Marilyn Monroe dress

Ripley's Believe It Or Not! shared video of Kim Kardashian's final fitting into the Marilyn Monroe "Happy Birthday" dress ahead of the 2022 Met Gala.

"I’m extremely respectful to the dress and what it means to American history," she told the magazine ahead of the gala. That said, the dress Kardashian wore wasn't on her for very long. Once inside, she says, "I'm just so grateful for the opportunity."

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“The Met Gala is now part of the garment’s history — and it didn’t need to be,” she says. “No damage occurred at last night’s event,” Corcoran said in a statement, adding that Kardashian “has become a steward—and added to—its history.” After taking photos in the dress, Kardashian then changed into a replica dress for the gala itself, Ripley’s said, noting that “great care was taken to preserve this piece of history.” “She’ll be donating to two Florida-based organizations — a goodwill gesture in appreciation of us allowing her to wear the dress,” Joiner adds in an interview. In order to maintain the fabric’s integrity, the dress will not be washed. On Wednesday, the dress will return to the Ripley’s Vault in Orlando, Corcoran notes. “Putting it on a human body will damage it no matter how careful you are,” she says. It’s part of a privately owned, for-profit “attractions company,” as it refers to itself, with themed locations around the world. Ripley’s Believe It or Not! in Orlando loaned the gown — believed to now be valued at over $10 million — to Kardashian after acquiring it in 2016 for nearly $5 million. And that’s Marilyn Monroe,” Kardashian, 41, told Vogue. “For me the most Marilyn Monroe moment is when she sang ‘Happy Birthday,’ to JFK, it was that look.” “The idea really came to me after the gala in September last year. “Obviously, if you have a Charles James hanging in your grandmother’s closet and you want to wear it, fine.

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Despite all the rigorous preparation Kardashian put into wearing the dress on “fashion’s biggest night out” – flying it over on a private plane from Orlando to her home in Calabasas, and losing 16 pounds in a matter of weeks – Kardashian only wore the dress for that short, infamous flight up the Met Gala steps. Following this feat, Kardashian was joined by Davidson after the gala for a well-earned ‘pizza and donut party’ at the Ritz Carlton hotel. Monroe reportedly paid Jean Louis $1,440 for the dress at the time, which was custom-made for her. Based on a sketch made by Bob Mackie for his boss at the time – the Hollywood costume designer Jean Louis – the dress is adorned with more than 6,000 hand-sewn crystals. Dressed in a nude, rhinestone-encrusted, floor-length dress – immortalised by Marilyn Monroe in 1962 when she wore it to sing Happy Birthday, Mr. President to John F Kennedy at a Democratic Party fundraiser – Kardashian appeared to morph into the infamous blonde bombshell in more ways than one. On May 19, 1962, Monroe performed her famously sultry, breathy rendition of Happy Birthday, Mr. President for John F Kennedy at the Democratic Party fundraising gala.

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However, at the time she wore the dress to sing for Kennedy, she had not yet been fired for “spectacular absenteeism”. She chose the look for this year’s Met Gala, which was themed In America: An Anthology of Fashion, because: “What’s the most American thing you can think of? Start your Independent Premium subscription today. “Her figure was at its peak, the dress was a classic shape of fashion at the time,” Mackie said. Monroe wore the dress for the president’s 45th birthday celebration, which doubled as a fundraising gala for the Democratic Party. There she performed her now famous rendition of “Happy Birthday”. It was to be one of her final public appearances before her death less than three months later. She only wore it for a matter of minutes on the red carpet and then later changed into a replica of the dress also owned by Ripley’s for the rest of the event.

The dress was made especially for Monroe, and Kim Kardashian had to make adjustments to her body to fit into it, rather than alter the dress.

“I’m extremely respectful to the dress and what it means to American history. The dress was made especially for Monroe, and Kardashian had to make adjustments to her body to fit into it, rather than alter the dress. The term was coined by writer Mark Twain. Kardashian’s interpretation of the theme is not literal, but pays homage to an American icon and American fashion. It seemed she was covered in nothing but the twinkling of a thousand stars. The original sketch by Mackie is also part of Ripley’s Believe It or Not!’s collection. On May 19, 1962, at a celebration held 10 days ahead of his birthday in Madison Square Garden, Monroe serenaded the President wearing this soufflé gauze dress.

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“She should not be broadcasting it ever, let alone to her followers.” So when it didn’t fit me I wanted to cry because it [the dress] can’t be altered at all,” she added. “Kim Kardashian’s comments on losing 16 pounds in 3 weeks are vile.