Kim Kardashian’s mid-2010s footwear often pushed practical boot shapes into sharper territory, and her May 2016 trip through London offers several good examples.
On May 20, 2016, the 5’2″ (157.5 cm) reality star paired distressed denim and tonal tan layers with olive suede Yeezy lace-up boots featuring sharply pointed toes and towering stiletto heels. Two days later, after a brief trip to Rome, she returned through Heathrow Airport wearing the same distinctive boots, this time using their muted olive color to break up an otherwise all-black travel look.
Kim Kardashian makes Vivienne Westwood’s gold “SEX” choker the provocative focal point of her tan-toned London look
Kim Kardashian’s Olive Yeezy Lace-Up Boots Put a Stiletto Spin on Military Styling
The olive suede boots Kim wore on May 20 combined military-inspired lacing and an earthy color with a distinctly dressier silhouette: an elongated pointed toe, close-fitting shaft, and needle-thin stiletto heel rather than the heavy sole of a conventional combat boot.
Yeezy Season 3 had been presented at Madison Square Garden in New York in February 2016 as part fashion show, part listening event for Kanye’s The Life of Pablo. The collection expanded the muted, utilitarian palette established by earlier Yeezy seasons while experimenting with distressed fabrics, knits, military references, and body-conscious footwear.
For Kim, the silhouette also fitted an established preference for dramatically pointed and sculptural boots. A year earlier, she had worn Givenchy Pre-Fall 2015 lace-up boots with sharp pointed toes and curved heels in Paris, an earlier example of her pairing utilitarian lacing with a distinctly high-fashion heel.
A plunging tan bodysuit and suede trench meet heavily bleached, distressed denim, with olive lace-up stilettos sharpening the deliberately undone styling on May 20, 2016 (Credit: Will Alexander / WENN)
Distressed Jeans Break Up Kim’s Tonal Tan Layers
Kim built the rest of the outfit around a muted olive-and-tan palette. She wore a plunging tan bodysuit beneath a long suede coat, then disrupted the otherwise streamlined combination with heavily distressed, bleach-splattered light-wash jeans.
The jeans also made the fitted boots stand out more. Rather than disappearing beneath a long trouser hem, their narrow shafts, lacing, pointed toes, and thin heels remained visible against the pale denim.
She finished the look with oversized Givenchy sunglasses and a black Hermès Birkin bag.
A closer look at Kim Kardashian’s olive Yeezy boots reveals their elongated pointed toes, black corset-style lacing, fitted shafts, and needle-thin stiletto heels
Kim Rewears Her Olive Yeezy Boots With a Black Ribbed Dress at Heathrow
On May 22, 2016, Kim was photographed with Kanye West at Heathrow Airport wearing the same olive suede Yeezy lace-up boots she had styled with distressed denim two days earlier.
This time, she kept the clothing simple in a fitted black ribbed dress with a full-length zipper running down the front. Oversized Givenchy sunglasses and a black Hermès Birkin tote continued the dark palette, leaving the olive boots as the outfit’s main color contrast.
Kim Kardashian keeps her Heathrow beauty look sleek with center-parted hair, glossy nude lips, and oversized black Givenchy sunglasses
Seen more clearly at Heathrow, the boots featured olive suede uppers, sharply pointed toes, long black lace-up fronts, side-zip closures, fitted ankle shafts, and slender stiletto heels. Those construction details match the pair Kim wore on May 20, supporting their identification as the same boots rather than merely similar Yeezy styles.
The repeat wear also shows how easily Kim moved the boots between outfits. With distressed denim, their military-inspired lacing reinforced the deliberately undone styling; against the simple black dress at Heathrow, the same olive suede and sharp pointed toes became the outfit’s main visual contrast.
Kim Kardashian pairs her curve-hugging black zip-front ribbed dress with olive suede Yeezy boots and a structured black Hermès Birkin (Credit: Will Alexander / WENN)
Pointed Yeezy Lace-Up Boots Were a Fixture in Kim’s 2016 Wardrobe
Kim’s decision to wear the same olive pair twice in London fit a broader footwear pattern. Ten days before the Heathrow appearance, Kardashian stepped out in Los Angeles wearing khaki suede Yeezy Season 3 boots with pointed toes, side zippers, lace-up fronts, and four-inch heels.
