Here are some photos of Kim Kardashian and Kanye West out and about in NYC on Saturday. They had a date night (date lunch, maybe) at the ABC Kitchen. Lord help me, but I really like Kim’s whole ensemble, although I think the general style rule should be “if it’s cold enough to wear a coat, it’s too cold to wear open-toe shoes.” Kim’s ensemble is by Celine (the dress and coat) and she paired that with Tom Ford sandals. Yeezington is wearing his beloved leather pants. Did she get that Celine coat in like five pale colors or is it just the same coat in different lighting?
Saturday would have been Kim’s father’s 70th birthday. Robert Kardashian (Senior) passed away in 2003, which would have made Kim just a month shy of her 23rd birthday when he passed away. To commemorate his life, Kim posted an old photo of her dad on her Instagram with this message: “Happy Birthday dad! Can’t believe you would have been 70 today! Bet you’re up there eating tons of Ralph’s cake! Miss you & love you!” Is it tacky to post that on Instagram? I can’t decide. I mean, it’s one thing to talk about missing a loved one on social media, but since it’s Kim… it does feel like she’s whoring out the memory of her father as some kind of publicity ploy.
Photos courtesy of Fame/Flynet.
She just wears the WORST shoes!
Only Kim would wear sandals with bare legs in NYC in February – anything for attention!
In her defense, it was a sunshiny, unseasonably warm weekend (got up to 50 degrees!) and we were all rejoicing in the streets 🙂
Shoes do not work with that outfit–sandals look stupid w/ a heavy coat.
She needs a simple pump. Other than that, I like it.
Agreed. These shoes are so tacky!
God you are so right. I have never seen her in a pair of shoes that A) flatter her legs and B) go with the outfit. She must put effort in to be that consistent.
Kim looks beautiful! Shoe are a miss, love the outfit.
The only thing I would’ve done different is the shoes…. Some cute heeled ankle-length boots would’ve looked great with that outfit.
Seriously!! I don’t normally abide by fashion rules simply for the sake of them, but there’s a reason ankle straps should only be worn by women with long, slim legs – Exhibit A above! Her legs are already stumps but she seems to like making them look even shorter which I cannot understand. She sees these pictures.
The shoes like they are made of latex bandaids! Not a good choice ever, let alone paired with a sweater dress and overcoat in February. So dumb looking and UGGGLY!
They ruin the outfit which is a shame because she doesn’t look awful otherwise.
The shoes are so wrong with that coat. If she had worn pointy toe pumps it would have be great.
Is it just me or does any else see Khloe in the photo of Robert senior?
That’s not all that’s the worst. No matter how hard Kanye tries to flog her as a “woman of taste and sophistication” (snerk), she always gets it wrong, starting with her plasticky face.
She looks good in soft colours. Must have cold feet though.
The Kommandant only allows her to wear white, off-white, ecru, beige, flax, eggshell, bone, ivory, cream, vanilla and natural.
Which is so silly when she looks so good in jewel tones.
I just lost my father (I’m 27) and this post made me tear up. I’m sure people will find it tacky to post a picture on Instagram but I understand why she did it.
So sorry to hear that, Sara, I hope you’re doing ok. I lost my stepdad a while ago (1999) and I also understand why KK did that. I do think it’s also a bit of an attention-grabber because come on, this is Kim Kardashian, but the sentiment behind it is probably real.
Sending love and hugs your way today Sara, sorry for your lose.
Thanks so much for your lovely thoughts. Much appreciated.
*hugs* and I don’t think it’s tacky at all. I lost my 32 year old cousin last September and just the other day, posted a picture of us in honor of his birthday.
So sorry for your loss.
Sara, so sorry for your loss. I know what you mean and I also totally get why someone would post about their father like that – I lost my dad a year ago and I have days where I just was to talk about him, show his picture, tell people what a wonderful man he was, because life goes on a little too readily, and sometimes you wish it would just stop for a second to remember this awesome person who should still be here but isn’t.
I tweeted on the anniversary of my dad’s death too just so people would remember him along with me and I felt a little better for it. No snark for Kim here. (Well, the shoes are awful.)
Condolences to you and your family.
Sorry to hear that Sara.
I lost my dad just shy of my 13th birthday and it really is just crushing.
