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Kim Kardashian Revealed Kanye West Called Her To Say Her Career Was “Over” When She Wore An Outfit He Hadn’t Styled After Their Split And Compared Her Entire Look To Marge Simpson
“I got to a point where I would ask him for advice for everything — down to what I wear. Even now I’m having panic attacks like, <i>what do I wear?</i>”

It’s no secret that Kim Kardashian’s style has long been influenced by her now-ex-husband, Kanye West.

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However, things shifted shortly after Kim filed for porce from Kanye in February 2021. Though he initially continued to style her for certain events, Kim eventually had to begin choosing her own outfits without Ye’s approval.

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And in the latest episode of her family’s reality show The Kardashians, which aired on Hulu last night, Kim candidly discusses how she struggled to piece her own looks together without Kanye’s input.

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The episode was filmed early in November, which — as Kim herself states — was almost ten months after she initially filed for porce.

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Speaking with her sister Kourtney Kardashian, Kim reveals that she became so reliant on Kanye’s opinion that she wound up asking him for advice on “everything.”

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“I got to a point where I would ask him for advice for everything — down to what I wear,” she said.

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“Even now I’m having panic attacks like, what do I wear?” she continued.

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Kim went on to reveal that while Kanye did help with her Saturday Night Live look last October, he didn’t style her for the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) Magazine Innovator Awards on November 2 — which, as a result, she found difficult to prepare for.

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“In New York — I will say — he styled me for SNL,” Kim admits. “Then for the Wall Street Journal magazine, I won the innovator award for Skims. And I was like, ‘How do I wear something that hasn’t been prevetted first? Like, it was like psychologically [hard].”

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At the renowned event, which took place at MOMA, Kim wore a brown leather dress from her Skims x Fendi collection paired with matching gloves and snakeskin-print shoes. Reflecting on the process of choosing her outfit herself, Kim admits to Kourtney that she was “so nervous.”

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But although Kim proudly flaunted her look online the day after the award ceremony, she’s now revealed that Kanye — who clearly didn’t approve — called her directly with some harsh words after seeing what she pieced together.

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“Oh, and then he called me afterwards. He told me my career’s over. And then he showed me a picture of Marge Simpson wearing something similar,” she tells Kourtney.

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Later on in the episode, Kim opens up further about her struggle to move away from Kanye’s influence, as she attempts to assemble a few outfits for various upcoming events.

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“I think that fashion has always been something that I’ve always been really into, but I’ve never been the creative,” she says in a confessional.

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“And so, I always just trusted in him,” Kim continues. “But, it’s not just about clothes. That was like the last thing we had really in common.”

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Kim goes on to detail that she’s now trying to decipher what exactly her lone sense of style is. “I was always “The Kardashians” with my sisters, and then I was “Kimye.” Like, who is Kim K? That is the jump. How do I get there without Kanye?” she says.

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After spending months dressing head to toe in all-black Balenciaga fits, Kim has recently ventured back into her more classic glam looks, opting for floor length dresses instead of leather trench coats, shades, and thigh high boots.

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At The Kardashians’ premiere last month, for example, Kim stepped away from the outfits she’d recently become synonymous with to rock a silver Thierry Mugler gown.

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Weeks later, at the 2022 White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner, Kim — who made her red carpet debut with boyfriend Pete Davidson — wore a sparkling gown, paired only with some diamond studs and a single ring.

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And at the 2022 Met Gala, which took place earlier this month, Kim channeled some old-school Hollywood glam as she wore Marilyn Monroe’s famous “Happy Birthday President” dress on the iconic carpet.

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You can watch the latest episode of The Kardashians now on Hulu or Disney+ internationally. The next episode will be released on May 18.

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