Time flies! In 2006, Kim Kardashian was known as Paris Hilton‘s best friend and an aspiring closet organizer. These days, however, Kim K. is a household name and rakes in millions from her family’s Hulu reality series to KKW Beauty, Skims and more.
Of course, now that the reality babe’s net worth is a whopping $1.8 billion … yeah, let’s just let that sink in for a second … her look has evolved, too.
The up-and-coming lawyer burst onto the scene in the early ’00s, and since then, her fashion choices have gone from Juicy Couture tracksuits to custom Balmain. The mom of four — who shares kids North, Saint, Chicago and Psalm with ex-husband Kanye West — is not afraid to shy away from daring clothing choices, often opting for outlandish prints or cut-outs.
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Ahead of the Met Gala in May 2019, Kim went as far as taking “breathing lessons” in her corset. “The day that I found out the Met Gala theme was ‘camp,’ that same day we called @manfredthierrymugler, the King of Camp!” she wrote on Instagram. “We met up in Miami right after the holidays last year and saw the sketches! I learned so much about couture from this genius man, it was beyond couture, it was art! 7 months in the making and fittings in Montreal, Paris and L.A. Corset breathing lessons from none other than Mr. Pearl. It was worth it all!!! And this was the start of a magical inspiring connection.”
Three years later, Kim upped her Met Gala fashion game when she donned Marilyn Monroe’s infamous “Happy Birthday, Mr. President” dress, which was designed by Bob Mackie, to the 2022 event.
The SKKN founder detailed the strict weight loss regimen she endured in order to fit into the dress that could not be “altered at all.”
“I would wear a sauna suit twice a day, run on the treadmill, completely cut out all sugar and all carbs, and just eat the cleanest veggies and protein,” Kim told Vogue ahead of the event adding that “it was this or nothing.”
Following her CFDA Influencer Award in 2018, designer Tommy Hilfiger gave Kim high praise for her style. “Kim is the most important and powerful influencer in the world,” he wrote in a press release at the time. “Every time she wears, posts or talks about a fashion brand, there is an immediate and significant increase in both awareness and sales.”
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In the past, big sister Kourtney Kardashian said, “Fashion is so subjective, and I think it should be playful,” while Kylie Cosmetics mogul Kylie Jenner claimed she changes her style “maybe every month.” Must be nice being a Kar-Jenner, huh?
Keep scrolling to see Kim’s incredible transformation from 2006 to now.
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How does Kim plan on telling her kids down the road? \u201cI don\u2019t know yet,\u201d she said during an appearance on Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen in January 2020. \u201cI have an idea, and I think I\u2019m just gonna be super honest and real with them, and that\u2019s all you can really be.\u201d”,”url”:”https:\/\/www.intouchweekly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Kim-Kardashian-Transformation-Over-Years-02.jpg?resize=850%2C1200&quality=86&strip=all”,”width”:”1200″,”height”:”1200″},{“@type”:”ImageObject”,”datePublished”:”2019-05-29T14:25:31-04:00″,”caption”:”Keeping Up With the Kardashians premiered on October 14, 2007, and after 20 seasons, the series wrapped in June 2021.\u00a0\u201cI don\u2019t think we even imagined it would go beyond one season,\u201d Kim previously said.”,”url”:”https:\/\/www.intouchweekly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Kim-Kardashian-Transformation-Over-Years-01.jpg?resize=744%2C1200&quality=86&strip=all”,”width”:”1200″,”height”:”1200″},{“@type”:”ImageObject”,”datePublished”:”2019-05-29T14:25:31-04:00″,”caption”:”The KKW Beauty founder starred in her first feature film in 2008 called Disaster Movie.”,”url”:”https:\/\/www.intouchweekly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Kim-Kardashian-Transformation-Over-Years-03.jpg?resize=807%2C1200&quality=86&strip=all”,”width”:”1200″,”height”:”1200″},{“@type”:”ImageObject”,”datePublished”:”2019-05-29T14:25:31-04:00″,”caption”:”Kim wore a lavender dress to the 2009 Grammy Awards, where she looked fabulous.”,”url”:”https:\/\/www.intouchweekly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Kim-Kardashian-Transformation-Over-Years-04.jpg?resize=745%2C1200&quality=86&strip=all”,”width”:”1200″,”height”:”1200″},{“@type”:”ImageObject”,”datePublished”:”2019-05-29T14:25:31-04:00″,”caption”:”Even though the California native may look different in photos, she is adamant that she did not fix her nose. \u201cI never had my nose done,\u201d she told her makeup artist Mario Dedivanovic. \u201cEveryone thought I did, and I said, ‘Wait until I have kids because your real features come out.’