Days after the 2025 Met Gala, Kim Kardashian faced a packing predicament that only a member of the one percent could fathom. How should she dress for a weeks-long trip to Paris, where she would first testify in a court case against ten robbers who stole $9 million worth of diamonds from her hotel suite in 2016, and then attend Lauren Sanchez's billionaire bachelorette party? The answer, it seems, is to hardly distinguish between the two.
Much ado was made over Kardashian's first outfit of the journey as she walked up the Voltaire courthouse steps on May 14 to testify in vintage John Galliano and heaps of diamonds. In isolation, her 52.17-carat Samer Halimeh necklace and 4.55-carat Repossi ear cuff were a defiant gesture as Kardashian faced the "grandpa robbers" on trial. Between the strong shoulders and exaggerated waist of her Galliano suit-dress and the glittering diamonds circling her neck and resting on her fingertips, Kardashian deployed her riches like a jewel-encrusted shield. Robbers could try to run off with her jewelry, but the material and cultural wealth she's accumulated are untouchable.
