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There’s something fundamentally weird about admiring the style of a baby — and three years old is definitely still very much a baby — but when it’s North West, you get a free pass. Because really, what other baby had a wardrobe full of Roberto Cavalli, Hermès, and Oscar de la Renta before her first birthday? What baby has inspired Olivier Rousteing to design a children’s line? What baby has the resources to gift — no, not receive — gift a custom Birkin bag? Precisely.
So in honor of her third birthday, here’s an easy, five-step guide to not only dressing like the fanciest three-year-old in existence, but also channeling North West’s general side-eyeing and Snapchat-hating energy, too.
Monochrome + Choker
Back in April, when Kim Kardashian and North West invented the concept of the "mommy-and-me choker," something changed in the air. We had shifted to a new paradigm of parenthood, never to return to the old model. Ever since then, the only way to prove to your baby that you love them is to wear matching chokers. Sorry, it's the law!
Celebrity Baby Version
Normal, Grown-Ass Adult Version
Black Leather jacket + Yeezys
Yeezy 350s are technically trainers, but they’re worn best with an item of clothing that literally couldn’t be worse for doing an athletic activity. This says to the world: "I don't need to work out, I'm a very important baby!"
Celebrity Baby Version
Normal, Grown-Ass Adult Version
Fur Coat + Baseball hat
Every celebrity baby needs an absolutely enormous fur coat for when Los Angeles temperatures drop below 72 degrees. Brrr! Add a pink hat for extra warmth, plus a lollipop for good measure.
Celebrity Baby Version
Normal, Grown-Ass Adult Version
Thrasher T-Shirt + Slip Dress
One way to imply that you're sort of into skateboarding, but really into the cool font from this vintage West Coast skateboarding magazine is to top your Thrasher T-shirt with a pretty silk dress. (Not recommended for actual skateboarding.)
Celebrity Baby Version
Normal, Grown-Ass Adult Version
Blazer + Tutu
The most difficult of North West’s looks to pull off as a normal, grown-ass adult (besides her vast collection of Disney princess dresses)? Her signature dance class look: a tutu paired with a custom, baby-sized Balmain blazer. But if you simply replace the tulle from her tutu with a more adultified tulle skirt, you're good to go.
Celebrity Baby Version
Normal, Grown-Ass Adult Version
And you're done! Congratulations for having been turned into the cutest, Kardashian-est celebrity three-year-old in Hollywood. Total cost? Many, many thousands of dollars.
On second thought, for that price, you might as well just dress like Kim.