It’s no secret that Kim Kardashian-West and Creative Director Olivier Rousteing are as thick as thieves. So, when it came time for the reality start to shoot for the newest issue of Elle France, it was no surprise she draped herself in Balmain spring/summer 2015 collection.

Inside the pages, acclaimed French movie director Céline Sciamma conducted the interview and found the 34-year-old very different from her public persona.

‘Exposed for nearly ten years with the program Keeping Up With The Kardashians and omnipresent on social networks, Kim seems to give everything. Yet this is a different creature, more discreet , attentive , caring and in exchange, has met the director Sciamma for us in an exclusive interview. It draws us a portrait of this icon, asked about her feminism.’

Adding: ‘Very close to Olivier Rousteing, the French designer of Balmain, Kim became his friend and his muse. The young man takes advantage of this special issue to answer our questions about their friendship on fashion and Kim, this war of modern times that is as political as subversive.’

Check out the haute pics below!