Kim Kardashian turns heads in a couture YSL leopard print dress as she joins All’s Fair

Kim Kardashian brought the glamour to the All’s Fair series two premiere at the Auditorium Parco Della Musica in Rome on Saturday night. 

The fashion mogul, 46, took a walk on the wild side in a couture 1998 Yves Saint Laurent strapless leopard print dress which hugged her famous curves. 

Kim accessorised with a matching chiffon scarf which she draped over her shoulders and black heels. 

All’s Fair stars Kim as Allura Grant, a high-powered divorce lawyer in Los Angeles whose firm specialises in winning big settlements for their female clients. Series two arrives on Disney+ on 4 November. 

She was joined on the red carpet by her co-stars Naomi Watts, 58, and Sarah Paulson, 51, for the screening which took place during the city’s film festival. 

Naomi looked elegant in a black satin dress which had a paint splatter pattern and dramatic skirt from Roksanda. 

The actress plays Liberty Ronson, a sharp-witted attorney and the co-founder of the all-female law firm Grant, Ronson & Greene, while Sarah plays Carrington Lane, a rival lawyer. 

Sarah opted for a custom Miu Miu white gown which was embellished with beads.  

Kim arrived in Rome earlier this week with her mother Kris Jenner, who also made an appearance. 

Kris, 70, underwent a $150,000 facelift last year, and the incredible results were on show as she hit the red carpet in a black scorpion cape.

The custom piece was a recreation of Elizabeth Taylor’s Tiziani Roma cape which was worn by Kim in series two of the show. 

The legal drama, created by Ryan Murphy, also stars Glenn Close and Niecy Nash, who showed off her curves in a strapless white and black corset gown. 

Despite an all-star cast and plenty of promotion, All’s Fair was heavily panned by critics as they dubbed it a crime against television when first reviews of the series dropped.

The Times‘ Ben Dowell declared in his zero star review: ‘This may be the worst TV drama ever’ whilst USA Today‘s Kelly Lawler decided the drama was at the very least ‘the worst TV show of the year’.

Many took aim at Kim, who also served as an executive producer, with Dowell writing: ‘Does Kardashian make a convincing lawyer? No, she does not. She is to acting what Genghis Khan is to a peaceful liberal democracy.’

Angie Han of The Hollywood Reporter writes that ‘Kardashian’s performance, stiff and affectless without a single authentic note, is exactly what the writing, also stiff and affectless without a single authentic note, merits.’

While Lucy Mangan for The Guardian opened her review with the musing ‘I did not know it was still possible to make television this bad… But I was wrong. All’s Fair is terrible. Fascinatingly, incomprehensibly, existentially terrible.’

Ed Power of The Telegraph was one of the few reviewers to bestow one star on the drama, but his write-up wasn’t any less scathing, and he blamed Murphy. 

‘Ryan Murphy is the high priest of tacky, tasteless television, and this year he has outdone himself with a show of mind-bending horror sure to trigger nightmares in the unsuspecting viewer.’  

Kim recently admitted she feared she had ‘ruined’ the series when it debuted a year ago, her first time leading a scripted series.

And the reality star blamed herself for the terrible reviews surrounding the legal drama and dark comedy, as she told The Times in a recent interview.

The show initially received overwhelmingly negative reviews, even reaching a disastrous zero per cent critical rating on Rotten Tomatoes and 19/100 on Metacritic. 

While online scrutiny and scathing criticism are nothing new to Kim – ‘I am so used to it, I have a really thick skin,’ she told the outlet – she did worry how the other stars would feel.  

All’s Fair boasts an impressive cast: Naomi Watts as Liberty Ronson, Niecy Nash-Betts as Emerald Greene, Sarah Paulson as Carrington Lane, Glenn Close as Dina Standish and Teyana Taylor as Milan.

But Kim’s anxiety soon fell away. Her co-stars turned out to be good sports.

‘I mean, at the beginning, to the girls, my cast, I was like, “Wait, are we OK? Did I ruin everything?” And they were like, “Listen, we are OK”,’ the SKIMS founder recalled.

‘I didn’t realise that in the film business as well you get so much criticism.

‘But we had so much fun,’ she added. ‘We’ve just finished season two. We thought we were a bit more serious last year, but the audiences thought we were really comical, so we’ve leant into that.’

Despite the negative reviews, All’s Fair has managed to generate good viewing figures.

It had an impressive debut as it logged in 3.2 million views, which was calculated as total viewing minutes divided by running time, worldwide in the three days following its November 4 premiere.

Hulu proudly announced that All’s Fair saw the best start for an original scripted series on the platform in three years. Season two drops November 4 on Hulu.

Kim is actively pursuing a more serious acting career.

The mother of four wrapped the upcoming Netflix comedy flick The Fifth Wheel in March. Directed by Desperate Housewives star Eva Longoria, it’s expected to premiere later this year or early 2027.

‘I don’t sing, I don’t dance, I don’t act, but I am not lazy. I love stepping out of my comfort zone. I want to grow, learn and expand. It keeps me motivated, keeps me inspired,’ she told The Times.