The distinction matters: the May 20 and May 22 London photos show the same olive suede boots being restyled, while her other 2016 appearances document related Yeezy lace-up designs. Together, they show how frequently Kardashian returned to the combination of fitted shafts, pointed toes, utilitarian lacing, and high heels during this period.
A close-up highlights Kim Kardashian’s olive suede Yeezy lace-up boots, finished with sharp pointed toes, contrasting dark laces, and slim stiletto heels
Her preference for this shape also extended beyond Yeezy. The glossy Givenchy lace-up boots she wore in Paris the previous year used a similarly aggressive pointed toe, but swapped Yeezy’s thin stilettos for sculptural curved heels.
Kim Wears Olive Yeezy Boots Again Before Leaving London
The rotation continued through the end of the trip. On May 24, Kardashian was photographed leaving London’s Dorchester Hotel in a khaki Vivienne Westwood jumpsuit and olive suede Yeezy Season 3 lace-up boots as she and Kanye headed toward Heathrow Airport for their flight back to Los Angeles.
That outfit pushed the Yeezy palette further, matching the muted footwear with khaki clothing rather than contrasting it against black. Across the May 20, May 22, and May 24 looks, Kim repeatedly returned to narrow pointed boots while changing the proportions around them—from heavily distressed denim to a fitted midi dress and finally a loose utilitarian jumpsuit.
Kim Kardashian walks through Heathrow with Kanye West, letting her olive Yeezy boots break up the otherwise all-black palette of her fitted airport look
Are Kim Kardashian’s 2016 Yeezy Boots Still Available?
Yeezy’s fashion collections from this period have long since left regular retail, making surviving pairs largely archival or resale finds.
As of September 2026, StockX still catalogs women’s Yeezy boots from the broader period, including Season 3 Military Boot colorways and the High Knit Ankle Boot Military Dark. The archival women’s listings checked had no active asks, showing how sporadically some of these older designs now trade.
StockX also continues to list better-known later Yeezy boot releases. Asking prices vary sharply by model and availability: the Adidas Yeezy Desert Boot Salt was listed from $88, the Oil from $117, and the Rock from $213, while the Yeezy Season 3 Military Boot Onyx Shade carried a lowest ask of $883.
Those listings should not be mistaken for the exact pointed, stiletto-heeled lace-up boots Kardashian wore in London. Yeezy reused related military references, earth tones, suede uppers, and lace-up detailing across substantially different footwear silhouettes.
Collectors searching specifically for Kim’s slim-heeled 2016 boots are therefore more likely to encounter them sporadically on the secondary market than through regular retail inventory. For anyone considering an older pair, our guide to identifying real vs. fake Yeezys covers authentication details to check out before buying.
Kim Adds Vivienne Westwood’s “SEX” Choker in London
Footwear was only one part of Kim’s fashion story during the trip. Before heading to dinner at Hakkasan, Kim and Kanye visited Vivienne Westwood’s World’s End boutique on King’s Road, and Kim emerged wearing a gold choker spelling out “SEX.”
Kim Kardashian and Kanye West coordinate distressed denim and muted earth tones as they head out in London, with her towering olive Yeezy boots extending the tonal palette to the ground
The lettering had a much deeper connection to Vivienne Westwood than its provocative appearance suggested. Westwood and Malcolm McLaren renamed their King’s Road boutique SEX in 1974, and the store became closely associated with the clothes, imagery, and attitude surrounding Britain’s emerging punk scene.
Kim’s interest in Westwood during this trip extended beyond the choker. On May 22, she attended the opening of La Traviata in Rome wearing a corseted white gown with Vivienne Westwood gold-leaf platform sandals.
The relationship between Westwood’s clothing and Yeezy footwear continued beyond 2016. At the 2017 Met Gala, Kim again combined the two labels, pairing an off-the-shoulder white Vivienne Westwood gown with barely visible Yeezy heels that elongated her petite frame.
In that wider context, these London outfits capture a particularly recognizable period in Kim Kardashian’s shoe style. Pointed toes, extremely high narrow heels, olive and khaki tones, and military-inspired lacing moved between distressed denim, bodycon dresses, and utilitarian tailoring, while Yeezy footwear sat comfortably alongside established fashion houses such as Givenchy, Hermès, and Vivienne Westwood.