Kim Kardashian revisits American history by wearing Marilyn Monroe's iconic dress to the MetGala
in 1962. The dress, a flesh-colored, figure-hugging column gown inspired by a Bob Mackie sketch for costume designer Jean-Louis, is covered in rhinestones and caused a sensation when Monroe revealed it, seemingly nude, after shedding her white fur to sing a sultry rendition of “Happy Birthday” to JFK at Madison Square Garden in front of an audience of nearly 15,000.
. Procuring Monroe’s original dress was no easy feat, however. To do it, Kardashian reached out to Ripley’s Believe It or Not Museum in Orlando, who bought the dress in 2016 in a $4.8 million sale that stillTaylor Hill—Getty Images Since the dress is such a precious part of history, plenty of precaution was taken as well. As the dress traveled, it was handled by guards and gloves. It couldn’t be altered, so Kardashian said she lost 16 pounds to fit into it. And on the night of the gala, she changed into the dress at the Met to minimize chances of harm, only wearing the real dress for the customary walk up the stairs of the museum, before changing into a replica of the gown once she reached the event.
Kardashian’s selection of Monroe’s dress for the night was not only an homage, but a surprisingly apropos move, a moment of real recognize real. Monroe was famously one of the most photographed women in the world during her heyday, while the brand of celebrity that Kardashian has pioneered relies on the omnipresence of her image. The dress’s night out at the Met Gala was only fitting.
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