The Moment
Kim Kardashian just walked into a Los Angeles party looking like a very expensive pincushion, and somehow made it high fashion.
On Thursday night in L.A., the 45-year-old reality mogul hit photographer and filmmaker Petra Collins’ bash at Plaza on La Brea in a head-to-toe look by London-based Turkish designer Dilara Findikoglu. The centerpiece: the designer’s “Chloe as Venus” dress, a curve-hugging white cotton jersey number literally dripping with hundreds of silver safety pins along the bust and hem.
Kim doubled down on the hardware. She paired the dress with matching Dilara Findikoglu x Manolo Blahnik sandals, also fringed with dangling pins, and showed off the spiky stilettos in close-up shots on her Instagram Stories. The whole vibe was: if you try to hug me, you might need a tetanus shot.
According to the designer’s own site, the dress is still up for grabs for about 1,400 (roughly $1,830). So yes, it costs more than the contents of your sewing kit and the table it sits on.
And because no trend exists in a vacuum, K-pop star Rose from Blackpink already wore the same safety pin design to the 2025 MTV Video Music Awards afterparty back in September, where she celebrated her Song of the Year win with Bruno Mars for “APT.” Kim’s just making it the latest move in her ongoing Dilara era.
The Take
I have to hand it to her: this is peak Kim Kardashian costuming. It’s body-conscious, a little dangerous, instantly meme-able, and just impractical enough that you know there was a team of people helping her sit down.
Safety pins in fashion are nothing new-Gianni Versace built an entire pop culture moment on them when Elizabeth Hurley wore that black safety-pin dress in the ’90s. But Kim’s version feels less “oops, my dress exploded” and more “I am the walking hardware aisle at a luxury department store.” It’s punk, but with a concierge.
What I actually like here is the consistency. Kim’s not just throwing on a random viral dress; she’s clearly in a Dilara Findikoglu phase. Over the last year she’s worn the designer to Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez’s Venice wedding festivities (remember the beige lingerie look with the distressed corset on those Italian cobblestones?), during her “All’s Fair” press tour in London where she channeled Naomi Campbell in a gothic corseted midi dress and cape, and for her 45th birthday in a pair of barely-there sheer Dilara gowns – including the one with braids literally fashioned into a bra.
It’s like she looked at conventional red-carpet glam and said, “What if my clothes came with built-in weaponry and light bondage references?” And honestly, as a branding move, it tracks. Kim sells shapewear, reinvention, and a certain level of curated chaos. A dress that looks like it was assembled from 4,000 safety pins after a breakup? That’s on-brand.
There is, of course, a funny disconnect. Safety pins started as a punk symbol and later a quiet solidarity gesture, especially in political moments. On Kim, they read more as luxury armor – like she’s wearing the idea of rebellion, marked up to designer prices. It’s less dive bar, more private room at the Beverly Hills Hotel.
But if you see this look as costume rather than manifesto, it’s undeniably effective. It’s memorable. It photographs beautifully. It ties her to a buzzy designer embraced by both fashion insiders and Gen Z idols like Rose. In the celebrity style economy, that’s the combo platter you want.
Receipts
Here’s what’s fact versus fashion narrative.
Kim Kardashian’s latest party look is covered with hundreds of safety pins https://t.co/tuyrLw7sDM pic.twitter.com/IUz4eeyCrC
— Page Six (@PageSix) November 21, 2025
Confirmed:
- Kim Kardashian attended Petra Collins’ party at Plaza on La Brea in Los Angeles wearing Dilara Findikoglu’s “Chloe as Venus” white cotton jersey dress covered in silver safety pins, per dated event photography and captions from agency Backgrid.
- She paired the look with Dilara Findikoglu x Manolo Blahnik sandals adorned with safety pins and shared close-ups of the heels on her Instagram Stories, visible in captures circulated the same night.
- The “Chloe as Venus” dress is listed on Dilara Findikoglu’s website for 1,400 (about $1,830), as shown on the brand’s official e-commerce page.
