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Kim Kardashian Talks About New Bebe Line, Building an Empire and Respecting Her Curves

by Katie Hintz-Zambrano (Subscribe to Katie Hintz-Zambrano's posts)
Posted Feb 16th 2010 at 6:56PM  
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Kim Kardashian at her Bebe fashion show. (With just a few bulbs going off behind her.) Photo: Jerrit Clark, Wireimage.com

Kim, Kourtney and Khloe Kardashian are officially New York Fashion Week "designers," after showing their Kardashians by Bebe line today, albeit away from the tents, as part of Style360.

While Kourtney and Khloe were suspiciously absent from the runway show -- which also included a reality row of Adrienne Bailon (brother Rob's ex), JWoww from "Jersey Shore" and two of "The Real Housewives of New Jersey" -- Kim held court as celebrity/designer and took a front row seat to see her creations strut by.

After the show, StyleList sat down with Kim for a little one-on-one.

StyleList: How do all three of your personalities come out in this collection?
Kim Kardashian:
I think we had an overall feel of sexy, but wearable. Kourtney is a little more bohemian chic and she wears everything a little more loose fitted, so she did all of the short rompers and boyfriend blazers. Khloe is a little more edgy and she did the leather leggings and the mesh dresses and I love a one-shoulder and I love super sexy, so I did all that stuff.


SL:
You've built an empire based off of your reality fame. Did you ever think that you could build a brand around yourself?
KK:
Not in a million years. But growing up, all of my friends in high school would always ask what beauty products I'm wearing and what shoes I had on. So now that I can give that on a whole bigger scale is very cool and exiting for me.

I love what I do and every project I'm involved in and I'm very hands-on. With my shoe company, I came up with the concept... so it's just not that I'm putting my face on these products for an endorsement deal, I'm actually really heavily involved in them.

It just feels good that all of this stuff is happening. I'm pleasantly surprised. I've always been a business woman so I always envisioned my life to be at a certain level, I didn't think it'd be at this level, but I definitely always envisioned a certain lifestyle for myself through my hard work and it's all paying off.

SL:
Besides the clothing and fragrance, what other areas are you dipping into?
KK:
I have fitness DVDs that I'm hoping to do more of and I'm going on QVC in the next two weeks to sell them. And I have my diet product, QuickTrim, that we found. We looked for every manufacturer to find the best, safest, most effective product. I love the fitness world, I love working out, I love exploring that world. I think feeling and looking your best is a choice and I think everybody can do what they can.

SL: Will we be seeing some of your own beauty products?
KK:
I definitely think so. I get asked all the time what my favorite beauty products are, so I'd love to find the best of what I use and make it even better.

SL: You've been celebrated for your womanly curves and backside. Did trying to accentuate those parts figure into the Bebe collection?
KK:
I think we definitely made sure that everything is body conscious. And this corset attached to this dress [points to her own Bebe ensemble] is stretch leather. So we wanted to make sure that we made clothes that are forgiving for women with curves so that everything is really flattering.

For more from the "Keeping Up With the Kardashians" crew, read our exclusive interview with Bruce Jenner.

And do you think this video of Kim Kardashian on sister site Slashfood is too saucy?
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Tags: Bebe, Celebrities at Fashion Week, Celebrity fashion lines, Fall 2010 Fashion Week, Fragrance, Kardashians, Kardashians by bebe, Kim Kardashian, New York Fashion Week, New York Fashion Week Fall 2010, QuickTrim, Style360
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Brad, 2-17-2010, 2:35PM

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What did any of the Kardashian's ever do to deserve to be in any spotlight for anything other than being s.l.u.t.s? Heck, the pics of kim when young were not very good, she was actually kind of ugly. it's amazing what makeup can do these days, although kim does have some decent looking boobs, but the rest is all fake and made up.

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Digi, 2-17-2010, 5:17PM

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Dont try to figure it out. Its purely simply put, the world is full of idiots who find such a thing interesting. Honestly the only reason Im here is cause i take great efforts to slam anything retarded on the net as a cure for boredom. it works cause theres a mass abundunce of retarded thigns around.

