Kim Kardashian Returns To The Spotlight... Without Baby Nori

Kim Kardashian was back in the spotlight for her first post-birth appearance as she and Kanye West hit the front row at Givenchy

Kim Kardashian was back in the spotlight for her first post-birth appearance as she and Kanye West hit the front row at Givenchy.

The reality star, who gave birth to baby girl North West on 15 June, has been keeping an uncharacteristically low-profile over the summer but took some time out from mummy duty to hit the front row at Paris Fashion Week.

Kim poured her famous curves into a Goth-inspired Riccardo Tisci for Givenchy ensemble to attend the French fashion house's show in the City of Light over the weekend.

Kim chose a fitted black peplum top with sheer, cleavage-baring panelled neckline, teamed with a dramatic thigh slit skirt and strappy burgundy snakeskin sandals - made especially for her by pal Tisci. She wore her recently lightened blonde hair in a tousled blowout.

'Thank you Ricky for making this for me the day before the show. I die for you. #Givenchy4lifebaby,' the 32-year-old posted to her Instagram account.

Kim joined fellow front-rowers and Givenchy fans including Ciara, Noomi Rapace and Lily Collins, and was snapped holding hands with beau Kanye West, who looked sharp in a black suit with a textured black overcoat and studded lace-up boots.

The couple were also spotted looking loved-up out and about in Paris, where the new parents are spending some time on their first trip away from their four-month-old daughter, mixing pleasure with a bit of business (they've been snapped with Carine Roitfeld at the Givenchy offices).

‘Kim was sad to say goodbye. This is the first time she's been away from the baby,’ a source told Us Weekly.

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