Kim Kardashian and daughter North West in matching looks after parenting criticised

Kim Kardashian and her daughter stepped out in oversized sunglasses for her NikeSKIMS store in Los Angeles on Friday. The Keeping Up With The Kardashians star, 44, celebrated her SKIMS brand's collaboration with Nike at the store opening at The Grove, and she brought along her daughter with Kanye West.

The 12-year-old is almost as tall as her and sported a black graphic t-shirt, shorts, and blue braids. She finished her unique look with a Vivienne Westwood necklace and bug-like sunglasses. Meanwhile, Kim went for a more athleisure look in a quarter-zip purple top and matching leggings.

She wore similar oversized sunglasses and finished the look with black sandals.

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Their appearance at the event comes after Kim was slammed by fans after they noticed what looked like a finger piercing on North's hand.

She was labelled a 'bad mother' as critics claimed she allowed North to dress inappropriately for her age after the family's previous trip to Rome, where North was seen wearing a corset and a miniskirt.

The photos from their Italian getaway sparked chaos on social media as many users insisted that Kim has 'no control' over her daughter, while others claimed that she took 'gentle parenting' too literal.

During their Rome trip, photographers snapped North's finger piercing, and it didn't go unnoticed by eagle-eyed fans.

North had her blue hair styled in pigtails and towered above her mother in a pair of chunky platform boots. North - who Kim described as a budding fashionista - completed her look with a very short denim skirt and a black strapless corset top.

In pictures obtained by People, while clutching a designer bag worth thousands and holding two of the latest iPhones in her other hand, North's new microdermal piercing was unveiled for the world to see as she showed off two studs on her middle finger.

On social media, fans were quick to share their opinions as one user posted: "NORTH IS 12!!!!! She's a literal child. Why is her mother and all those grown-ups around her allowing her to dress and act like this??? Don't get me started on the piercing. Sexualising herself like this at such a young age is just so wrong."

One user commented: "Guyssssss. This just isn't okay. North is 12-years-old. Yes, we're all for expressing yourself through fashion but this just screams all the wrong things. Shame on Kim Kardashian."

"I hate to say it but this is what Kanye was afraid of. This is why he didn't want North having TikTok and social media when she was 9-years-old. Kim was allowed to be a kid in her childhood so why is she letting North dress like a woman in her twenties. Bad parenting," another angered user wrote.

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