Kim Kardashian Met Gala

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Kim Kardashian lost 16 pounds to fit into Marilyn Monroe's dress at ... (Page Six)

Kim Kardashian had to lose a ton of weight in just three weeks to fit into Marilyn Monroe's iconic dress for the 2022 Met Gala.

Kim is of course no stranger to sacrificing for the Met. In 2019, she took breathing lessons in order to wear a waist-whittling corset underneath a Thierry Mugler dress for the “Camp”-themed ball and was unable to sit or use the restroom for the entire night. “It was like preparing for a role,” Kardashian, who also bleached her hair platinum blond and wore a white fur shrug to complete the look, said of her dedication to transforming into Monroe. And while simply getting her hands on the dress was difficult enough – involving multiple trips to Ripley’s Believe It or Not! museums and lots of security – slipping into the look proved even more difficult.

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Don't Forget Pete Davidson and Kim Kardashian Have Major Met ... (Glamour)

Kim Kardashian and Pete Davidson connected for the first time at a Met Gala, according to Kim.

Trying to give a guy your number, but you can't because you are wearing evening gloves and a basically have a hoodie on your face. Many people pin the flashy couple's first meeting to Kardashian's host gig on Saturday Night Live, or to a 2019 birthday party both attended for Kid Cudi. But Miss K herself said on a podcast recently that she and Davidson first connected at the 2021 Met Gala. “He knew I was hosting SNL, but it wasn’t announced yet, and so he came up to me and we were talking about SNL,” Kardashian said on a podcast in April. She explained that after talking about the comedy show for a while, he asked for her number.

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Kim Kardashian Met Gala 2022: Inside Her Marilyn Monroe-Inspired ... (Vogue.com)

Kim Kardashian embodied the Hollywood icon thanks in no small part to a fresh platinum blonde dye job.

Furthering the doppelgänger effect, however, were Kardashian’s winged eyes, stacks of false lashes, and a soft-focus, vaseline-on-the-lens-like glow. “I did want a physical change, too, so I thought I would wait and do it for this, so I’m spending a day straight dyeing my hair—14 hours straight!—to get it done,” Kardashian explained of achieving the pitch-perfect shade of Marilyn bottle blonde with hairstylist Chris Appleton. Putting her own twist on Monroe’s hairstyle, Kardashian’s freshly peroxided lengths were slicked into an ultra-modern taut bun. There are many parallels that can be drawn between Marilyn Monroe and Kim Kardashian; top of the list may be their bombshell beauty, which set off seismic waves in their respective eras.

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Met Gala 2022 best dressed: See Kim Kardashian as Marilyn ... (USA TODAY)

Fashion's biggest night has arrived, and the stars in attendance did not disappoint. These celebrities brought the best looks of the evening.

Keeping a natural glam, the Oscar-winner let the floor-length gown speak for itself and dazzled her way up the Met Gala steps. “This is the morning of the event, and my dress is hanging up beside me. Chan also covered her shoulders in a chic layer that appeared to be made of black leather and silky lace. Her copper tiara, she told Vogue on the carpet, completed her homage to the Statue of Liberty. Like Lady Liberty's crown, Lively's tiara, designed by Lorraine Schwartz, contains seven spikes representing the seven continents as well as "inclusivity" and "freedom," she said. Janelle Monáe told Vogue on the red carpet that her Ralph Lauren gown imagined "gilded glamour from the future." Blake Lively, accompanied by her husband Ryan Reynolds, was among the first batch of stars to grace the carpet.

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Watch: Kim Kardashian Dons Marilyn Monroe's Iconic Golden Dress ... (NBC New York)

Watch as Kim Kardashian unveils her 2022 Met Gala look. The dress was once worn by Marilyn Monroe when she sang "Happy Birthday" to JFK—and is worth $4.81.

Kim Kardashian fans knew her 2022 Met Gala look would break the red carpet. - Kardashian Fashion at the 2022 Met Gala Weeks later, Kardashian and Davidson visited the very Ripley's Believe It or Not! museum that housed the dress.

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Kim Kardashian wears Marilyn Monroe's JFK dress as Met Gala ... (The Guardian)

Reality TV star wore a sauna suit and lost 16 pounds to fit into gown worn by actor when she sang Happy Birthday to John F Kennedy.

She stepped on to the red carpet in the multimillion dollar-gown topped by a white fur shawl. “It was like a role. “It was such a challenge,” she said.

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Kim Kardashian steals Met Gala show arriving in Marilyn Monroe's ... (Sky News)

It is the first time the gown, that has six thousand hand-sewn crystals on it, has been worn in public since the iconic Monroe moment.

To this day, it holds the record for being the most expensive dress sold at auction. It is the first time it has been worn in public since the day Monroe sang in it. It is the first time the gown, that has six thousand hand-sewn crystals on it, has been worn in public since the iconic Monroe moment.

