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I don't know about anyone else but I am addicted to Keeping Up With The Kardashians and love to follow the lives of Kim, Khloe and Kourtney (and the rest) as they live a charmed life in Hollywood, Calabasas, Miami, New York or where the hell ever they are based... (it's all the same to me as I am stuck in London and it is raining out.)
Over the years, we have definitely seen a transformation in Kim from young Hollywood hottie to Vixen Vamp (capital Vs for emphasis) and if rumours and some other blog sites are to be believed plastic surgery has played a small part in the transformation; and of course, in true Hollywood style, Kim denies having ever gone under the surgeon's knife. I am personally on the fence about whether/the amount of surgery Kim has had, however, there is no doubt about the girl's style. She is constantly snapped looking nothing less than glamorous. Her glam squad make her look so perfect that one could feel that without a black card it would be extremely difficult to copy her style. She herself has confessed that she is a shopaholic and is constantly sporting the latest looks and pulls them off with finesse!
While I personally believe celebrities, including Kim can look too... hmmm, well... "perfect" i.e. they frequently cross the point where you can't tell the difference between them and their wax work at Madame Tussaud's, the point is that they move around (or should I say above?) us mere mortals looking better than any professional air-brusher could even hope to dream of. This doesn't mean that one would begrudge them their sense of style or on a slightly reduced budget, not seek to emulate them, the thing that young celebrities like Kim do illustrate is that yes, money can help you look better (or more "perfect"), but it is not just money. It is what you do with it. The reason I think that Kim is a good illustration of this is that she always had money, but as she has matured she has been able to express her sense of style in an extremely endearing and admirable way. If you don't know what I mean, think Mariah Carey. I love this woman and since seeing her in concert I know she has the best voice I have every heard, however, try as she might and despite her riches, which no doubt eclipse those of Kim's, Carey's style doesn't quite cross-over into what one would call iconic. Also, her penchant for wearing super-tight and super-short clothes over what necessary suits her cute yet voluptuous shape - in the least emotive sense I could think of - just does her a disservice.
I don't go into what else Kim represents... blah blah blah sextape/playboy/men blah blah blah... as this is not that type of blog. I do like her style and think that as long as she doesn't believe the hype too much (J-Lo please note), she is a great style icon for everyone. But, in particular, the dark hair, dark-skinned and curvaceous girl can definitely identify with Kim. This is more significant if you consider that more people in the world (think Middle East, North Africa, South America, South East Asia, (native) Australasia and Mediterranean Europe) look like Kim Kardashian than other of her peers (e.g. LiLo, Paris Hilton, Britney etc), and unlike other curvy girl icons like the Beyonce's and J-Lo's, Kim is just much more accessible and seems like a nice person. Being the 4th Kardashian sister (in my mind) I personally prefer Khloe's personality but Kim's style is extremely mature very well suited to her figure and beautiful.
Am I using the word Icon too loosely?
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