Just when you thought Kim Kardashian couldn’t dress her six-month pregnant self any worse, she goes ahead and trumps her own bump.
Style experts are scratching their heads wondering how Kanye West’s baby mama can get it so wrong — so often. Or why she thinks the third trimester is the perfect time to experiment with edgy (read scary) clothes, like the $2,995 Lanvin baby-doll number she wore in New York on Monday.
“There’s a simple formula to dressing in a flattering way when you’re pregnant, and Kim is flouting the rules,” says fashion commentator Amy Tara Koch, author of “Bump It Up,” a fashion guide for expectant mothers.
“She is trying to project her usual sexy, curvy image, but it’s now looking super bizarre.
“It’s like she’s trying to stuff 5 pounds of baloney into a 1-pound bag.”
The 5-foot-2 star has defended her choice of outfits, telling “Good Morning America”: “My theory is ‘happy mommy, happy baby,’ so whatever makes me feel good, I wanna wear.”
She argues that sky-high heels are comfier than flats, and admits to getting at least one of her sartorial faux pas — a skintight black leather pencil skirt — custommade, even though she herself joked that people said “you’re suffocating the baby.”
Clinical psychologist Belisa Vranich, who specializes in women’s body issues, is not surprised by the 32-year-old’s narcissistic approach to pregnancy. “Kim defines herself by her curves,” says Vranich, who is based in Manhattan and LA. “It’s sad, but there is nothing else. If she doesn’t have the curves, she’s terrified she’ll be just a short, chunky girl.”
Click through the gallery to find out our panel of maternity fashion experts’ advice on how she can turn it around . . .