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Kim Always Knows How to Steal the Show (The Cut)

Kim Kardashian, Kylie Jenner, Kendall Jenner, and the rest of the Kardashian-Jenner clan appeared to forgo the “gilded glamour” look for wedding dresses, ...

What does “gilded glamour” mean to Kourtney? “I honestly didn’t really think about it,” she told Vogue on the red carpet. Specifically, the one Monroe wore when she sang “Happy Birthday” to President John F. Kennedy. The dress was so form-fitting that Monroe famously needed to be sewn into it. However, the Kardashian-Jenner clan’s interpretation of the theme was certainly the most … creative.

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It Is Not Normal or Admirable That Kim Kardashian Lost 16 Pounds ... (Allure Magazine)

Kim Kardashian said she lost 16 pounds in three weeks to wear Marilyn Monroe's dress at the 2022 Met Gala. Allure editor Nicola Dall'Asen contemplates the ...

"I had to lose 16 pounds to be able to fit this, but it was such a challenge. There were no explanations as to how she lost that weight or even confirmation at that moment that the dress couldn't just be altered (which we assume is the case, considering it's a literal piece of history). The whole exchange took a congratulatory tone, and that's really what made it so heartbreaking to watch. "I tried it on, and it didn't fit me.

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Pete Davidson comforted Kim Kardashian when Met Gala dress ... (Page Six)

Pete Davidson comforted girlfriend Kim Kardashian when Marilyn Monroe's "Happy Birthday Mr. President" dress didn't zip up days before the Met Gala 2022.

As soon as they were done with photos, Kardashian swapped the precious gown for a replica. After taking a few steps and feeling “better” about walking in it, she practiced with a platform to make sure she can walk up the steps of the Met Gala red carpet. Davidson supported his girlfriend – and even gave her a kiss – as she donned the dress, which Monroe wore to sing to John F. Kennedy in 1962, at the gala on Monday night.

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Kim Kardashian Opts for Cozy Glamour Post-Met Gala (Vogue.com)

The morning after the celebration, Kardashian was spotted with her beau Pete Davidson leaving The Mark hotel in New York wearing a full Balenciaga look, which ...

The piece was valued at $4.8 million at Julien’s Auctions in 2016 and currently lives at Ripley’s Believe It Or Not Museum. It holds the record for being the most expensive dress sold at auction. Kim Kardashian had a momentous night at the Met Gala. The reality television star turned heads while wearing the gown Marilyn Monroe wore to sing “Happy Birthday” to president John F. Kennedy in 1962. Kardashian’s Marilyn dress also had to be stored at a special temperature and she could only wear it for a few minutes–it was that fragile.

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Kim Kardashian's Met Gala Diet Stunt Is Outdated and Alarming (Glamour)

Kim Kardashian happily recounting losing 16 pounds in three weeks by barely eating to fit into her 2022 Met Gala gown is a bigger problem than it might ...

Kim, you're a mother!’ If she had gone up there and said she just put the dress on and it fit like a glove, the audience would have balked at her setting unrealistic standards. “Look, obviously I think we all know it's not acceptable to go on a red carpet and announce that you barely ate for three weeks and were doing saunas twice a day to lose weight,” says my friend and frequent expert source on all things body image-related, Alyssa Mass, MFT. “Of course, most people in 2022 are going to balk at that. That said, Kardashian also now has the power, influence, and means to take a sledgehammer to that stale societal paradigm conflating weight and worth. I should know, considering I just painstakingly chronicled the fallacy of the “ideal” body over the last hundred-plus years and — surprise, surprise, Kardashian and Monroe both made significant cameos in the article. In many cases, their ambition is entertaining to enjoy from afar and the worst case scenario from their overzealous hunger for attention is a bad case of schadenfreude. Even those uninitiated in the language of fashion nerdery would be impressed to learn that the dress holds the record for being the most expensive one ever sold at auction — in 2016, it went for $4.8 million.

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Kim Kardashian's Met Gala Marilyn moment shows how good she is ... (The Conversation AU)

In the course of her Met Gala attendances, Kim Kardashian has worn floral Givenchy (attending for the first time in 2013, pregnant with her first child), ...

She has constructed her own form of celebrity and has fought fiercely for its legitimacy. These familiar dissenting voices were perhaps louder than ever this year, as the event celebrated the so-called Gilded Age in American history (1870-1900) at a moment when political, economic, environmental and health crises the world over continue to proliferate. Kardashian, a reality TV star and icon of the modern celebrity age; famous for being famous. Her inclusion on the Met Gala guest list in the first place – initially only as Kanye’s plus-one – was hard won. This year, on the arm of new beau Pete Davidson, Kardashian has once again altered her body and reimagined her look. The ethics of wearing such a fragile piece of material history are one thing.

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