And I agree. If this is how Kim seems to function (with help from social media) then no shade. You never stop missing a loved one and can feel a desire to tell the world about the person.
I agree, the hardest part is that life goes on, and people forget…and sometimes it helps to know that those we love still live on for other people and not only in our hearts. You people are the best.
I’m so sorry to hear about your loss, Sara. I lost my dad 2 years ago, and even though we weren’t that close he’ll always be my dad and I miss him.
@ Sara: Awww so sorry for your recent loss. It has to be a raw time of emotions for you now. I lost my dad when I was 23 and it was so very hard. This little book was a lifesaver when I lost my mom, two years ago on 26th of Feb: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/healing-after-loss-martha-w-hickman/1100014699?ean=9780380773381
Sara, I am sincerely sorry for your loss. I lost my dad suddenly when I was 25 and my mom passed a year and a half later. I felt I lost them both just when I needed guidance on becoming an adult but it turned out that their words of wisdom for my first 25 years stayed with me and helped me to this very day. I mourn their loss to this very day as well. I’m not ashamed to say that even now things will tug a memory and I will tear up. But over time it does get better. I promise!
I absolutely do not think it is tacky to post something in honor of your lost loved one. I’ve done it myself many times on Facebook. I usually post a photo on Mother’s Day and another photo on Father’s Day. There is so little one can do. Posting a loving photo helps, I think.
Aww that makes me sad. I lost my Mom at twenty one. It’s too young to lose your parent. So sorry for your loss.
I totally understand, & I’m with everyone else, I’m so sorry for your loss. I (for better or for worse) lost my father at age 2 (so I can’t remember him, which arguably made it easier to get passed, but I would’ve rather had the memories). But I like to stop & think about him from time to time, ask my mom & step-dad questions about him (My step-dad was dad’s best friend since Elementary school).
I never really think about his birthday, but I’m sure it’s only because I never really had the chance to celebrate it with him, so I tend to think more about my step-dad’s. I don’t think it’s at all tacky to remember or post pictures, or celebrate your memories of them on their birthday. =)
My condolences, sweety.
Same here, Sara. bless you.
To Sara and others who are feeling losses, you are not alone. Thank you for sharing.
Oh Sara, I’m sorry for your loss. Thoughts and prayers are with you.
she looks good because it fits
shoes are eh
Oh come on. Yes, it’s Kim, but it’s her FATHER. A LOT of people do this sort of thing on social media. When my grandfather passed in 2012, I posted a few photos as well. Sometimes it helps you to share the person that meant so much to you to the world.
I don’t care who she is, what her general MO is, I will not shade her for this.
Exactly. Everyone posts pictures on social media to honor loved ones who have passed away. I’m not going to shade her, either.
+1
I’m with you. I don’t think it’s a publicity stunt either. I think she truly does miss her father. One of the few genuine emotions, I believe, she has.
Meh, pretty sure khloe and the other one posted a pic on insta too. I’ll give them the benefit of doubt this time, they prob just miss their dad.
Lol “the other one”. But seriously, when I lost both maternal grandparents, I posted pics on facebook so I don’t see this as a big deal. If she had just sent a tweet or said nothing at all, then people would have probably bashed her. Some people are sharers, some are not. *shrug*.
The first thing I thought when I sawthe picture was, this outfit would have looked terrific with different shoes…My friends ususally post similar things on facebook, etc…when its the anniversary of the death of a loved one, so I won’t give her any grief about doing it for her dad….
Did she cut the hem of this dress or is it supposed to look somewhat puckered at the bottom seam? Please say she didn’t cut it…
No, She didn’t cut the dress. It’s suppose to look that way. It’s a thicker fabric and doesn’t have a clean lined tailored end. More textured.
Love her outfit except for the shoes.
Can’t hate her for missing her father. It’s not my style to put something like that on Instagram, but I give her a pass on it.
She looks good. For once.
A lot of people would post something like that.
Kourteney looks so much like her dad.
Kim looks ridiculous (as usual) in those sandals. Why is dressing inappropriately for the weather considered high fashion by these two?
Good outfit. Withholding great for the open toe shoes in NYC in February.
It isn’t tacky to post the pic. I have friends who do the same on FB. Just a way of remembering.
