Kim Kardashian goes blonde and debuts her slimmed down post-pregnancy figure as she steps out with baby North

New mom, new hair! Kim Kardashian goes blonde and debuts her slimmed down post-pregnancy figure in skinny jeans as she steps out with baby North

By JADE WATKINS

PUBLISHED: 17:31, 5 September 2013 | UPDATED: 18:35, 5 September 2013

She's has just become a mother for the first time after giving birth to her baby girl North West back in June.

And it seems that along with her new role, Kim Kardashian has embraced a new look.

The 32-year-old reality star has dyed her hair a very light blonde and debuted the new look as she stepped out to attend a Labor Day BBQ on Monday with her newborn.

New mom, new look: Kim Kardashian has dyed her hair blonde and debuted the new look as she stepped out to attend a Labor Day BBQ on Monday with her new baby girl North West 

Kim's flaxen tresses are certainly a departure from her usual dark brunette locks.

She appears to have opted for an ombre style, keeping her roots dark and her blonde hue graduating to a much lighter shade at the ends.

The Keeping Up With The Kardashians star has also taken out her hair extensions to reveal her natural hair which falls below her shoulders. 

Precious cargo: Baby North was tucked away in a baby carrier which was shrouded with a white baby blanket 

A big change: Kim's new blonde locks are a dramatic departure from her usual dark brown tresses 

Kim's hairstylist George Papanikolas has revealed that Kim decided to cross over to the light side after being inspired by a Vogue España fashion shoot.

He said it was his idea to go for a more dramatic look by letting her roots remain dark.

But this is not the first time Kim has gone blonde, she also had lighter locks when she attended the Teen Choice Awards back in 2009. 

Kim, who is said to have already lost 30 pounds since giving birth to North, also showed off her post-pregnancy figure during Monday's outing.  

Ombre: Kim appears to have opted for an ombre style, keeping her roots dark and her blonde hue graduating to a much lighter shade at the ends

Sisterly love: Kim was followed closely by her older sister Kourtney, who wore a white billowing blouse, black shorts and a large yellow sun hat for the Labor Day festivities 

And it seems that she is back to being body confident, as she's already slipping into her skinny jeans.

The mother-of-one teamed the denim trousers with a khaki button-up shirt which displayed plenty of her ample cleavage.

But it appears that Kim is not quite ready for heels just yet, opting for a pair of gold strappy flats instead.

Back in her skinny jeans! Kim, who is said to have lost 30 pounds since giving birth to North, showed off her post-pregnancy figure and was back in her skinny jeans 

Casual look: The mother-of-one teamed the denim trousers with a khaki button-up shirt which displayed plenty of her ample cleavage

Rare outing: Kim has rarely been seen out in public since giving birth to North on June 15 

She further accessorised with a chunky gold choker and wore minimal make-up on her complexion. 

Meanwhile baby North, who was seen for the first time last month when her father Kanye West revealed a picture of her on Kris Jenner's chat show, was this time underwraps. 

The tiny baby was nestled inside her baby carrier which was shrouded by a white baby blanket.

Bottle blonde before: This is not the first time Kim has gone blonde. She also had lighter locks when she attended the Teen Choice Awards back in 2009

Kim carefully clutched onto the carrier, which she then safely attached to a car seat inside her black SUV. 

She was followed closely by her older sister Kourtney, who wore a white billowing blouse, black shorts and a large yellow sun hat for the Labor Day festivities.

Not seen during the outing was Kim's partner, 36-year-old rapper Kanye. 

What a cutie! Kanye West revealed the very first picture of the couple's baby daughter North West on Kris Jenner's chat show last month 

Exclusive interview: Kanye did an exclusive sit down chat with the Kardashian/Jenner matriarch, and proudly showed off an adorable snap of the tiny tot

The couple welcomed their daughter at Cedars-Sinai hospital in Los Angeles over two months ago on June 15. 

Kim has kept a relatively low profile since giving birth, and has only been seen out in public on two occasions, once to run some errands with Kanye, and the other to attend his grandfather's funeral in Oklahoma last month. 

Kim and Kanye opted not to sell the very first pictures of North to a magazine for a large sum of money.

Kanye instead did an exclusive sit down chat with Kris Jenner on her chat show and proudly showed off an adorable snap of the tiny tot. 

Fringe benefits: Kim experimented with her hairstyle during her pregnancy by cutting bangs into her hair

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Kim Kardashian poses for High fashion shoot and is smeared with jam and bares her bump

Is that you, Kim Kardashian? High fashion shoot sees expectant reality star smeared with jam and baring her bump in 'precious moment of pregnancy'

By TAMARA ABRAHAM

PUBLISHED: 16:15, 4 September 2013 | UPDATED: 19:44, 4 September 2013

We are more familiar with Kim Kardashian immaculately made-up and red carpet-ready. But a new high fashion shoot for CR Fashion Book shows the reality star as we have never seen her before.

