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North West Wears The Baddie Chain

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According to E! News, North West posted her first 2026 Halloween costume to TikTok Tuesday — a full transformation into Baddies star Natalie Nunn, complete with the bob, the "baddie chain," and a prosthetic for Nunn's famous chin. TMZ had it within hours.


Here's the whole arc in one sentence: the costume isn't a costume, it's a collab, and the blessing came from the comments section. Nunn responded to the post with "I gotta get @northwest her baddie chain now!" and "SHE GETS A BADDIE CHAIN HAPPY HALLOWEEN MONTH !!" — a brand endorsing a cosplay of itself, then saving the post. The screen recording of the bookmark is the receipt.

The entire costume is the chain. The 13-year-old mimes Nunn's signature bit about handing out a chain because the drama is inevitable, which is the thesis statement of the whole character, now as a Halloween prop. A costume with a thesis is a costume with a press cycle, and the cycle was already running: Kim Kardashian dressed as North West in early October, so now the daughter dresses as a reality star. The costume is a relay baton, and every handoff is a story.

The darkest prop is the chin — the feature reality TV has spent years scrutinizing, now on a teenager as a prosthetic for a week. Nunn's own framing is the machine talking: "The hate made me so famous and made me MILLIONS." The scrutinized feature got monetized, and now it's licensed.

YOUR TURN: A reality star blessing a 13-year-old's prosthetic of her own face — costume, or brand licensing?


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1 hour ago · Oct 22, 2026
the powerpoint is already being made

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