PRIM KARDASHIAN – GOOD GIRL BUSTS OUT – ALL OVER; KARDASHIAN FOR FASHION
Danica Lo

The New York Post
November 8, 2007 Thursday

KIM Kardashian likes to get Spanx-ed . . . on her bottom.

"I try to contain it," she says about her butt – the same (in)famous
rear view that features heavily in TV promotions for her top-rated E!

reality show, "Keeping Up With the Kardashians," on the cover of
December’s Playboy, and in the hearts (and dirty minds) of men
everywhere.

We spent some time with it (and her) as she indulged in one of her
favorite pastimes – shopping at Bergdorf Goodman.

"I’m obsessed with this store," Kardashian gushes as she fondles a
metallic D&G dress, just one pricey item in what would eventually
add up to be a $5,000 shopping spree. "This dress is to die for."

Truth be told, it did hug her curves especially well – those
much-speculated-about lady lumps that have worked both to her benefit
and detriment.

"There was that gym picture of me in the tight leggings, walking out
with no makeup on," says the 27-year-old. "I had tight Spandexy pants
on – I think that is the picture that started the ‘Oh my god I think
she has butt implants’ rumor.

"I mean, do you ever know anyone who has butt implants? Do people
really do that?" she asks. Then, under her breath, "It’s, like,
ridiculous. If they could see the cellulite, they’d know."

Kardashian is one of those signs of the end of civilizations: the
celebrity famous for nothing. She and her posterior popped up on the
radar when her soon-to-be ex, rapper Ray J, leaked a sex tape that
immediately caught the public, um, imagination. Spawning endorsements,
modeling gigs and the aforementioned hit TV show, a year and a half
later all the attention has transformed Kardashian into a red-carpet
force to be reckoned with.

"I was always in a relationship, and when I broke up with my boyfriend,
I started hanging out with my friends again – some of whom are in
the spotlight," she explains about her meteoric rise to fame.

But while other star-lites burn out generating headlines and rap
sheets for the tabloids, Kardashian – who doesn’t drink or smoke –
actually seems pretty wholesome. Playboy aside.

She’s not shy about putting her killer body on display, but she’s
a far cry from the sex-crazed vixen she’s portrayed – like Jessica
Rabbit said, she’s not bad, she’s just drawn that way.

"No one believes I’m a size 0," Kardashian tells us, as she tries on
several Diane von Furstenberg frocks. The dresses, which look charming,
cute and Upper East Side preppy on the hangers, instantly transform
into bombshell-sexy when draped and zipped over Kardashian’s slight,
gravity-defying voluptuous frame.

Kardashian is the ArmenianGerman-Irish-American daughter of late O.J.

Simpson attorney Robert Kardashian and fitness equipment infomercialist
Kris "Married to the Bruce" Jenner. She grew up with three fullsiblings
(Kourtney, Khloe and Robert), two half-sisters (Kylie and Kendall),
and four stepsiblings (Casey, Burt, Brandon and Brody). She began
playing against type in high school, when she got an after-school
job. Working at Body, the boutique on Beverly Boulevard, isn’t exactly
the Peach Pit, but still.

"I crashed my first car, a BMW, so I had to find a way to pay for
the repairs without telling my dad," she says.

After graduating from high school, she became a professional stylist,
first on her mom and Jenner’s infomercials, later for singer-actress
Brandy. She founded a closet-makeover company that straightened up
clients such as Cindy Crawford and Kathie Lee Gifford. Now, along with
her sisters and mother, Kardashian owns and operates two boutiques
in Calabasas, Calif.

Blame the Armenians.

"Armenian families are superstrict," she says. "My greatgrandparents
were from Armenia. We didn’t speak Armenian in the home, but just as
a family and at our get-togethers. We eat Armenian food all the time.

Being Armenian is a big part of who I am – my dad was really
conservative and my mom is really liberal, so I think I got a good
mix of both."

It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to figure out which part of her is
liberal – her Playboy-worthy curves. "I developed at a really young
age, at 10 or 11, and I hated it," she says as she tries on two Chanel
shoulder bags – which ring in at just under $2,000 a pop. "I’d say
my prayers at night and I’d pray that I wouldn’t grow any bigger.

I was so embarrassed. And now, obviously, it’s a different story."

Obviously.

Not that she doesn’t have her off days. "It took a while for me to
get comfortable with it. Now there are times when I’m still like,
ugh, I’ve got to lose five pounds. I just need to be more firm,
so I’m working on that."

Sure, Kim, why don’t you work on that.

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Photo captions

* "Kim likes wrap dresses because you can tie them as tight as
you want.

* Diane von Furstenberg "Volante" ruffle-trimmed wrap dress, $425 at
Bergdorf Goodman

KIM CONQUERS BERGDORF GOODMAN

* Above: "I love wearing coats like dresses," Kim says. Not like she’s
a flasher or anything. Here, she sports her own Moschino coat over
an Amo & Bretti sweater-dress, a Fendi belt and Jimmy Choo boots as
she leaves Bergdorf Goodman.

* "I’m really into conservative pieces right now," she says. "But
when you’re curvy, you have to be careful about looking frumpy."

Diane von Furstenberg olive "Cain" dress, $385. No frump here.

* "I love sales," Kim exclaims. "And I love Missoni. I think finding
something flattering is more about cut, not patterns. Look for
something not too wild."

* Kim thought this was too small, so she got a size bigger – 2! –
and is having it taken in. D&G dress $1,045

* "This coat is to die for. It must be Alice & Olivia," she says.

Good call. "I have it in black already, but I have to have this one."

Alice & Olivia white coat with black trim, $440.