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Kim Kardashian Goes Full Leopard in Vintage YSL for Rome Premiere, With Kris Jenner in Tow

Styled by Law Roach, Kardashian stunned at the 'All's Fair' Season 2 premiere in Rome — while mom Kris Jenner paid homage to Elizabeth Taylor's legendary 1969 Scorpio Ball look.

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The Weekly Observer

OCT 25, 2026 · 3 MIN READ
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Kim Kardashian Goes Full Leopard in Vintage YSL for Rome Premiere, With Kris Jenner in Tow
A woman walking a red carpet — a generic, illustrative file photo, not from the Rome Film Festival. Photo: Anna Barsukova / Unsplash.

Kim Kardashian brought serious wattage to the 21st Rome Film Festival on Saturday, stepping onto the carpet for the Season 2 premiere of Ryan Murphy's Hulu legal drama "All's Fair" in a vintage Yves Saint Laurent leopard-print corset gown that left little doubt about who the night's main event was.

Styled by Law Roach, the body-hugging, mermaid-silhouette gown featured a lace-up corset bodice and a matching sheer animal-print wrap, according to E! Online, which called it Kardashian's "boldest red carpet gown yet." Hello! magazine independently confirmed the look and the event details, describing a plunging neckline that matched the gown's dramatic silhouette.

Kardashian, 46, wasn't the only Kardashian-Jenner on the carpet. Mother Kris Jenner turned up in a black velvet cape dress embellished with scorpion motifs — reportedly the same costume Kim wears on the show itself, styled as a deliberate nod to Elizabeth Taylor's iconic 1969 Scorpio Ball look, one of the most referenced moments in red-carpet history.

KARDASHIAN'S "BOLDEST RED CARPET GOWN YET WILL MAKE YOU PURR."

That's the verdict from E! Online's writeup of the night. Co-stars Naomi Watts, Sarah Paulson and Niecy Nash-Betts also walked the carpet for the premiere, part of a starry rollout for the show's second season.

A Festival Stop Months in the Making

The Rome premiere had been on the books since early October, when Variety first reported Kardashian and the cast would bring "All's Fair" to the festival as part of its international promotional push. "All's Fair," which follows a group of powerhouse divorce attorneys, marked one of Kardashian's higher-profile forays into scripted television when it debuted, and Ryan Murphy's involvement has kept the show squarely in the entertainment conversation through its freshman run.

For now, the headlines are squarely about the fashion rather than the show itself — proof, if nothing else, that a well-chosen vintage gown can still dominate a festival built around new television, and that Kardashian's eye for a moment hasn't dulled with age.

It's also the latest reminder that a Kardashian red-carpet appearance, scripted show or not, tends to generate its own news cycle independent of whatever she's technically there to promote — a dynamic that has followed the family for nearly two decades and shows no sign of letting up.

A Second Season Under the Spotlight

"All's Fair" follows a team of elite divorce attorneys navigating the messiest splits in Los Angeles, and it arrived with heavy expectations as one of Murphy's splashiest get-everyone-in-the-room ensemble projects. Kardashian's casting drew plenty of skepticism from critics when the show first debuted, but the production has leaned into star power rather than away from it for Season 2, surrounding her with an even deeper bench of established actors in Watts, Paulson and Nash-Betts.

Law Roach, the stylist behind the look, has built a reputation over the past several years as one of the industry's go-to "image architects," known for pulling rarely-seen archival pieces out of fashion houses' vaults for exactly this kind of moment. A vintage Yves Saint Laurent piece fits that pattern — a deliberate attempt to make a scripted-show premiere carpet feel like a genuine fashion event in its own right, rather than a routine promotional stop.

Whether that strategy translates into stronger viewership for the new season remains to be seen, but on the optics alone, the Rome stop delivered exactly what a festival rollout is designed to generate: a flood of photos, a trending topic, and barely a mention of the plot.

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