North West Turns Heads at Paris Fashion Week With Bold New Lip Piercings

At just 13 years old, North West is already commanding attention on one of the world’s biggest fashion stages. Kim Kardashian and Kanye West’s daughter made a statement at Vetements’Paris Fashion Week show on Friday—and it wasn’t just her signature bright blue hair turning heads. North debuted a pair of fresh angel bite piercings on her top lip, adding to a growing collection of body art that’s been turning into a defining part of her personal aesthetic.

This isn’t her first piercing moment. Over the past year, North has been steadily expanding her piercing portfolio, starting with a dermal piercing on her hand and moving on to nose piercings, cheek studs, and various finger piercings. It’s the kind of gradual experimentation that suggests she’s being intentional about her look—not just following trends, but building an identity.

What’s particularly smart about North’s approach is how she lets her bold choices do the talking without overshadowing her overall aesthetic. For her Paris Fashion Week appearance, she kept the rest of her outfit deliberately minimal: an all-black Vetements sweatshirt paired with a pleated mini skirt, ripped tights, and platform boots from the Vetements x New Rock collection. The spiked choker and bracelet added edge without clutter. She understood the assignment—in high fashion, restraint amplifies boldness.

But piercings and fashion weeks are just part of the bigger picture here. North took the stage solo for the first time at Lyrical Lemonade’s Summer Smash 2026 music festival in Bridgeport, Illinois on June 12, and she’s just announced she’ll be coheadlining a tour with rapper and singer Molly Santana later this summer. At 13, she’s not just experimenting with her look—she’s actively building a creative career across music and fashion. Whether that trajectory continues or shifts, one thing’s clear: she’s not interested in blending in. North West is carving out her own lane, one piercing and one performance at a time.