The outfit is nice the problem is she doesn’t have the height, figure or presence for the outfit. That coat is not made for a short dumpy woman. Her lower legs look like fat stumps coming out of the dress. The shoes are tacky with that outfit. Something nice is she finally got her dark hair back.
Yeah. I just don’t understand why all short dumpy women don’t just stay home, out of site?
That’s not what she meant. At least I don’t read it that way. I thought she was referring to how Kim might want to dress for her body shape.
LOLLL!!
Yep. She has no clue how to dress her short, curvy figure. And for the insane amount of time and money she spends on her body and her wardrobe, I’d expect her to look better than she does.
I saw a clip from her show and she went to a plastic surgeon or dermatologist office and was like, hmmm – what should I have done today?
Spot on, TG.
For this effort to be considered remotely sophisticated, she would:
1. Understand that a stylish outfit cannot be dependent on being covered up by outerwear. Remove this coat and all she has is a turtleneck dress that does not drape well, inexplixably worn with bare legs and sandals.
2. Need appropriate foundational undergarments. That sweater dress is clinging and bunching, and the boobs are hanging way too low.
3. Accessorize well. Kanye West and a giant coat are not accessories. Where is her grotesque painted handbag?
4. Be fitted properly. The coat is swallowing her and its sleeves are too long; the sandals anklestraps are too tight, the dress is not draping well.
5. Wear almost any shoes other than these bandage sandals! Try polished collared black high heeled ankle boots! Or sapphire blue suede classic pumps! Try some slimming tall boots in almost any contrasting color!
Hiding under a coat gives her an apparent false sense of fashion confidence. It and the hideous shoes certainly accentuate her short stature to unfavorable effect. At best, the dark hair suits her coloring.
Kanye is sporting some very attractive shoes FOR ONCE. (Floored.)
Good style advice. Kim had a good figure she just needs to dres for it rather than letting Kanye tell her what to wear.
I’m usually a fan of Kim’s outfits. Not all on her because even I can see they don’t fit.. but the cuts and color combos are good.
I like these coats she’s been wearing. She has them in different colors same style.
This though seems weird… Maybe it’s the shoes. I hate those shoes. My feet hurt ust looking at them.
She looks great! I can’t believe I just said that. The only thing I don’t like are the shoes, and not because they’re open-toed. I don’t like the color with the outfit. I think it all looks too washed out.
And as far as her message on Instagram, I think it’s her way of truly missing her dad. I don’t think she’s whoring out his memory however, I do think she is incapable of having personal thoughts and not putting them out there for the world to read.
The age of personal thoughts and privacy are gone. As generations come the attention span lessens and we must share everything with everyone.
It makes me feel like a crotchety 20something.
@Jennifer – You might be right that Kim isn’t whoring out her father’s memory here but let’s not forget the K-Klan has repeatedly whored out the memory of their father for ratings on their show. I remember a specific incident where they brought in a Medium who “spoke” to Robert Kardashian from the grave and he informed them and anyone watching the show that it was not Kris Jenner’s fault for the demise of their marriage. It was Robert’s fault. So Kris Jenner cheating repeatedly on her husband played no part in their divorce. If that isn’t whoring out your dead father I don’t know what is then.
Sandals and a coat?
Cheap looking sandals at that…
I don’t find it tacky. Good for her for always posting pictures of her father.
I think she looks good for a change, and part of it is because she is COVERED UP. It’s great not to see those boobs. The sandals are not season appropriate in New York.
Also, for once, the outfit actually fits her and is not too tight.
Her face doesn’t look real
In KK’s defense (ugh wtf) her sisters (Khloe, Kourtney) also posted pics of their father. They do every year for his bday and passing anniversary. I don’t fault them. I know how hard it is to lose a loved one, and any remembrance is acceptable (unless she’s selling interviews or something).
Yes, they do this every year. What I find odd is that on an old episode of their show, the girls stated they had never gone to their father’s grave site as they found it too hard to go. However, after Kim got engaged to Kris Humphries she went to her father’s gravesite (with E cameras to capture it all). I don’t know what to believe, but the subject of their father should be sacred, but if posting pics of him is their way of remembering him, then it’s their choice.
Does anyone else think she’s looking a lot like Octomom?
Most women who get too much work done on their face look alike, it’s not a good look IMHO.
Nice outfit. Dumb shoes.