Kim Kardashin is simply a bimbo , equal to say paris hilton. Only exception is......well wait they both had cheesy porns with bad directing and a really bad female part. SO yeah there u have it. Watch the movie Idiocracy> Describes humanity PERFECTLY.

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Anna, 2-17-2010, 6:04PM

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It’s amazing because nothing else was working for my wrinkles until I found Belisi RX ( http://biglnk.com/BelisiRX ), not topicals or even blue light treatment. People keep giving me compliments now and it feels great. I have only been using your product for two weeks and the difference in my skin tone is remarkable to say the least. I finally feel like I have healthy skin.

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vickie, 2-17-2010, 2:53PM

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Brad......you can't be serious ....she is beautiful....have you been turned down lately? you're so mean............

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Digi, 2-17-2010, 5:21PM

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Vickie your a magazine thumbing dike. Dont rag the guy for giving the straight up truth and wondering why ignorance and idiots like yourself seem to deem what is 'entertaining' these days. Also Vicki, yeah shes beautiful...as a barbie doll. We have a term for what she is..Xerox'd. SADLY VICKI, being BEAUTIFUL ISNT A JOB. It isnt BENEFICIAL TO ANYTHING. And sadly more often than not means the person in question has put such effort into self looks their brain is MAD LACKING in Intelligence.

The fact you defend her means one thing. You're one of those mass idiots who find anythign in a red book worth reading. Why dont you go read a issue of vogue while painting your nails and save us the time of pointing out your IQ level being less than the avg 3 year old can count to.

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hijacks, 2-17-2010, 3:39PM

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Yea Brad....stop with the hating!!!!
I like the girls....they seem nice....a little crazy at times....but nice!!!

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d, 2-17-2010, 3:45PM

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Her and her sisters are a disgrace. Hookers have more morals than they do. I pity that new baby. They curse like sailors, talk about their indecent sex lives, and think they are cool. May God have mercy on them.

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Enough Already, 2-17-2010, 4:17PM

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Why does anyone care what she or her family wear, etc.? There are so many other people who have talent or something important to say that should be getting the media attention.

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Patty, 2-17-2010, 4:19PM

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Their show just pulls you in. I have to admit I think Chris lives through her daughters and pushes them like a Pimp would. Now the younger daughter is getting into modeling and they are "clowning her up" to look way older. Looks like tradition carries on. I think the girl are very pretty, but disrespectful, conceited brats. And that father of the one who just had the baby....gag! He looks like such a dork with those sweaters he wears around his neck; come on, that was out years ago! Can't they dress him better if they are such stylists. He looks gay to me anyway (not that I care one way or the other). He is milking the Kardashians so that he gets his face on tv. I can't believe she was ever even attracted to him. He's a want-to-be tv star. I just feel sorry for Bruce. He is never treated with respect. He could do so much better!

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almasearch, 2-17-2010, 4:41PM

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Heck, I don't care who designed that dress she's wearing in the photo... It's just plain ugly.

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teltech543, 2-17-2010, 5:42PM

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Yummy

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watdafuk, 2-17-2010, 6:22PM

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The whole lot of them are nothing but pigs.

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John, 2-17-2010, 6:51PM

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And youre a scumbag!

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jerry, 2-17-2010, 7:59PM

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she's one of the few women in hollywood who still wears stockings, which in my opinion, adds style and class to the dress, like perals and jewelry. plus, she is always dressed very well.

she is pleasing to look at from this old coot!

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d, 2-17-2010, 8:27PM

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They ARE pigs..john. Each goes to their own kind. If you marry trash you end up with garbage.

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Kelly, 2-17-2010, 8:25PM

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Is it just me, or does that corset look really kinky to me and it amuses me that someone would actually wear it in public? Even though the dress makes it look less kinky, it still looks very s & m to me.

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