Kim Kardashian

The star said she cried when she realised she didn't fit into the iconic dress during a first try-on, but went on to lose over a stone in weight.

I was FaceTiming my sisters to meet up at the top of the stairs. I was like, I don’t know how I could wear the mask. I was so nervous to go by myself I almost threw up on the way & I had to pee every second.. 'But Demna [Gvasalia, Balenciaga’s creative director] and the team were like, "This is a costume gala. Earlier she had noted: 'I thought Balmain was the perfect choice for me and Kanye, especially. During her first year at the splashy, star-studded event she had on a tight floral dress that made the most of her very pregnant belly. Husband Kanye West was in the same designer. Big mistake to bleach the brows but Kanye looked so good this year with those blue eyes! The California native said that she was not invited but rather was West's plus one. Her hair was slicked back and she modeled huge earrings. 'I think I might just wear that one to eat pizza in my hotel room. She said she thought she would fit into Marilyn's dress as 'I always thought she was extremely curvy.

Speaking on the Met Gala red carpet, Kim Kardashian said she had to lose 16lbs and so would wear a sauna suit twice a day while it took her 14 hours to dye ...

I said, 'Give me three weeks.' I had to lose 16 pounds." I imagined I might be smaller in some places where she was bigger and bigger in places where she was smaller. "I always thought she was extremely curvy.

The annual extravaganza was held on Monday night with a focus on American fashion.

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Kardashian said she "didn't really think about" the theme, but that her look was a "deconstructed version" of Barker's. "I had three weeks and I had to lose 16 pounds... "I had this idea to put it on and try it on and then they came with like, armed guards and gloves and I tried it on and it didn't fit me," she told pal LaLa Anthony on the red carpet. The couple known as "Kete" – until we can come up with something better? The figure-hugging nude dress, which contains more than 2,500 handstitched crystals, was sold at auction to Ripley’s Believe It or Not for nearly $5 million in 2016. "We're all here at the Met," Kourtney Kardashian said in a video shared to Vogue's social media, surrounded by her fiancé and sisters (save for Kim Kardashian, who arrived last with boyfriend Pete Davidson).

Kardashian is the only person aside from Marilyn Monroe to wear the crystal-covered dress.

And when she debuted the dress on the red carpet, it was only for a few minutes. "I'm extremely respectful to the dress and what it means to American history," Kardashian said. The dress could not be altered, so it would only work if it fit her as-is. At the steps, a Ripley's conservationist wearing white gloves helped her dress. And when she stepped onto the red carpet on Monday night with platinum blonde hair and a dazzling 60-year-old crystal-covered dress, she revealed her answer: Marilyn Monroe. Monroe's iconic dress, originally bought for an estimated $1,440, was sold for $4.8. million at an auction in 2016 and is currently maintained by Ripley's Believe It Or Not Museum, according to Vogue.

Kim Kardashian receives backlash over wearing Marilyn Monroe's iconic gown and rapidly loosing 16 lbs in just three weeks.

her fake ass & boobs, cheapens the magic of Marilyn’s legacy as a woman & the dress itself.https://t.co/mQr5XXJLPN losing 16 lbs in 3 weeks is not a healthy message for women or young girls, and to top it off the assignment was the gilded age. Thank you Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for giving me the opportunity to debut this evocative piece of fashion history for the first time since the late Marilyn Monroe wore it.

Kim Kardashian changed out of Marilyn Monroe's famous gown after ascending the steps at the Met Gala.

“I’m extremely respectful to the dress and what it means to American history. Though it’s probably safe to say that Kardashian was insured for the evening, the price tag adds a lot of pressure any way you slice it. So, it makes sense that the real thing was only worn for a matter of minutes.

As the Met Gala red carpet drew to a close on Monday night, Kim Kardashian arrived fashionably late in a sparkling skin-tight gown once worn by Marilyn ...

While her look was met with cheers on the night and plenty of positive feedback, some social media users criticized Kardashian for glamourizing her weight loss, a topic she has previouslydrawn angerfor in the past. Kardashian encountered similar difficulties on the Costume Institute's red carpet where she was seen carefully shuffling up the stairs, with help from her boyfriend Pete Davidson. According to her agreement with Ripley's, no alterationswere allowed to be made to the dress though she later changed into a replica for the rest of the event. Created 60 years ago by Hollywood designer Jean Louis, with help from Bob Mackie, the shimmering dress is one of Monroe's most iconic looks.

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But she is no stranger to going the extra mile to make a look work, having infamously corset-trained her waist for her Thierry Mugler dress in 2019. And that’s Marilyn Monroe,” Kardashian told Vogue Sunday. “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.

Kim Kardashian told Vogue how she lost weight in time to wear Marilyn Monroe's famous dress, in which the actor sang "Happy Birthday" to JFK, ...

And a couple of clips she shared to her Instagram story later proved that she was grateful to have the experience behind her, too. So when it didn’t fit me I wanted to cry because it can’t be altered at all.” It was such a challenge.

Though she isn't your average movie star, there's no one better suited than Kim to embody one of Marilyn's sexiest and most infamous moments.

“Marilyn Monroe was the biggest star in the world. “I imagined I might be smaller in some places where she was bigger and bigger in places where she was smaller. And whether we choose to believe it or not, the discourse and impassioned views on either side speak directly to both women's ascendancy in pop culture. “I always thought she was extremely curvy,” Kim said of Marilyn Monroe ahead of the big night. I thought to myself, what would I have done for the American theme if it had not been the Balenciaga look? “In a sense, it’s the original naked dress.

Kim Kardashian changed into a replica minutes after wearing Marilyn Monroe's famous "Happy birthday Mr. President" dress to the 2022 Met Gala.

Monroe’s dress is so fragile, it’s stored in a dark, temperature-controlled vault set to 68 degrees and 40-50 percent humidity, and Kardashian is the first person to wear it since the famed Hollywood actress debuted the gown back in 1962. “I’m extremely respectful to the dress and what it means to American history,” Kardashian told Vogue ahead of the Met Gala. “I would never want to sit in it or eat in it or have any risk of any damage to it and I won’t be wearing the kind of body makeup I usually do.” Once she reached the top of the Met steps, the reality star changed into a replica of the priceless Jean Louis gown — along with a little assistance from a white-gloved assistant from Ripley’s Believe It Or Not!, who loaned her the look.