The new mother, 32, who was heavily pregnant at the time of the May shoot, posed for Karl Lagerfeld with her mouth smeared with jam.

Another image shows her in a black veil and a Yankees cap, while a further frame shows her baring her seven-months-pregnant belly with pride.

'Precious moment': Kim Kardashian's face is smeared with jam in a Karl Lagerfeld-shot, Riccardo Tisci-styled shoot for the new issue of CR Fashion Book

Mother-to-be: The reality star, 32, who was expecting baby North at the time of the May shoot, is seen baring her seven-months-pregnant belly with pride

Kardashian also appears on one of two covers for the third edition of the magazine, which is themed around the idea of hope.

She wears a grill in the image - the latest celebrity to do so - staring down at the camera with her mouth ajar.

CR Fashion book founder and editor Carine Roitfeld told WWD that the image was a 'precious moment of Kim’s pregnancy that people haven’t seen.' 

Golden girl: Kardashian wears a grill on one of the two CR Fashion Book covers, staring down at the camera with her mouth ajar

The shoot took place at Lagerfeld's studio in Paris, and was art-directed by Givenchy creative director Riccardo Tisci - a good friend of Kardashian's boyfriend Kanye West.

It took place the night before the amfAR gala in Cannes, and the team finished up at around 2am. 

'Karl likes to shoot in the evening,' Roitfeld explained. 'It was hard work. I’m a grandma. But I learned from Karl to never be tired.'

All American girl: Kardashian pictured in a Yankees cap and veil with a U.S. flag sweater

Mirror image: The reality star pictured with and without a heavily-embellished mask

Is that a bomber jacket? Kardashian's pregnant belly is all bundled up in the Tisci-directed shoot

It is not the first time Roitfeld has focused on the idea of pregnancy in her biannual magazine. For her inaugural issue, she featured a photograph of her daughter, Julia Restoin Roitfeld, while heavily pregnant.

'Pregnancy is something that I always love. It’s about hope and the future and a new baby,' she said.

But, she insists, her feature on Kardashian is a far cry from the weekly magazines that charted every stage of her pregnancy.

Heavily pregnant: Kardashian with boyfriend Kanye West at the Met Gala in May, around the time when the CR Fashion Book shoot would have taken place

Motherhood theme: Carine Roitfeld with daughter Julia Restoin Roitfeld at New York Fashion Week in February. For her first issue of CR Fashion Book, Carine featured an image of Julia while heavily pregnant

'This is not something for a gossip magazine that goes into the trash. This is a magazine that is a collector’s item,' she said.

The theme of the magazine, hope, was inspired by the baroque painter Caravaggio, a favorite of Roitfeld's.

The new issue of CR Fashion Book hits newsstands on September 12

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Kanye West reveals first picture of his and Kim Kardashian's baby daughter North on granny Kris's chat show

What a cutie! Kanye West reveals first picture of his and Kim Kardashian's baby daughter North on granny Kris's chat show

By JADE WATKINS

PUBLISHED: 16:55, 23 August 2013 | UPDATED: 22:48, 23 August 2013

After two months of anticipation, Kim Kardashian's rapper boyfriend Kanye West has revealed the first picture of their baby daughter. 

A cherubic photo of baby North West, who was born on June 15, was unveiled on matriarch Kris Jenner's chat show on Friday during the rapper's highly publicized appearance. 

During an interview with the excited grandmother, the proud new father, 36, shared the photo with the audience and millions of viewers across America. 

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First picture: After weeks of anticipation, Kanye West shared a snap of his daughter North on Kris Jenner's chat show on Friday

 

Baby North pic unveiled for the first time on Kris

A snap of baby North flashed up on the screen after Kanye and Kris sat down to discuss the new addition to the family. 

And it is clear from the image that the tiny baby possesses features from both her mother and father.

'How cute is that gorgeous baby!! Who do you think she looks like?' Kris gushed over the snap, to which Kanye responded with a laugh: 'I pray that she looks like her mother when she's older.'

Kris told the singer that she thought her granddaughter was an 'amazing combination' of both Kim and Kanye.

Ratings boost: Kanye sat down and chatted to Kris Jenner in an exclusive interview on Friday on her chat show

'I think she is an amazing combination of the two of you. She is so adorable. She has Kim's eyes, I think she has your cheeks and both of your lips. Some days she has your lips and some days she has Kim's lips,' she said. 

'They dissect her,' Kris explained to the audience. 

'Kim would go "Look at her ears mom, look at her ears!" It is so cute how obsessed you guys are.'

Before revealing the snap to the world, Kanye categorically denied that he and Kim had tried to shop first images of their daughter to the media. 

