In August 2017, Kim Kardashian appeared on the cover of Interview magazine like her fans had never seen her before. While her then-husband Kanye West’s 2020 presidential bid would prove unsuccessful, the magazine reimagined the reality star as a first lady, garbing her in a retro round collar dress and coordinating opera gloves. She wore pearl earrings, and her hair was styled in a bouffant bob, making it obvious that she was emulating the timeless style of the late Jackie Kennedy. The magazine’s headline christened Kardashian “America’s new first lady,” per Twitter.
Months earlier, Kardashian got her hands on a timepiece that would have facilitated her transformation into American royalty. At a Christie’s auction, she bid $379,500 on a Cartier watch that was gifted to Jackie O by her sister Lee Radziwill’s husband, Prince Stanislaw “Stas” Radziwill, in 1963. According to TMZ, what Kardashian paid was more than three times the amount Christie’s estimated that the understated watch would sell for. The Cartier Tank featured a black band, rectangular gold bezel, and Roman numeral dial.
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In a 2019 interview with Vogue, Kardashian revealed that she wore Kennedy’s watch when she met with then-President Donald Trump and successfully advocated for the release of inmate Alice Marie Johnson. Kardashian apparently looks up to the first lady of Camelot as a strong, impactful leader, saying of her timepiece, “It gave me some power: Let’s get in there and get this done!”
