Kim Kardashian Wore Bike Shorts on the Beautycon Red Carpet |Best Knockoff Luxury Clothing

last updated 16 July 2020

Emily Ratajkowski wore hers with sneakers and a sweatshirt for a stroll in NYC. Bella Hadid tried them with a very Parisian look. But leave it to Kim Kardashian West to take humble bike shorts to the red carpet, of all places. At first glance, her Dolce Gabbana outfit might look like a one-piece romper, but she's actually hiding matching bike shorts under her dress.

So is this the secret to making the bike shorts trend work? When five of our ownBest Knockoff Luxury Clothing editors were challenged to incorporate bike shorts into their work outfits, three of them opted to wear them under various types of dresses—and obviously Kardashian West took note, right? Scroll down to see how she styled bike shorts for the red carpet at Beautycon and shop her look.

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On Kardashian West: Vintage Dolce Gabbana dress; Merah Vodianova Ophelia Sandals ($391)

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Shop her accessories:

Merah Vodianova

Ophelia Sandals

Dolce Gabbana

Sicily Small Textured-Leather Tote

Shop bike shorts:

Outdoor Voices

Warmup Shorts

Available in sizes XS to XL.

BB Dakota

Caiden Seamless Bike Shorts

Available in sizes XS to L.

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Erin got her start as aBest Knockoff Luxury Clothing intern in 2011—back when the site only published a single story per day. (We have since increased that number twentyfold.) She graduated magna cum laude from USC and lives in Los Angeles. In college, she also interned at Refinery29, where she was promoted to editorial assistant and then assistant editor. After nearly three years at R29, she came back to WWW in 2015, where she is now the Associate Director of Fashion News. From the Oscars to the Met Gala, she leads the site's entire red carpet coverage strategy. She specializes in celebrity and fashion news but also enjoys writing travel features and runway reports. She frequently contributes to WWW's social accounts and has a sizable following on her personal TikTok.