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The ever-growing influence of Kanye West is borderline inescapable even to mere mortals well outside of his direct radiating sphere. So imagine what it's like to be in his family. Dude is just too swagged out and knowledgeable (or at least very expressive) about everything related to taste that it must be hard to front like you know better than him at the dinner table.
Since he bagged up his dream girl and earned a spot in America's very own royal family, the results of spending extended time with Kanye have been slowly but surely reflected by the Kardashians. It's deeper than just Scott: read on for a list of Kardashian Klan Members Who Dress Like Kanye West. Don't call it swagger-jacking, it's just family business.
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Kendall Jenner
The fashion-forward future of the Kardashian-Jenner empire is already out here walking the same runways that Uncle Yeezy sits front row at. But that hasn't stopped her from paying homage to Yeezus every now and then. She's fond of pairing leather pants with denim tops, one of Kanye's main go-to looks. And when she's not on catwalks or red carpets she'll strut around L.A. in Balmain joints and a Yeezus tour tee, a classic present-day Ye uniform. The future looks like it's listening.
North West
Wow, this kid's barely been alive a year and is aleady out here swagger-jacking and stomping on all her fellow-diaper wearers. But in all seriousness, celebrity baby pictures don't get cuter than this. As the progeny of Yeezus, young Nori is guaranteed to be the flyest in her class from pre-k til grad school, whether she actually wants to or not.
Kylie Jenner
As the younger sister in the family, Kylie is prone to experimenting with her looks with bold choices like her blue-dye ombre hair from earlier this year. Of course, any steez tinkering is going to factor in some Ye influence as well, whether it's hopping on the flannel-on-waist wave with him or going full copycat with all-black, leather, and Air Yeezys with a grunge influence. Together she and her sister are quietly the most original dressers in the family, and it's this fearlessness that bears the highest Kanye influence of all. You just know they've probably beta-tested and offered feedback on that new adidas gear.
Kris Jenner
Like any aging beauty, Kris Jenner is in a constant bid to remind everyone that she's still just as gorgeous as her daughters. While this results in the occasional bikini Instagram flourish, it also means keeping up with the girls on the fashion wave; she's engaged Kim, Kourtney, and Khloé in rounds of Who Wore It Best on numerous occasions. So it's no surprise that she's following Kanye's cues secondhand through Kim. Since he officially joined the team Kris has shown out cougar-status in a lot of the same achromatic looks that Yeezy taught Kim about, as well as "hip" distressed jeans and motorcycle jackets. Will French have her on that luxe pelt game if he and Khloé make it to Christmas?
Khloé Kardashian
Khloé has always seemed like the coolest member of the family, so of course she'd be open and quick to incorporating Kanye and all the taste cues he brings with him. Khloé, for her part, has recently taken an increased interest in all-black looks, flannels, and Timbs (though maybe that's from being the first lady of Coke Boys as well). And in a move that the hypebeasts would appreciate, she's been known to hit the gym or the casual L.A. block in rare Yeezus tour merch.
Rob Kardashian
A lot of fuss has been made over Rob K's struggle with his bathroom scale, but hey, at least he's investing in his gear instead of committing to muumuus. It only makes sense that Robert started riding the luxe streetwear wave after KimYe become a patented word. If one of the coolest dudes in the world all of a sudden become your older brother, wouldn't you start copying him like you were 8 years old all over again?
Lord Scott Disick
Before Yeezus showed him the light, your boy LD was all typical rich guy trust fund venture capitalist steez (What exactly does Scott Disick do? How did he come into his money? Should we care?) with his "fuck you" suits, French collar shirts, and absurd loafers. Enter Kanye, and suddenly Scott is finally optimizing his full lord potential. In fact, the first welcome to the family embrace from an established Kardashian clique member given to Kanye came from Scotty D in the form of fully co-opting the Yeezy style cues.
For one brief but memorable window Lord's daily look implied that he asked his wardrobe "What Would Yeezy Do?" every morning. Leather pants, Js (specifically Ye's favored Breds and Royals 1s), and bomber jackets were the uniform to such a point that the influence even spread to young Mason. These days his style is a healthy hybrid of his own sensibilities plus Ye's, making him a worthy brother-in-law of swag.
Kim Kardashian
On some dates and even solo outings in 2012 when early onset KimYe phenomena commenced, it looked like Kim was literally raiding Ye's closet (how awkward is this first picture?). Then Kanye very publicly raided her closet in a #rare KUWTK appearance where he (somewhat self-aware of his perceived egotistical persona) declared everything had to go.
Yes, moreso than any of the impressionable K-klan men, Kim is the biggest Yeezus influencee of all, because even without that meta cameo it would still be blatantly obvious that Ye is literally dressing her to his liking. Streetwear accents like varsity jackets at runway shows, those weird Ewok-fur DONDA women's shoes, and lots of black/white coordinated alphets—gotta be all Kanye's design. And this isn't really a recent phenomenon. Back when he was first courting her, Kanye gave her a pair of Margiela boots, which was a brand she had never heard of.
Is it a little strange on a Jimmy Stewart/Vertigo wave? Yes, but regardless of your opinion on the man, he does have impeccable taste for both men and women. Doesn't seem like Kim's complaining.
Wait! Did Bruce Jenner teach Kanye?
A lot of attention is paid to all of Yeezy's lesson plans, but gawd though he may be, let us not forget that he's also a mortal who had idols and inspirations just like the rest of us. Could it be, in a light twist of irony, that one of Kanye's style inspirations was former Olympic level Swag Lord Bruce Jenner?
Peep the photo of the throwback gawd taunting PETA in a luxurious fur-lined leather. It's not quite dragging on the floor, but, the signs and the seeds of what Ye and Kim are doing now are there. Perhaps Bruce is due for more props than he's usually given.
Check out that throwback pic of Bruce J. and Kris on a red carpet, his coke-white shirt contrasting perfectly with his stonewashed jeans and her all-black (and apparently preggers) look. Ring any bells from the last two years?
