot smaller

  • on top than me, but we made it work, I was so so shocked.

  • The bracelets, everything, even down to the old Mugler shoe.

  • This was like, one of my favorite, favorite looks,

  • like I love it.

  • I know it's like, kind of crazy and risque,

  • but I love it.

  • We look sharp,

  • and oh my god, so,

  • the beginning of my relationship with Mugler really led

  • to this moment of what I had been waiting for

  • and dreamed of, working with Manfred Mugler,

  • and having him have this vision of me wet and dripping

  • out of the ocean, coming from like,

  • California onto the Met carpet, and the wet hair,

  • wet-looking makeup, everything about it was just dripping

  • and he is such a genius,

  • so the fact that I was able to work with him,

  • I mean, such a dream come true.

  • All right, so I think that's it.

  • This was so much fun to go through these looks.

  • I love to see old looks or current looks.

  • It's always fun, I cherish every single phase that I've had,

  • so I can't wait, it's not over,

  • I cannot wait for another decade of...

  • looks.

  • [upbeat music]

- Hi Vogue, it's Kim Kardashian West,

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