\u201d”,”url”:”https:\/\/www.intouchweekly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Kim-Kardashian-Transformation-Over-Years-07.jpg?resize=738%2C1200&quality=86&strip=all”,”width”:”1200″,”height”:”1200″},{“@type”:”ImageObject”,”datePublished”:”2019-05-29T14:25:31-04:00″,”caption”:”She continued, \u201cPictures, I swear, I look at them and would be like, \u2018Wow, the bump looks so much bigger in some pictures than in others.\u2019\u201d “,”url”:”https:\/\/www.intouchweekly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Kim-Kardashian-Transformation-Over-Years-10.jpg?resize=660%2C1200&quality=86&strip=all”,”width”:”1200″,”height”:”1200″},{“@type”:”ImageObject”,”datePublished”:”2019-05-29T14:25:31-04:00″,”caption”:”In 2011, Kim married NBA star Kris Humphries \u2026 for 72 days. \u201cAt the time, I just thought, \u2018Holy s\u2014t, I\u2019m 30 years old. I better get this together. I better get married.\u2019 I think a lot of girls do go through that, where they freak out thinking they\u2019re getting old and all their friends are having kids,\u201d she said in March 2019. \u201cSo, it was more of that situation. But I knew on the honeymoon it wasn\u2019t going to work out.\u201d”,”url”:”https:\/\/www.intouchweekly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Kim-Kardashian-Transformation-Over-Years-09.jpg?resize=800%2C1200&quality=86&strip=all”,”width”:”1200″,”height”:”1200″},{“@type”:”ImageObject”,”datePublished”:”2019-05-29T14:25:31-04:00″,”caption”:”But Kim didn\u2019t stay single for long since she started dating Kanye in 2012, while she was still legally married to Kris.”,”url”:”https:\/\/www.intouchweekly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Kim-Kardashian-Transformation-Over-Years-08.jpg?resize=865%2C1200&quality=86&strip=all”,”width”:”1200″,”height”:”1200″},{“@type”:”ImageObject”,”datePublished”:”2019-05-29T14:25:31-04:00″,”caption”:”However, the couple stayed mum on their relationship status. When Ellen DeGeneres asked Khlo\u00e9 Kardashian if Kim was dating Kanye, she said, \u201cWe\u2019ve known Kanye forever. He\u2019s been a great family friend. I think they\u2019re cute together. They\u2019re compatible.\u201d”,”url”:”https:\/\/www.intouchweekly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Kim-Kardashian-Transformation-Over-Years-11.jpg?resize=809%2C1200&quality=86&strip=all”,”width”:”1200″,”height”:”1200″},{“@type”:”ImageObject”,”datePublished”:”2019-05-29T14:25:31-04:00″,”caption”:”In December 2012, the \u201cGold Digger\u201d rapper announced that Kim was pregnant with their first child, North. \u201cIt\u2019s true!! Kanye and I are expecting a baby. We feel so blessed and lucky and wish that in addition to both of our families, his mom and my dad could be here to celebrate this special time with us. Looking forward to great new beginnings in 2013 and to starting a family. Happy New Year!!!\u201d she wrote on her website at the time. In 2015, they announced they were pregnant with baby No. 2. \n”,”url”:”https:\/\/www.intouchweekly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Kim-Kardashian-Transformation-Over-Years-12.jpg?resize=777%2C1200&quality=86&strip=all”,”width”:”1200″,”height”:”1200″},{“@type”:”ImageObject”,”datePublished”:”2019-05-29T14:25:32-04:00″,”caption”:”Clearly, Kanye was an influence in Kim\u2019s life. \u201cHe totally picks out my looks,\u201d Kim admitted. \u201cI had on this white Balmain pantsuit, and he was like, \u2018No, no, no. I think you just be a little bit more simple today\u2019 and totally changed my outfit right before I was walking out.