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Kim Kardashian’s 10 most striking looks ahead of her 40th birthday: from animal prints to fashion icon

  • As Kardashian gets ready to celebrate her 40th birthday, we take a trip down memory lane and look at her style evolution
  • She officially became fashion-approved when in 2014 she graced the cover of American Vogue in a bridal look designed by Alber Elbaz for Lanvin

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Kim Kardashian at the Met Gala in New York in 2018 wearing a gold Versace dress decorated with crosses. Photo: Courtesy of Versace
Vincenzo La Torre

Reality TV show Keeping Up with the Kardashians may be nearing the end of its almost-15-year run but that doesn’t mean that Kim Kardashian and her family, whose shenanigans have kept people entertained for years, are going to disappear from our Instagram feeds any time soon.

From beauty and fashion to pop culture and even prison reform, the influence of Kardashian and her cohort has been pervasive.

Often dismissed as a bunch of privileged girls leading glamorous lives in Los Angeles, Kardashian and her sisters, led by their tour de force of a mom(ager) Kris Jenner, have been responsible for the mainstream acceptance of curvy body types; the rise of make-up trends such as contouring; the viral spread of silly memes like “okurr”; and changing celebrity culture as we know it, among other things.

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They accomplished all this – and more – by taking a page from the book of one of Kardashian’s early mentors: Paris Hilton, the original influencer.

As Kardashian gets ready to celebrate her 40th birthday, we take a trip down memory lane and look at the reality-TV-star-turned-entrepreneur’s style evolution: from her early days as an animal-print-clad NBA wife to her rise to the front rows of Paris Fashion Week as the most influential celebrity of the last decade.

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Kardashian at the Hollywood Life magazine Style Awards in West Hollywood, California, in 2007. Photo: AP
Kardashian at the Hollywood Life magazine Style Awards in West Hollywood, California, in 2007. Photo: AP
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