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KIM KARDASHIAN WEARS MARILYN MONROE’S DRESS AT THE MET GALA

KIM KARDASHIAN WEARS MARILYN MONROE’S DRESS AT THE MET GALA
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Lisa Mugo

Kim Kardashian, has channeled her inner Marilyn Monroe this year at the 2022 Met Gala as she wore the famous “Happy Birthday, Mr. President” that Marilyn Monroe herself wore when she sang happy birthday to president John F. Kennedy in 1962.

Marilyn Monroe’s famous “Happy Birthday” dress /AFP

The mother of four looked stunning on the runway as she wore the translucent dress adorned with over six thousand crystals. The dress was created by French, Hollywood designer Jean-Louis and was sketched by Bob Mackie who was only 21 at the time.

French designer Jean Louis /Glam Amor/

According to Kim, the idea came to her immediately after last year’s Met Gala. The theme was American and she could not think of anyone more American and glam than Marilyn Monroe and so she began the search for Monroe’s dress.

Kim spent 14 hours dyeing her hair blonde to fully bring out the Monroe look and wore a white fur coat over the sheer dress.

Kim Kardashian wearing Marilyn Monroe’s 1962 dress /Getty Images/

The dress is valued at $4.8 million as of 2016, making it the most expensive dress in the world. It was transported to Kim’s house by guards. The dress is reportedly stored in a darkened vault at the optimum 68 degrees and 40-50% humidity and has only been worn by Monroe and now Kim.

Kim revealed that she had to try on a replica of the dress before it was loaned out to her and it fit. Unfortunately, when she tried on the original dress two months before the Met, it did not fit her. This led her to lose weight.

Marilyn Monroe wearing the original sheer dress /Google images/

“I always thought she was extremely curvy. I imagined I might be smaller in some places where she was bigger and bigger in places where she was smaller. So when it didn’t fit me I wanted to cry because it can’t be altered at all,” said Kim.

Kim stuck to a strict yet clean diet where she did not consume any carbs or sugar at the time and stuck to clean veggies and proteins. She would also wear a sauna suit and work out. It all paid off as she was able to fit in the dress after a month of hard work and sacrifice.

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