At the famous Met Gala in May in New York, Kim Kardashian caught everyone’s eye because she appeared on the red carpet in a historical dress once worn by movie icon Marilyn Monroe.
But now it is claimed that Kardashian’s curves have inflated and damaged Monroe’s dress, which is valued at $ 4.8 million.
Ripley’s Museum provided Kim with the dress in which the legendary Monroe sang “Happy Birthday, Mr. President” to John F. Kennedy in 1962, specifically for the Met Gala, which is said to have preceded Kim’s show (97-65-110). she quickly lost seven kilograms in order to get into the dress with which Marilyn (94-58-91) once aroused admiration, Bild writes. After the first rehearsal, she undertook an extreme weight loss regimen to try to fit into the dress, which included a vegetable diet, plenty of time on the treadmill and going to the sauna twice a day. “It was such a challenge. It was like a role, I was determined to get into it,” she was quoted as saying by the Guardian.
And although Kim Kardashian wore the famous dress only for the red carpet photo shoot and then changed into a replica of the dress, it is now claimed that the original was badly damaged.
“I have a lot of respect for the dress and I’m aware of its significance in American history,” Kim Kardashian told Vogue before the event. “I would never want to sit with her, eat with her, or risk damaging her.”
It was “irresponsible” to loan an iconic gown once worn by Marilyn Monroe to Kim Kardashian for the Met Gala, a collector has said https://t.co/WJQp70Idsl
— Sky News (@SkyNews) June 14, 2022
It is believed that stuffing Kim in the dress and the subsequent posing on the red carpet were enough to destroy Monroe’s famous outfit.
Photos are already circulating on the web to prove what the original with thousands of hand-stitched crystals should have looked like before Kim’s appearance at the Met Gala and what it looks like now.
The Marilyn Monroe Collection’s Instagram account posted a comparison between a photo of the dress from 2016 and a new photo that was allegedly taken on June 12.
It says, “Crystals are missing, and some are hanging by a thread.” And more: “No doubt the damage is significant.”
Marilyn Monroe’s iconic dress has reportedly been damaged after being worn by Kim Kardashian at the Met Gala.
The dress now shows signs of tearing, and several crystals are either missing or hanging off of it. pic.twitter.com/cFu1lUBmzS
— Pop Crave (@PopCrave) June 13, 2022
“The dress should be sent to a conservation expert to determine what work is needed to preserve it,” said the film lover and costume collector on her Instagram page “thevintagecostumecollector”.
The International Council of Museums commented that “historical clothes should not be worn by anyone, neither public nor private.” Although the dress is owned by a private collector, such relics should be seen as values belonging to humanity that should be preserved for future generations, the council said.
The dress was stored in a temperature-controlled environment and was not worn by anyone between Monroe and Kardashian.
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