North West turned heads with new lip piercings at Paris Fashion Week, stepping out at the Vetements show on Thursday, 26 June 2026, in full goth-glam mode at just 13.
The eldest daughter of Kim Kardashian and Kanye West showed off a set of angel lip piercings at the Vetements menswear spring-summer 2027 presentation.
She has been a fixture on the fashion circuit for a while now, but this look pushed things further.
North West’s lip piercings stole the show
The piercings were only part of the story. North also wore several more facial piercings, including studs along her cheekbones and across the bridge of her nose, plus the dermal piercings on her hands that she first showed off back in September.
Fans had thoughts the moment the photos dropped. Some praised North for committing harder to a look than half the adult guests, while others questioned whether a 13-year-old should be debuting facial piercings at all.
Either way, the images raced across timelines within hours.
She finished the look with a long-sleeved black Vetements shirt, a black pleated mini skirt, sheer black tights and black boots covered in chains. Her signature blue hair was twisted into XXL pigtails, and the whole thing read like a teenager who knows exactly what she is doing.
Why North West keeps owning fashion week
If you have followed North’s style era, none of this is a surprise. She has been building a bolder, edgier aesthetic for a couple of seasons, leaning into chunky boots, statement hair and a front-row confidence that most adults at these shows can only fake.
This is hardly North’s first viral fashion moment. She has walked in shows, sat front row at major houses and turned her everyday outfits into talking points, often styled in pieces that nod to her dad’s own fashion chapter. The piercings are simply the latest escalation.
Vetements has long been the brand for fashion’s rule-breakers, so it makes sense that North picked its show for her boldest beauty moment yet. The label thrives on shock value and oversized silhouettes, and a 13-year-old with a fully committed goth look fits right into that world.
Kim Kardashian has often defended North’s fashion experiments, framing them as her daughter’s own creative calls rather than adult styling.
That hands-off stance has drawn both applause and criticism, and this latest look will likely reignite that same debate all over again.
Whether the piercings are real or clever press-day pieces is still up in the air, and North has not said either way.
With Paris Fashion Week rolling on, expect more eyes on her front-row looks, and expect her mom’s comment section to have plenty to say.
