{"id":696960,"date":"2025-10-28T01:55:11","date_gmt":"2025-10-27T22:55:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/skims-chilling-vision-of-the-perfect-female-body\/"},"modified":"2025-10-28T01:55:11","modified_gmt":"2025-10-27T22:55:11","slug":"skims-chilling-vision-of-the-perfect-female-body","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/skims-chilling-vision-of-the-perfect-female-body\/","title":{"rendered":"SKIMS\u2019 chilling vision of the perfect female body"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2468300044d\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: 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class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/skims-chilling-vision-of-the-perfect-female-body\/#Through_her_billion-dollar_shapewear_company_Kim_Kardashian_has_found_a_way_to_capitalize_on_her_influence_on_body_politics\" >Through her billion-dollar shapewear company, Kim Kardashian has found a way to capitalize on her influence on body politics.<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"deck\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Through_her_billion-dollar_shapewear_company_Kim_Kardashian_has_found_a_way_to_capitalize_on_her_influence_on_body_politics\"><\/span>Through her billion-dollar shapewear company, Kim Kardashian has found a way to capitalize on her influence on body politics.<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"content_blocks\">\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-275317\" class=\"content_block paragraph image triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"media_wrapper\">\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_760,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/FauxHairPanty_32_FINALS_txfqkj\/kim-kardashian-skims-the-ultimate-bush-essay.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_220,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/FauxHairPanty_32_FINALS_txfqkj\/kim-kardashian-skims-the-ultimate-bush-essay.jpg 220w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_300,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/FauxHairPanty_32_FINALS_txfqkj\/kim-kardashian-skims-the-ultimate-bush-essay.jpg 300w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/FauxHairPanty_32_FINALS_txfqkj\/kim-kardashian-skims-the-ultimate-bush-essay.jpg 400w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_600,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/FauxHairPanty_32_FINALS_txfqkj\/kim-kardashian-skims-the-ultimate-bush-essay.jpg 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1800w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_2400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/FauxHairPanty_32_FINALS_txfqkj\/kim-kardashian-skims-the-ultimate-bush-essay.jpg 2400w,\" sizes=\"60vw\" alt=\"SKIMS\u2019 chilling vision of the perfect female body\"><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"img_caption\"><\/p>\n<p>  <span class=\"credit\"><\/p>\n<p>      Photo by SKIMS<\/p>\n<p>  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-275313\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>\n            Kim Kardashian loves a gimmick. When her shapewear brand SKIMS launched the \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_new\" href=\"https:\/\/skims.com\/products\/faux-hair-micro-string-thong-sienna-black-curly\">Ultimate Bush<\/a>\u201d last week \u2014 a stringy, $32 micro-thong with a fake tuft of pubic hair \u2014 it was seemingly more rage-bait than genuine release. SKIMS teased the product with a tongue-in-cheek <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/game\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"7\" title=\"Game\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">game<\/a> show-inspired campaign called \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_new\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DPy65b6D9zG\/\">Does the Carpet Match the Drapes?<\/a>\u201d as critics flocked to <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">social media<\/a> to weigh in. People called the launch \u201cweird\u201d and \u201cuncalled for\u201d in the Instagram comments. But the hairy, barely-there panties sold out within a day.\n          <\/p>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div>\n<p>\n            Since the billionaire entrepreneur founded SKIMS in 2019, this year, Kardashian has begun doing something different with the brand, pushing the proverbial envelope into more provocative territory and dabbling in the polarizing end of bodywear. In August, she launched a $48 <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_new\" href=\"https:\/\/skims.com\/products\/seamless-sculpt-face-wrap-clay\">collagen-infused face wrap<\/a> that promised to \u201csnatch your little chinny-chin-chin\u201d and looked like a prop that came straight out of a horror movie. This was after she launched a fake <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_new\" href=\"https:\/\/skims.com\/products\/skims-body-butt-enhancing-padded-short-clay\">BBL