Kim Kardashian West and Kim Jones.Photo: Annemarieke van Drimmelen for WSJ. Magazine
From the comfort of your bedroom to the runway — and back.
Kim Kardashian West’s shapewear and lingerie brand SKIMs is releasing a special collaboration with Italian fashion house Fendi, sheannounced in an interviewwithWSJ. Magazineon Monday ahead of the publication’s upcoming Innovator Awards.
The SKIMs x Fendi ready-to-wear collection will launch on Nov. 9, and feature form-fitting dresses and tops that start at $950. Leggings will retail for $1,100 and the collection also features a $2,950 puffer jacket just in time for winter. Of course, SKIMs signature underwear, shapewear and hosiery will also get a Fendi revamp, printed with the collaboration logo.
The collection additionally will feature swimsuits also in the logo print, and a leather wrap dress in eight shades selling for $4,200.
FortheWSJ. Magazine2021 Nov. Innovator issuecelebrating her brand innovator award — out Nov. 13 — with Fendi artistic director Kim Jones, Kardashian West models Fendi x Skims dress and bracelet.
The union was born because of Kardashian West’s friendship with Jones, she explains tothe outlet. After hearing women in his office liked her garments, Kardashian West says she “sent him a bunch.” They first began discussing the collaboration in December of last year, and Kardashian West — who served as fit model for the collection — met Jones in Mexico in March for fitting sessions.
“I really like to be a fit model … I need to feel it,” she explains. “I probably do so much more work than people assume, that might not even be necessary at this point. But I do it.”
Kardashian West, 41, launched SKIMs back in September 2019. This past June, it was valued at $1.6 billion dollars. Its success is why the mogul will be recognized at the annual Innovator Awards on Nov. 1.
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For the interview, Kardashian West also discusses her estranged husbandKanye West’s influence on her brand, and continued involvement.
She says of West, with whom she shares four children, “He has a piece of Skims himself and gives[the team] inspiration but also information. I think he enjoys the process.”
Fans can register towatch the ceremony online here.
source: people.com
