KIM KARDASHIAN‘s preparing for a domestic life as KRIS HUMPHRIES‘ wife: she debuted a shorter new ‘do and started dressing uncharacteristically dowdy. Is it love? Or is it a ploy to divert the public’s attention from the fact that Bret Lockett is scheduled to release explicit cellphone pictures she sent him during their alleged 5-month torrid mobile phone affair?

Celebrity gossip websites spotted Kim out walking with Kris in Beverly Hills yesterday sporting shorter locks than her usual luxurious and shiny waist-length mane. She was also dressed in a loose and dull plum-colored tunic that hid her famous curves, ripped jeans folded at the cuffs which cut off her legs at the ankle and made them look even shorter, and a pair of nondescript gladiator wedges. Top that off with dull earth-toned make-up and you have a Kim Kardashian well on her way to becoming an all-around domestic.

We’re not sure we like the look. We don’t know if Kris does, either. But since he was dressed in a plain white tee and jeans, we can’t be sure if Kim‘s trying to coordinate their wardrobe or draw attention away from them and the impending implosion from the Bret Lockett brouhaha.

Not too long to wait now…

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