butt pad<\/a> in February, and in May, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_new\" href=\"https:\/\/skims.com\/products\/skims-ultimate-nipple-push-up-bra-clay\">a bra with fake perfect nipples<\/a>, plus a <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_new\" href=\"https:\/\/skims.com\/products\/skims-ultimate-pierced-nipple-push-up-bra-onyx\">version that was pierced<\/a>. These drops, from an optimist\u2019s standpoint, could be viewed as harmless schemes for the brand to stoke controversy and stay relevant in fast-moving press cycles. But more and more I\u2019m unable to ignore an underlying insidiousness beneath it all as Kardashian builds, and sells, her vision of the perfect female body one part at a time.\n          <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"content_block paragraph triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-275318\" class=\"content_block paragraph embed triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"media_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DMtJ4nbTvVW\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); 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font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DMtJ4nbTvVW\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" style=\" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none;\" target=\"_blank\">A post shared by SKIMS (@skims)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script>\n<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-275314\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>\n            Kardashian\u2019s aforementioned merkin might not be for the functionally minded, but the drop can\u2019t be disentangled from the wider context of the Kardashian empire and past: that the multihyphenate, along with her famous sisters, are known for setting and cementing beauty standards into the mainstream.\n          <\/p>\n<p>\n            At the height of the Kardashian cultural reign in the mid-2010s, the sisters held disproportionate power over certain beauty aesthetics, many of which <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ropriated from Black culture. Even as recent beauty trends have brought back the \u201cheroin chic\u201d look, that pivot was only noted by trend forecasters online <i>after<\/i> people speculated that Kim and Khloe got \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_new\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nylon.com\/entertainment\/miu-miu-mini-skirts-kim-kardashian-end-of-bbls\">butt reductions<\/a>\u201d in 2022. Kardashian, whether we like it or not, are conscious of it or not, and despite all the controversy she courts, continues to overwhelmingly shape the way society thinks about the ideal female body. And now, as a CEO of a shapewear company, there\u2019s something deeply unsettling about the idea of Kardashian utilizing that influence to now sell those \u201cfeatures\u201d back to those they were taken from.\n          <\/p>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-275334\" class=\"content_block paragraph image triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"media_wrapper\">\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_760,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/SKIMS-LOUNGWEAR-TH-THG-8207W-COCOA-GINGER-CURLY-FLT_kztfsh\/skims-new-product-ultimate-bush-is-a-thong-with-a-fake-tuft-of-pubic-hair-retailing-for-32.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_220,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/SKIMS-LOUNGWEAR-TH-THG-8207W-COCOA-GINGER-CURLY-FLT_kztfsh\/skims-new-product-ultimate-bush-is-a-thong-with-a-fake-tuft-of-pubic-hair-retailing-for-32.jpg 220w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_300,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/SKIMS-LOUNGWEAR-TH-THG-8207W-COCOA-GINGER-CURLY-FLT_kztfsh\/skims-new-product-ultimate-bush-is-a-thong-with-a-fake-tuft-of-pubic-hair-retailing-for-32.jpg 300w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/SKIMS-LOUNGWEAR-TH-THG-8207W-COCOA-GINGER-CURLY-FLT_kztfsh\/skims-new-product-ultimate-bush-is-a-thong-with-a-fake-tuft-of-pubic-hair-retailing-for-32.jpg 400w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_600,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/SKIMS-LOUNGWEAR-TH-THG-8207W-COCOA-GINGER-CURLY-FLT_kztfsh\/skims-new-product-ultimate-bush-is-a-thong-with-a-fake-tuft-of-pubic-hair-retailing-for-32.jpg 600w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_750,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/SKIMS-LOUNGWEAR-TH-THG-8207W-COCOA-GINGER-CURLY-FLT_kztfsh\/skims-new-product-ultimate-bush-is-a-thong-with-a-fake-tuft-of-pubic-hair-retailing-for-32.jpg 750w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_840,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/SKIMS-LOUNGWEAR-TH-THG-8207W-COCOA-GINGER-CURLY-FLT_kztfsh\/skims-new-product-ultimate-bush-is-a-thong-with-a-fake-tuft-of-pubic-hair-retailing-for-32.jpg 