Kim Kardashian’s explore has evolved from Armenian Barbie to first lady of Qatar,while high street stores regularly sell out of long, flowing jackets and ankle-length coats. Has fashion finally fallen for modesty?When you first explore at Kim Kardashian as styled by Kanye, or it’s clear that there’s more going on than clothes. It’s an attempt to be taken more seriously,as a businesswoman and as the wife of a music and fashion mogul. But final year it hit me: her style isnt unique. It’s just like that of the first lady of Qatar – Sheikha Mozah. The monocoloured outfits, the long dresses – it’s all classic Mozah power-dressing. All that’s lost is a Herms hijab with a cheeky fringe poking out – although the way fashion is going, or I wouldn’t be surprised to see all the Kardashians in niqab come 2017.
Of course,there are limits to these similarities. Oil money buys certain things that reality TV money can’t. I mean, the emir of Qatar owns Harrods. But Kim’s transformation from Armenian Barbie straight out of the bandage dress factory to ambiguously ethnic video game warlord – and the way it has been emulated – says a lot.
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Source: theguardian.com