\u201d”,”url”:”https:\/\/www.intouchweekly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Kim-Kardashian-Transformation-Over-Years-13.jpg?resize=637%2C1200&quality=86&strip=all”,”width”:”1200″,”height”:”1200″},{“@type”:”ImageObject”,”datePublished”:”2019-05-29T14:25:32-04:00″,”caption”:”The businesswoman isn\u2019t afraid to change up her look now, either. She\u2019s often seen going from long, dark locks to short, blonde bobs overnight. Kim has also experimented with color, going pink in 2018.”,”url”:”https:\/\/www.intouchweekly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Kim-Kardashian-Transformation-Over-Years-15.jpg?resize=725%2C1200&quality=86&strip=all”,”width”:”1200″,”height”:”1200″},{“@type”:”ImageObject”,”datePublished”:”2019-05-29T14:25:32-04:00″,”caption”:”Now, Kim has become a fashion icon. She has graced the covers of magazines like Vogue and usually is on the best-dressed list.”,”url”:”https:\/\/www.intouchweekly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Kim-Kardashian-Transformation-Over-Years-14.jpg?resize=825%2C1200&quality=86&strip=all”,”width”:”1200″,”height”:”1200″},{“@type”:”ImageObject”,”datePublished”:”2019-05-29T14:25:32-04:00″,”caption”:”However, the socialite hasn\u2019t always been obsessed with her outfits. \u201cI definitely have style regrets,\u201d she told INSIDER. \u201cI mean, I wear some things, and I\u2019m like, \u2018Why did I wear that?\u2019\u201d Kim said that anything she wore from 2007 to 2011 were her worst looks.”,”url”:”https:\/\/www.intouchweekly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Kim-Kardashian-Transformation-Over-Years-18.jpg?resize=809%2C1200&quality=86&strip=all”,”width”:”1200″,”height”:”1200″},{“@type”:”ImageObject”,”datePublished”:”2019-05-29T14:25:32-04:00″,”caption”:”\u201cMy style now has been very low-key,\u201d Kim said in 2017, adding that she often picks clothes that are \u201ceasy to put on\u201d since she\u2019s \u201crunning around being a mom.\u201d “,”url”:”https:\/\/www.intouchweekly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Kim-Kardashian-Transformation-Over-Years-17.jpg?resize=753%2C1200&quality=86&strip=all”,”width”:”1200″,”height”:”1200″},{“@type”:”ImageObject”,”datePublished”:”2019-05-29T14:25:32-04:00″,”caption”:”\u201cI have always been extremely simple and really relatable,\u201d Kim told People. \u201cIf I am going through a sweatpants and heels phase or more of a dressy phase, it has always been something that I think other people can kind of have their own version of.\u201d”,”url”:”https:\/\/www.intouchweekly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Kim-Kardashian-Transformation-Over-Years-16.jpg?resize=832%2C1200&quality=86&strip=all”,”width”:”1200″,”height”:”1200″},{“@type”:”ImageObject”,”datePublished”:”2019-05-29T14:25:32-04:00″,”caption”:”Kim acknowledges that her look has changed over the years. \u201cMy style has definitely evolved,\u201d she said. \u201cWhen I met Kanye, and he really started to bring me to Paris, he introduced me to a bunch of people. I think one of the first people I met were [designers] Riccardo Tisci and Alber Elbaz.\u201d”,”url”:”https:\/\/www.intouchweekly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Kim-Kardashian-Transformation-Over-Years-19.jpg?resize=907%2C1200&quality=86&strip=all”,”width”:”1200″,”height”:”1200″},{“@type”:”ImageObject”,”datePublished”:”2019-05-29T14:25:32-04:00″,”caption”:”Kim seems to be more confident with her body these days, too. \u201cI feel like I\u2019m in really good shape right now, like the best shape I\u2019ve ever been, so I do wear a lot of crop tops a lot,\u201d she said. Work it, girl! “,”url”:”https:\/\/www.intouchweekly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Kim-Kardashian-Transformation-Over-Years-20.jpg?resize=885%2C1200&quality=86&strip=all”,”width”:”1200″,”height”:”1200″},{“@type”:”ImageObject”,”datePublished”:”2022-08-04T13:35:36-04:00″,”caption”:”Following her divorce from Kanye, Kim began dating SNL alum Pete Davidson in October 2021. 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Just Getting Started
In 2006, Kim had an interesting job, to say the least. “I go to my clients’ homes, and I help them clean out their closets,” Kim said in an old video clip. “We take whatever they don’t want, and I sell it for them on eBay.” In the interview, she rattles off some big names like Nicole Richie, Paris Hilton, Serena Williams and Cindy Crawford.
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Putting It Out in the Universe
It seems like the brunette beauty predicted her future. When the interviewer asked her what she wants to do with her life, she replied, “I really want to do some kind of show that shows my life and what I do and my closet stuff.”