840w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_960,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/SKIMS-LOUNGWEAR-TH-THG-8207W-COCOA-GINGER-CURLY-FLT_kztfsh\/skims-new-product-ultimate-bush-is-a-thong-with-a-fake-tuft-of-pubic-hair-retailing-for-32.jpg 960w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1260,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/SKIMS-LOUNGWEAR-TH-THG-8207W-COCOA-GINGER-CURLY-FLT_kztfsh\/skims-new-product-ultimate-bush-is-a-thong-with-a-fake-tuft-of-pubic-hair-retailing-for-32.jpg 1260w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1800,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/SKIMS-LOUNGWEAR-TH-THG-8207W-COCOA-GINGER-CURLY-FLT_kztfsh\/skims-new-product-ultimate-bush-is-a-thong-with-a-fake-tuft-of-pubic-hair-retailing-for-32.jpg 1800w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_2400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/SKIMS-LOUNGWEAR-TH-THG-8207W-COCOA-GINGER-CURLY-FLT_kztfsh\/skims-new-product-ultimate-bush-is-a-thong-with-a-fake-tuft-of-pubic-hair-retailing-for-32.jpg 2400w,\" sizes=\"60vw\" alt=\"SKIMS\u2019 chilling vision of the perfect female body\"><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"img_caption\"><\/p>\n<p>    <span class=\"caption\"><br \/>\n      SKIMS&#8217; new product &#8220;Ultimate Bush&#8221; is a thong with a fake tuft of pubic hair, retailing for $32.<br \/>\n    <\/span><\/p>\n<p>  <span class=\"credit\"><br \/>\n      \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>      SKIMS<br \/>\n  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-275335\" class=\"content_block paragraph image triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"media_wrapper\">\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_760,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/SKIMS-LOUNGWEAR-TH-THG-8207W-CLAY-BLACK-CURLY-FLT_a5zqge\/kim-kardashian-skims-the-ultimate-bush-essay.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_220,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/SKIMS-LOUNGWEAR-TH-THG-8207W-CLAY-BLACK-CURLY-FLT_a5zqge\/kim-kardashian-skims-the-ultimate-bush-essay.jpg 220w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_300,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/SKIMS-LOUNGWEAR-TH-THG-8207W-CLAY-BLACK-CURLY-FLT_a5zqge\/kim-kardashian-skims-the-ultimate-bush-essay.jpg 300w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/SKIMS-LOUNGWEAR-TH-THG-8207W-CLAY-BLACK-CURLY-FLT_a5zqge\/kim-kardashian-skims-the-ultimate-bush-essay.jpg 400w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_600,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/SKIMS-LOUNGWEAR-TH-THG-8207W-CLAY-BLACK-CURLY-FLT_a5zqge\/kim-kardashian-skims-the-ultimate-bush-essay.jpg 600w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_750,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/SKIMS-LOUNGWEAR-TH-THG-8207W-CLAY-BLACK-CURLY-FLT_a5zqge\/kim-kardashian-skims-the-ultimate-bush-essay.jpg 750w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_840,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/SKIMS-LOUNGWEAR-TH-THG-8207W-CLAY-BLACK-CURLY-FLT_a5zqge\/kim-kardashian-skims-the-ultimate-bush-essay.jpg 840w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_960,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/SKIMS-LOUNGWEAR-TH-THG-8207W-CLAY-BLACK-CURLY-FLT_a5zqge\/kim-kardashian-skims-the-ultimate-bush-essay.jpg 960w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1260,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/SKIMS-LOUNGWEAR-TH-THG-8207W-CLAY-BLACK-CURLY-FLT_a5zqge\/kim-kardashian-skims-the-ultimate-bush-essay.jpg 1260w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1800,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/SKIMS-LOUNGWEAR-TH-THG-8207W-CLAY-BLACK-CURLY-FLT_a5zqge\/kim-kardashian-skims-the-ultimate-bush-essay.jpg 1800w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_2400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/SKIMS-LOUNGWEAR-TH-THG-8207W-CLAY-BLACK-CURLY-FLT_a5zqge\/kim-kardashian-skims-the-ultimate-bush-essay.jpg 2400w,\" sizes=\"60vw\" alt=\"SKIMS\u2019 chilling vision of the perfect female body\"><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"img_caption\"><\/p>\n<p>  <span class=\"credit\"><\/p>\n<p>      SKIMS<\/p>\n<p>  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"content_block paragraph triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-275315\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>\n            Through SKIMS, her influence is now more measurable and clearly defined than ever. Each gimmick item that she releases and immediately sells out proves her ability to move things from the niche to the mainstream. In the instance of the merkin, she\u2019s repackaging body hair that women have historically been shamed for, that women have paid hundreds of dollars to permanently remove. But now, that same untamed growth is a novelty that you can buy for a pretty penny. Kardashian has found a way to commercialize the body parts that most often fall victim to regulation, sexualization, and scrutiny in a patriarchal society, while removing them from their previous context completely.