In the provocative image, shot by Terry Richardson (no surprise there), Kim wears an itty-bitty off-the-shoulder striped Guess top and red push-up bra, flashing a coy smile for the camera. The star opens up to the magazine about everything from husband Kanye West‘s influence on her wardrobe to how she avoided being photographed panty-less in her early days hanging out with Paris Hilton.
Kim adds that she’s always asking Kanye for advice — and not just about her outfits.
“Even if there’s a project that I’m not working on with Kanye, I always get his input,” she says. “I was sending him pictures today from the [Rolling Stone] shoot and he was sending me back the sweetest messages. I value his opinion. There’s no one more creative in my eyes. There’s no one that gets the relevancy of pop culture [more].”
As for spending the early Aughts hanging out with Paris Hilton, Kim says she never fell into the partying trap, but she is surprised she was able to escape flashing the paparazzi.
“I rarely wear underwear, but that never happened to me,” she says. “I was never drinking — I think that saved me a lot.”
Kim may not wear underwear all the time, but she’s very open about her love affair with Spanx. For discussion at the Commonwealth Club of California in San Francisco Tuesday night, the four-months-pregnant star revealed she was wearing maternity Spanx under her bodycon shoulder-cutout dress.
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During her talk with retired state judge LaDoris Cordell, Kim revealed that she endorses Hillary Clinton’s presidential run. She also opened up about how her social media presence (she has close to 100 million followers across all her platforms) has led to her popularity and fame.
“I really do love social media,” she said. “I credit it to a lot of my career. My career is based on openness — openness and honesty.”
She added that she’s an oversharer at times (see all those bikini selfies), but her main goal is to be “really engaged” with fans.
What do yo think of Kim’s sexy cover? Fun or over-the-top? How about her recent wardrobe choices? Sound off below.
–Brittany Talarico
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