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Did Kim Kardashian West just learn what a kimono is?

By Madeline Fry Schultz
Published July 1, 2019 10:26pm ET
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Did Kim Kardashian West just learn what a kimono is?
FILE - In this Oct. 4, 2012 file photo, television personality Kim Kardashian poses for photographers at the red carpet during the 40th anniversary of Cosmopolitan magazine in Spanish in Mexico City. Kanye West announced at a concert in Atlantic City Sunday night, Dec. 30, 2012 that his girlfriend Kardashian is pregnant. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte, File) | Marco Ugarte

The word “kimono,” literally translated, means “thing to wear.” But that doesn’t mean Kim Kardashian West’s line of shapewear counts.

The celebrity entrepreneur sparked outrage last week when she released the name for her new line of shapewear: Kimono.

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