\n          <\/p>\n<p>\n            Speaking to Ruby Thelot, a professor of design and media theory at NYU, he describes the SKIMS endeavor as appropriating body parts for a \u201cself-made Frankenstein image \u2014 in which they&#8217;re taking the lips of one, the eyes of another, the butt of another\u2026 it means that we are in a highly visual culture where we can take things that are deemed highly negative, but by decorticating them from their original bodies where they exist, we can have them as almost meaningless symbols that only exist in the form of an image.\u201d\n          <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"content_block paragraph triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-275320\" class=\"content_block breaker triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left pull_quote\">\n<div class=\"media_wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"pull_quote\"><p>There\u2019s something deeply unsettling about Kardashian utilizing that influence to sell those \u201cfeatures\u201d back to those they were taken from.<\/p><\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-275316\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>\n            In that way, there&#8217;s nothing empowering or <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_new\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DPy65b6D9zG\/?hl=en\">daring<\/a> about Kardashian&#8217;s products or gimmicks. How can the shapewear mogul tell us that our natural bodies are en vogue via faux-bushes while simultaneously selling us tummy-sucking waist trainers and face-slimming bandages? Then, when Kardashian releases statements that she found the reactions to her fake bush \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_new\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/kim-kardashian-addresses-attention-around-new-skims-full-bush-faux-pubic-hair-underwear-11832419\">funny<\/a>,\u201d I feel gaslit for even venting frustration at her never-ending rolodex of absurd concepts.\n          <\/p>\n<p>\n            Time and again through the backlash, I remind myself that the Kardashians are here merely for financial and social gain. That they have the best plastic surgeons and dermatologists at their disposal while we sit in our modest abodes clamoring at our keyboards to dissect the impact of their latest controversy. Let us remember that celebrities are only as powerful as the attention and money that fuel them, even though I know that\u2019s easier said than done.\n          <\/p>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"author\">\n    <span><br \/>\n      By <span class=\"credit_name\">India Roby<\/span><br \/>\n  <\/span><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. Follow us on\u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/publications\/CAAqBwgKMN63nwsw68G3Aw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Google News<\/a><\/span>\u00a0too, click on the star and choose us from your favorites.<\/span><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>If you want to read more Like this articles, you can visit our <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" target=\"_blank\" >Social Media category.<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"color: black;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thefader.com\/2025\/10\/27\/kim-kardashian-skims-the-ultimate-bush-essay\" target=\"_blank\" >Source<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Through her billion-dollar shapewear company, Kim Kardashian has found a way to capitalize on her influence on body politics. Photo by SKIMS Kim Kardashian loves a gimmick. When her shapewear brand SKIMS launched the \u201cUltimate Bush\u201d last week \u2014 a stringy, $32 micro-thong with a fake tuft of pubic hair \u2014 it was seemingly more&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":696961,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/c_limit,w_1024\/c_crop,h_533,w_1024,x_0,y_48,f_auto,q_auto:eco\/FauxHairPanty_32_FINALS_fzkwcd\/FauxHairPanty_32_FINALS_fzkwcd.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[5014,159388],"class_list":["post-696960","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-social-mediaa","tag-clothing","tag-skims"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/696960","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=696960"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/696960\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/696961"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=696960"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=696960"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=696960"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}