Kim Kardashian West has sworn off luxurious excess after her Paris robbery. Stylist Tok Wei Lun tries to change Kim's mind, tempting us with an extravagant collection of a red Givenchy fur coat with a Cartier necklace and rings, complemented by dramatic looks from Max Mara, Off-White, Rick Owens and more. The supermama's October 2017 cover story for T Magazine Singapore is lensed by Dennis Leupold, with creative direction by Jack Wang & Jumius Wong.

Joie Goh interviews Kim, celebrating the 10-year anniversary of 'Keeping Up with the Kardashians'. The critics were scathing, writes Goh, denouncing the show for "its shallowness and calling its troupe 'self-absorbed' and 'desperate'.

Maybe so, but unlike her critics, Kim Kardashian West is today the highest-earning reality TV personality in the world. Leveraging her considerable social media presence, the unexpectedly prodigious entrepreneur built a personal brand with a sphere of influence that reached across multiple industries. In fashion, her close relationships with fashion designers like Balmain’s creative director Olivier Rousteing, Givenchy’s former creative director Riccardo Tisci and Valentino’s founder Valentino Garavani are well known. In tech, writes Goh, "she dominated with a virally popular trio of apps: Kimoji, Kim Kardashian West (which offers an even more intimate look into her life on a freemium model), and the mobile game Kim Kardashian: Hollywood. "

Forbes estimates that Kim raked in US$51 million (approx. S$69 million) in 2016 alone — a fortune that was no secret until her October 2016 Paris robbery. Goh concludes:

Sure, she’s still emblazoning her name on “stuff” and yes, the occasional designer bag and private plane ride still feature on her social media. But for a person who once embodied the social media age of conspicuous materialism — nay, helped craft it — Kardashian West has inarguably come a long way in a short time. You only have to look at her Instagram account (now 103 million followers and counting) to tell. In place of her usual selfies and images flaunting her possessions, her gallery is now populated with photos of her relationships with family and friends.