Kim Kardashian says North West hand-picked her outfit for a Vogue photo shoot after deciding her pre-assigned look was too 'boring'

• North West styled herself and her siblings for Vogue's March 2022 cover story, Kim Kardashian said.
• On "The Ellen Show," Kardashian explained that her daughter found the pre-assigned outfits "boring."

North West styled herself and her siblings for Vogue's March 2022 cover story after disapproving of their pre-assigned, all-black looks, Kim Kardashian explained on Wednesday's episode of "The Ellen Show."

In the article, which the magazine published online February 9, Kardashian and her ex-husband Kanye West's four children — North, 8, Saint West, 6, Chicago West, 4, and Psalm West, 2 — are photographed playing in casual, colorful clothing. The rapper, who legally changed his name to Ye in October 2021, does not appear in the photos.

According to the 41-year-old SKIMS founder, North "styled the whole thing."

"They were all going to wear black. She walked out and was like, 'This is so boring. I can't believe this is what we're going to wear. I'm going to dress everyone,'" she told talk-show host Ellen DeGeneres.

Kardashian, who was styled by fashion editor Carlos Nazario for the spread, said North then "went in everyone's closet" and hand-selected the pieces for each ensemble.

She dressed Saint in a green Kawasaki shirt, Chicago in purple cowboy boots, and Psalm in baggy cargo pants. For herself, North opted for a white SKIMS t-shirt and a pair of her mother's old Levi jeans.

Even though the plan was to capture a group shot, but Kardashian said "no one wanted to take pictures together."

"I say this all the time, anytime I have to do a photo shoot with my kids or the cousins it's the worst day of my life. I always say I'll never do it again, but then you get amazing pictures like this," Kardashian said.

She later added, "Everyone was crying and wanted me to hold them. So that's what we got. It's so perfect and cute."

In the past, North hasn't been shy about critiquing Kardashian's ensembles.

At Vogue's Forces of Fashion conference in March, Kardashian, who was named People's Fashion Icon at the 2021 People's Choice Awards, explained that the 8-year-old is "very opinionated" about her mother's wardrobe.

"She'll always complain when I'm wearing too much black," the KKW Beauty founder said, as reported by People.

Kardashian recalled intentionally wearing "head-to-toe pink" to North's school on Valentine's Day as a surprise.

"She got so excited she ran over and hugged me," the reality star said, adding, "[Of course] she opened my coat, saw the black lining, and says, 'Mom, you're still wearing black.'"