Flashback: Kanye and Kim as youngsters

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Doting dad: The rapper said he hoped his daughter would grow up to look like Kim

 

'She's my joy': Kanye West on Kim Kardashian

'It's all this talk about baby pictures and "can you get paid for the baby picture or do you want to put it on a magazine,"' he explained. 

'And for me and your daughter we have not attempted to get paid for anything, we have not attempted to put it on a magazine.'

He said he decided to share the cute image of his baby on Kris's show because he wanted to please little North's grandmother. 

'You just stop all of the noise and I thought it would be really cool on her grandmother's season finale to bring a picture of North,' he said. 

It was then when he shared the snap, much to the delight of a cheering audience.

During the interview, Kris asked Kanye whether he hopes baby North will follow in her father's footsteps and become a 'rapper'. 

We get along! Kanye and Kris, who were rumoured to have a tense relationship, swore that they got along, with the Kardashian/Jenner matriarch telling the rapper she often misses him when he goes away

Kanye told her that he and Kim would be encouraging their daughter to make her own decisions. 

'I am going to give her the opportunity to develop her different skill sets and then decide what she is the best at,' he explained.  

'And we will give her the support and let her follow what she loves the most.'

Kanye had previously hinted that he didn't want his child to be in the spotlight, declaring: 'This isn't America's baby.'

But it seems he had a change of heart and decided to share the image of North in a bid to boost Jenner's TV ratings. (Kim, 32, didn't make an appearance on the show but he shared several romantic pictures from their private album).

Opening up: In the emotional and no holds barred interview, Kanye showed a very different and much softer side 

Before he showed off the new addition to the family, Kanye opened up about his precious daughter.

He told Kris that that she will give him a lot of stability in his life. 

'To me it is such a blessing. I feel it is going to give me the stability that I need to really create and do god's work,' he explained.

'She (North) is someone to be accountable for and responsible for.'

It had been widely reported that the Stronger star had struggled with the loss of his mother Donda when she died of complications from cosmetic surgery in 2007.

Changed man: He told Kris that her daughter and granddaughter had changed his life

 

Kanye West reveals Kim Kardashian and his baby North 'saved him'

And Kanye revealed to Kris the depths of despair he went through, telling her that he 'felt like he had nothing to live for'.

But he said his saving grace came in the form of Kris's daughter Kim and the couple's new baby girl.

The media shy 36-year-old explained that before Kim came along he was constantly 'putting his life at risk' .

She's made me a better person: Kanye told Kris that her daughter had made him a calmer person and taught him how to communicate better with others 

 

'I was a crazy rock star': Kanye comments on Taylor Swift...

'After I lost my mother, there were times... well I put myself at risk,' he said. 'I felt like sometimes I didn't have something to live for.'

He explained that everything changed when Kim came into his life.

A few months after the pair confirmed they were dating, they found out they were expecting a child.

Little North West arrived into the world on June 15 and Kanye said that his new family has  transformed him.

'Now I have two really special people to live for. A whole family to live for. A whole world to live for,' he said during the emotional interview.

Stepping back into the public eye: Kim recently attended Kanye's grandfather's funeral in Oklahoma City with the rapper and their daughter 

Kanye reflected on some of his troubled times during the segment, in particular when he climbed up onstage at the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards four years ago and interrupted Taylor Swift's awards acceptance speech. 

He said that he hoped that no one would ever do the same to his own daughter. 

'The last thing I would want to happen to my daughter is some crazy drunk black guy in a leather shirt to come up and cut her off at an awards show,' he said. 

'That's the last thing I'd want.'

Kris in turn told Kanye that she thought that North had mellowed the singer and given him a 'sense of perception'.

'But you look at stuff like that so much differently today because you do have a daughter,' she remarked. 

It was then when Kanye admitted that his past behaviour had been out of control.

So much in common: The well-heeled pair both love fashion

'I was just like a crazy rock star!' he said with a laugh. 

He admitted that he did have a lot of regrets about his past actions, but has since grown from them.

'I think everything happened for a reason and I have grown for it,' he said. 'So yeah, there are times I am alone on the airplane and I let my own thoughts haunt me and I wish I could get on the phone and speak to my agent!

'But I feel that I am very very blessed and with that comes great responsibility. With the way my parents raised me and information they gave me and this feeling that I have to want to help.

'And I think that anything that is considered a mistake will help me make better decisions in the future.'

During his appearance on the show, Kanye also addressed the criticism he has received for being in a relationship with media-loving Kim.

Inside our private album: Kanye also shared a snap of the couple at the Coliseum in Rome

He said that no matter what people say, his partner is worth every bit of it, with the 808s & Heartbreak star gushing about his great 'love' for the Keeping Up With The Kardashians star.

'I had people say "this is going to damage your credibility as an artist or a designer,"' Kanye explained. 'But I say "I don't care, I love this woman."

'Or someone could say, "When the paparazzi surrounds you... everyone knows you don't like the paparazzi. Why would you be with this person?" he added.

