Kim joked about not being able to style without Kanye when addressing “fickle” critics of her Flame outfit

Kim Kardashian hits back at the ongoing jokes about her outfit choices since her ex-husband Kanye West stopped styling her.

For a little background, Kim’s relationship with the fashion industry was heavily influenced by Kanye, whose legal name is now Ye. In fact, Kim openly credits Ye with being the reason she’s getting so involved in the field now, as he’s been carefully selecting her outfits and advising her on what — and what not — to wear over the past decade.

Ye even styled Kim for months after she filed for divorce from him last February, leaving her completely lost when he called it quits for good nine months later in November.

“I got to a point where I asked him for advice on everything — down to what I wear,” Kim admitted during a season one episode of her family’s Hulu show. The Kardashians. “Even now I have panic attacks like what am i wearing”

One particular Kim outfit that drew an overwhelming amount of negative comment online was the now-famous flame outfit, which she rocked in April this year.

Kim was photographed wearing the outfit – which consisted of a statement flame-covered top and matching orange trousers, along with a bright skirt, boots and gloves – while having lunch with her sisters Kourtney and Khloé Kardashian.

Well, on this week’s episode of The Kardashianswe finally got to see the outfit in action, and both Khloé and Kourtney were visibly surprised by Kim’s look when they saw her.

“That’s a fabulous outfit,” says Kourt as Kim joins them in the restaurant. “Oh my god,” Khloé adds.

Kim didn’t comment on her outfit at first, just sat down with her sisters and quickly moved the conversation forward. However, she ended up addressing all the criticism of the look in a sneaky post-credits scene.

“Let me just say one thing about that flame outfit that everyone wants to talk about,” she says in a confessional.

“The internet destroyed me and I was like, ‘Haha, she gets that. Finally not being with Kanye, a look she’s putting on herself, the Kanye outfits must have gone out,'” she says, citing the backlash she’s seen online.

Kim goes on to reveal that contrary to what the majority of people had believed, the flame outfit was actually styled by Ye before.

“The tee is one of the outfits he styled and chose,” she says. “If you knew that and we were together you would think it’s the coolest outfit in the world.”

“Everyone is so damn fickle,” she adds. A producer behind the camera then asks Kim, “Can this be credited?” to which she replies firmly, “Absolutely.”

So it’s pretty clear that Kim is over the negative chatter about her outfits. However, it’s not just random netizens who’ve been toasting her looks lately.

In an episode of the first season of The KardashiansKim revealed that Ye hastily called her with some pretty harsh words when she styled herself for the first time alone, which was for the Wall Street Journal Magazine Innovator Awards in November 2021.

“He called me afterwards,” Kim said of Ye. “He told me my career was over. And then he showed me a picture of Marge Simpson wearing something similar.”

Months later, in Season 2, Kim was brutally roasted again by Ye over an orange leather jumpsuit she’d been photographed in while out and about.

“Look what Kanye texted me,” she told her team before reading the message further, “The orange look made me so mad. Would have gone to jail before I got out.”