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Whoops
In 2007, the mom-of-four became famous for her sex tape with Ray J. How does Kim plan on telling her kids down the road? “I don’t know yet,” she said during an appearance on Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen in January 2020. “I have an idea, and I think I’m just gonna be super honest and real with them, and that’s all you can really be.”
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Sticking Around
Keeping Up With the Kardashians premiered on October 14, 2007, and after 20 seasons, the series wrapped in June 2021. “I don’t think we even imagined it would go beyond one season,” Kim previously said.
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Lights, Camera, Action!
The KKW Beauty founder starred in her first feature film in 2008 called Disaster Movie.
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Serving Lewks
Kim wore a lavender dress to the 2009 Grammy Awards, where she looked fabulous.
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Natural Beauty
Even though the California native may look different in photos, she is adamant that she did not fix her nose. “I never had my nose done,” she told her makeup artist Mario Dedivanovic. “Everyone thought I did, and I said, ‘Wait until I have kids because your real features come out.’”
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Don’t Assume Anything
She continued, “Pictures, I swear, I look at them and would be like, ‘Wow, the bump looks so much bigger in some pictures than in others.’”
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Short and Sweet
In 2011, Kim married NBA star Kris Humphries … for 72 days. “At the time, I just thought, ‘Holy s—t, I’m 30 years old. I better get this together. I better get married.’ I think a lot of girls do go through that, where they freak out thinking they’re getting old and all their friends are having kids,” she said in March 2019. “So, it was more of that situation. But I knew on the honeymoon it wasn’t going to work out.”
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Moving On
But Kim didn’t stay single for long since she started dating Kanye in 2012, while she was still legally married to Kris.
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Keeping It on the DL
However, the couple stayed mum on their relationship status. When Ellen DeGeneres asked Khloé Kardashian if Kim was dating Kanye, she said, “We’ve known Kanye forever. He’s been a great family friend. I think they’re cute together. They’re compatible.”
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Babies Galore
In December 2012, the “Gold Digger” rapper announced that Kim was pregnant with their first child, North. “It’s true!! Kanye and I are expecting a baby. We feel so blessed and lucky and wish that in addition to both of our families, his mom and my dad could be here to celebrate this special time with us. Looking forward to great new beginnings in 2013 and to starting a family. Happy New Year!!!” she wrote on her website at the time. In 2015, they announced they were pregnant with baby No. 2.
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Fashion First
Clearly, Kanye was an influence in Kim’s life. “He totally picks out my looks,” Kim admitted. “I had on this white Balmain pantsuit, and he was like, ‘No, no, no. I think you just be a little bit more simple today’ and totally changed my outfit right before I was walking out.”
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Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow
The businesswoman isn’t afraid to change up her look now, either. She’s often seen going from long, dark locks to short, blonde bobs overnight. Kim has also experimented with color, going pink in 2018.
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Fashionista
Now, Kim has become a fashion icon. She has graced the covers of magazines like Vogue and usually is on the best-dressed list.
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Regrets
However, the socialite hasn’t always been obsessed with her outfits. “I definitely have style regrets,” she told INSIDER. “I mean, I wear some things, and I’m like, ‘Why did I wear that?’” Kim said that anything she wore from 2007 to 2011 were her worst looks.
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Cute and Casual
“My style now has been very low-key,” Kim said in 2017, adding that she often picks clothes that are “easy to put on” since she’s “running around being a mom.”
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So Relatable
“I have always been extremely simple and really relatable,” Kim told People. “If I am going through a sweatpants and heels phase or more of a dressy phase, it has always been something that I think other people can kind of have their own version of.”
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Changes
Kim acknowledges that her look has changed over the years. “My style has definitely evolved,” she said. “When I met Kanye, and he really started to bring me to Paris, he introduced me to a bunch of people. I think one of the first people I met were [designers] Riccardo Tisci and Alber Elbaz.”
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Confident Queen
Kim seems to be more confident with her body these days, too. “I feel like I’m in really good shape right now, like the best shape I’ve ever been, so I do wear a lot of crop tops a lot,” she said. Work it, girl!
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Couples Who Match
Following her divorce from Kanye, Kim began dating SNL alum Pete Davidson in October 2021. The pair debuted matching bleached blonde hair in May 2022.
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Fitness Goals
Kim opened up about her “athlete” level physique after dropping from 25 percent body fat in May 2021 to 18.8 percent in August 2022 adding that her bones are “stronger than 93-97% of people.”
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