'And I say "I am being with this person because, you know, I love this person and she is worth it to me.'

The Grammy Award winning rapper said he was taught by his late grandfather, Portwood Williams Senior, who passed away at the age of 98 on August 10, that life is all about having 'joy'.

'My grandfather just passed and he's whole thing... it was never about money and it was never about popularity. His whole thing was joy,' Kanye said.

'Just joy. Like having joy in his life. And she's (Kim) my joy and she brought my new joy into this world.

'And there is no paparazzi and no blog comment... there is nothing that is going to take that joy away from me.'

So in love: Kanye gushed about his romance with the reality TV star

Kanye also admitted that before he and Kim got together, he would dream about the reality star.

But he told Kris that he was not about to do a Tom Cruise and jump up and down on her couch, much to the disappointment of the Kardashian/Jenner matriarch.

'I just dreamed about being next to her. I keep saying it... I don't want to start jumping up and down on the couch or anything...' he said, to which Kris excitedly responded: 'Oh please! That would be so fabulous!'

Meanwhile, Kris revealed to the audience that in the few years before the couple got together, Kanye would Photoshop himself into the Kardashian's annual Christmas card. 

'He would take the photo when he saw it online and would Photoshop himself into the card and then share it with Kim,' she told the audience. 

'That is absolutely adorable and I know you don't want me to call you adorable, but it is.' 

During their sit down, Kris and Kanye were eager to put the rumours that they don't get along to rest.

Emotional: He opened up about his struggle following the death of his beloved mother Donda

'They feel that me and my girlfriend's mother are different brands,' Kanye explained to the audience.

'But it is not about that... it is about helping each other... it is only one brand now, and that brand is family.'

He said that ever since being with his media-savvy girlfriend, Kim had helped him relax and taught him how to approach people differently. 

'I have improvements I need to make as a human being... how I speak to people. It is hard for me to make small talk,' he explained. 

'That is something she (Kim) is helping me... to be a better person.' 

Kris meanwhile gushed about how she and Kanye get along famously, and even miss each other when they are both out of town.

A talented man: Kanye also spoke about his father who was a talented photo journalist and took this picture of President Ronald Regan 

'A lot of people think that Kanye and I don't get along, we actually love each other a whole bunch,' Kris insisted. 

'We see each other everyday!,' Kanye interjected.

'Yes we see each other every day, we say good morning and say good night,' Kris continued. 

Kanye also described his transition from bachelor to family man and living in his minimalist apartment in New York to living with Kim, Kris and their family in the Karadashian/Jenner's Calabasas household.

He said that the experience has so far been an 'interesting' one. 

'It's interesting. Because as a creative guy I would have my apartment in New York and just be a bachelor ,' he explained.

'And here there is noise at all times happening. It's something... I wasn't used to it. Now when I am out I try to get home early to be around my family. '

'I love coming home to you guys': Kanye told Kris that he now tries to get home early from work so he can spend more time with his family

Kris said she shared the same sentiment, and would similarly miss the rapper when he away from the family. 

'When I am out and about or I go away, I miss you,' she gushed. 'When you go on trips, if you leave and you come back, I check in every five minutes. I ask  "When is coming home? When is that man coming back, because we miss him."' 

'It's a very special relationship and I am so happy you are with us, I really am,' she added. 

Kanye prerecorded his interview with Kris earlier this week.

The love of his life: The rapper gushed about how much he loved the mother of his child

Previously there were several rumours milling around about how Kim and Kanye were going to introduce their newborn to the world. 

With a notorious rocky relationship with the press, it was said that media-shy Kanye had perhaps clashed with his media-hungry  girlfriend. 

It had been reported that the couple, like many other celebrities before them, would sell the first picture of their baby to a magazine for a six to seven figure sum. 

It was then thought that the pair were planning to do a Beyonce and Jay Z, and release an image of North via social media. 

It was even rumoured that Kanye was eager to do a photo shoot with fashion bible Vogue.

Much like Suri Cruise's famous Vanity Fair cover, the music icon had reportedly wanted his two-month old daughter to meet the world on his terms - something he reportedly believed could have been mutually beneficial to Anna Wintour.

But all the while in the background Kris was said to be secretly hoping that the couple would choose her talk show as a means to reveal their newborn - and eventually it seems she got her wish granted. 

Now that baby North has finally been introduced to the world, it doesn't mean that she will be continuously thrust into the spotlight - as far as Kanye is concerned. 

In fact the rapper has previously said that he will be taking great lengths to protect his daughter. 

Back in June, he told the New York Times: 'This is my baby. This isn't America's baby.'

Kim gave birth to baby North on June 15.

She fell pregnant with her first child just a few months after confirming that she was dating longtime friend Kanye in April 2012. 

Kanye drew himself next to Kim in Christmas card

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