- The reality-TV star and beauty mogul Kim Kardashian West said in a new interview with New York magazine that her relationship with the rapper Kanye West was causing her to dress less sexy.
- "My husband has voiced that sometimes too sexy is just overkill and he's not comfortable with that," Kardashian West said.
- "I listen to him and understand him," she added.
- However, Kardashian West also said her decision to wear less-revealing clothing was also due to an "awakening," in part from her prison-reform advocacy with the White House.
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Kim Kardashian West said in a new interview with New York magazine that her relationship with Kanye West was causing her to dress less sexy.
"My husband has voiced that sometimes too sexy is just overkill and he's not comfortable with that," the reality-TV star said. "I listen to him and understand him."
Kardashian West was adamant that she is still free to dress how she likes, even though West has notably been critical of some of her more revealing looks.
"At the end of the day, he always gives me the freedom to be and do what I want," she said.
The beauty mogul and Skims founder also said her style change was due to an "awakening," in part from her recent prison-reform advocacy with White House politicians.
"I realized I could not even scroll through Instagram in front of my kids without full nudity coming up on my feed pretty much all the time. And I definitely contributed to that," Kardashian West said, mentioning her iconic 2014 Paper magazine cover that featured her nude and oiled up.
"I also did think, like, 'OK, I'm here in the White House,' and then the next day I was posting, like, a crazy bikini selfie. And I was thinking, 'I hope they don't see this.' I have to go back there next week," she continued.
West has previously influenced his wife's fashion choices. On an October episode of "Keeping Up With the Kardashians," he said he didn't approve of Kardashian West's bespoke, skintight Met Gala dress.
"You are my wife, and it affects me when pictures are too sexy," he said, after she said his comments about her dress were giving her "bad anxiety."
West has also barred his daughter North from wearing makeup and crop tops until she's a teenager — something Kardashian West doesn't exactly agree with.
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