It’s amazing what people post on social media with respect to loved ones who are passin/passed. I’m going to pass on side-eying her for this.
Wow Bob Kardashian would have been 70.
Nicole Simpson would have turned 55 this year. Johnnie Cochran would have turned 77 this year.
That whole situation played out only about 19 years ago, but somehow it seems a lot longer than that.
And who would have thought that Bob Kardashian’s cut little trophy 2nd wifey (aka Kris Jenner) would turn out to out earn him many times over and turn the whole family into such a media powerhouse ??
Robert Kardashian is up there eating cake and scratching his head at how media savvy his wife turned out to be after all.
you say ‘savvy’ I say ‘pimp’
tomato tomato
She’d look better if she could learn how to not look smug.
This a great beauty tip!
Kim is truly the best example of dressing for your body shape. When she wears an outfit like this, she is flawless.
The outfit is nice, and the shoes could work on someone else who has the legs for them. Kim does not. And why – once again – is she wearing shoes fastened SO tight around her ankles that it makes them bulge over the strap?
Is this woman some kind of masochist? Can she not function unless some item of clothing is so tight that she is in pain?
These are all good questions, SnarkGirl!
Nothing ever fits her properly, it’s hard to understand, even this coat is too big.
1. She looks like a plastic blow-up doll. Doesn’t matter how great the clothes are.
2. Those shoes. Just no.
3. That coat is beautiful. Probably costs more than everything in my closet put together (tear…)
4. The whole “posting about Dad’s birthday”, while no doubt they miss their father, smacks of trying to let the public see that “yes…we are humans…no matter whole vile and self-obsessed we act 99.9% of the time.” The machine is always cranking.
My lesson from this picture – if you don’t have thin calves, don’t wear shoes with ankle straps.
Kim’s outfit is a shock! She has never looked better, and though her feet may be cold, at least we can’t see her chest for once! Baby steps, people! As for posting her Dad’s photo on Instagram, I don’t judge that. We all do what we can to honor our dead family members. It’s different for each person.
The sandals look stupid with that outfit. She should’ve worn pumps.
If KK has a “personal tailor” as the tabs say, he/she would have shortened and tapered the sleeves of that coat. There’s no personal tailor!
I lost my dad back in 2005, various family members throughout the years, and then my little brother last year in August. It’s too painful for me to post pictures and I stay hidden in my home for days at a time when the day of their birthday and passing comes. Some people go through grief differently but I can’t believe for a second Kim did this for anything other than publicity. Just like Gaga with that outfit the day after her dog died, I call her full of poo. I refuse to believe any type of emotion is inside of Kim that isn’t there for the sole purpose of attention. I was going to comment with something else entirely and when I read the portion of her and her father it just moved me to anger.
Also, if that’s Kim in that picture. It’s obvious now that North is not the kid of Kanye. Look at her face of her photoshopped behind Kanye. She had the big cheeks but now that she’s older… One of these things is not like the other.
I’m sorry for your loss. People handle grief and dates like birthdays and anniversaries differently. It’s clear that the Kardashians adored their father and I’m tired of hearing people say that posted that for attention or publicity. It’s sad that people would even go there.
Sorry for all of your losses, Dommy 🙁
I don’t see why Kim would love a family member any less than anyone else does. If she is grieving over her father, then my heart goes out to her.
True. I just get in a mood when it comes to death. I react badly. Thank you guys.
I can’t stand these a$$holes, but I won’t shade Kim for posting pics of her late father. Those shoes though are stupid and cheapen her semi-decent (for her) outfit.
Did she hire a stylist finally? I actually have nothing bad to say about her here. She looks amazing. As far as posting a pic of her dad on Instagram…if she HADN’T somehow publicly acknowledged the anniversary of his death people would question it.
In the side profile pic you can see where she’s had injections in her lips to make the pout farther down, over her teeth more. So weird looking. Her upper cheeks look extra pillowy and suspiciously full.. Granted we all know she gets fillers and injections, but dammm her face looks so fake and weird.
She should stop messing with her face, she used to be so pretty and now she’s like something at a circus sideshow.
Her face looked so much prettier during the first few months of pregnancy when presumably she laid off the fillers some. I have no idea why she thinks this embalmed kat-face look works for her.
Just as a side, Kanye looks strangely puffy in that photo too! Or is it just me?