- Kim has previously worn multiple Dilara Findikoglu looks, including a beige lingerie-inspired outfit during Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez’s Venice wedding weekend, a gothic corseted midi dress from the spring 2026 runway during her “All’s Fair” press tour, and sheer dresses (one with braided “bra” detailing) for her 45th birthday celebrations, as seen in red-carpet photos and her own social posts.
- Kylie Jenner collaborated with Dilara Findikoglu on pieces for her clothing line Khy and later wore a Dilara dress to the Bezos-Sanchez wedding festivities, documented in event photos and Khy promotional material.
- Rose from Blackpink wore the same safety pin dress to the 2025 MTV VMAs afterparty in New York after winning Song of the Year for “APT” with Bruno Mars, as shown in post-show photography and award coverage dated September 2025.
Unverified / Interpretation:
- Any claim that Kim is “reviving” the safety pin dress as a cultural symbol is opinion; safety pin fashion has cycled in and out since the ’70s punk scene and the ’90s Versace era.
- Reading the look as “luxury armor” or a deliberate political or social statement is commentary, not something Kim has stated outright about this specific outfit.
Sources: Event and street-style photography captions from Backgrid and GC Images (Nov. 21, 2025; Sept. 2025); Dilara Findikoglu official product listing and brand materials (accessed Nov. 2025); social media posts and Stories from Kim Kardashian and Rose (Sept.-Nov. 2025).
Backstory (For Casual Readers)
If you’ve lost track of which Kardashian is doing what in fashion, here’s the CliffNotes. Kim Kardashian, who rose to fame through reality TV and now runs the billion-dollar Skims empire, has been steadily rebranding herself as a serious fashion player for years. She cut her teeth on body-con dresses and bandage gowns, then moved into archival couture, high-concept Balenciaga masks, and museum-level Met Gala looks.
Dilara Findikoglu, meanwhile, is a London-based Turkish designer beloved for dark, theatrical, slightly subversive clothes: corsets, distorted lingerie, goth romance, and now, these heavily pinned dresses. Think punk meets Renaissance painting. The safety pin dress Kim just wore hit the runway at Dilara’s Fall/Winter 2025 show during London Fashion Week, before being snapped up by stars like Rose. The Kardashian-Jenner orbit, especially Kim and Kylie, has basically turned the brand into the new shorthand for “I’m edgy, but I still fly private.”
What’s Next
So where does a woman go after a fully weaponized safety pin dress?
First, expect this specific Dilara Findikoglu piece to either sell out on the brand’s site or become one of those fashion unicorns that live on in resale listings at even higher prices. Rose plus Kim in the same design is the kind of double-celebrity moment that cements a dress in trend history, whether you personally love it or not.
Second, I wouldn’t be shocked if Kim and Dilara end up in some sort of deeper collaboration down the line. Kim has a knack for turning designers she obsesses over into long-term storylines: partnerships, campaigns, recurring red-carpet moments. And Dilara’s aesthetic plays right into where Kim seems to be headed – a little witchy, a little dangerous, still overtly glamorous.
Third, watch for copycat looks. High-street brands and fast fashion labels love a literal interpretation, so you’ll likely be seeing safer, fewer-pins versions of this dress by next party season. The rest of us probably won’t be in 1,400 runway pieces, but a strategically pinned slip dress at a holiday party? Very likely.
Kim’s message here, whether she meant to send it or not, is simple: the maximalist, slightly uncomfortable party dress is back. We had a decade of sneakers with gowns and “quiet luxury.” Now we’re moving into the “you might get snagged just standing next to me” era.
And if you’ve ever wrestled yourself into shapewear and a sequined dress for a big night out, you already know: sometimes fashion is supposed to feel a little bit like armor.
Your turn: If you had Kim-level resources, would you actually wear a safety pin dress like this in real life, or is it strictly “fun to look at, not to live in” for you?
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