Kim Kardashian walked into the Met Gala looking like a jewel thief in heat—and walked out with every lens in Manhattan trained on her like sniper scopes. The woman understands spectacle the way Sinatra understood whiskey: intimately, and with no apologies.
For the 2025 edition of fashion’s grandest parade of decadence and delusion, the Skims mogul showed up dressed like the heiress of a gothic crime dynasty—cloaked in crocodile leather from shoulder to floor, with a back open wide enough to drive a scandal through. The piece? Chrome Hearts, naturally—because subtlety is for the underpaid.
She paired the outfit with pearls slung low around her waist like stolen loot, a diamond necklace heavy enough to anchor a yacht, and a wide-brimmed leather hat that screamed sex, power, and money in the most American way possible. This wasn’t a woman dressing for the theme—this was a woman being the theme: opulent, over the top, and utterly untouchable.
It’s not her first time causing cardiac events on the steps of the Met. Kim’s past hits include squeezing into Marilyn Monroe’s dress (history be damned) and vanishing beneath a full-body black-out Balenciaga gimp suit. Say what you want about her—but the woman commits to the bit. She doesn’t walk red carpets; she claims territory.
The night itself was wrapped in high-minded homage: Superfine: Tailoring Black Style, a deep dive into dandyism, diaspora, and the defiant elegance of Black sartorial expression. Co-chaired by Colman Domingo, Pharrell, A$AP Rocky, Lewis Hamilton, and Anna Wintour—with LeBron James blessing it as honorary chair—the event pulled together royalty from every corner of culture.
Even the host committee read like a who’s-who of modern excellence—Simone Biles, Spike Lee, Regina King, Angel Reese, Usher. And somewhere amidst this curated chaos stood Kim, diamond-drenched and leather-bound, not so much fitting into the theme as bending it to her will.
Curated by Monica L. Miller and born from her seminal book Slaves to Fashion, the exhibit itself is a time-spanning tribute to how Black style has flipped oppression into aesthetic power since the 18th century. The dress code? “Tailored for You.” And Kim, in her way, tailored it exactly as expected—for attention, for domination, and for history.
Because that’s the trick with Kim Kardashian: she doesn’t follow fashion. She is fashion. For better or worse, till death or obscurity do us part.
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Last modified: May 7, 2025
