Kim Kardashian wore Marilyn Monroe’s 1962 gown to the Met Gala, and the famous dress now appears to be damaged from that night.
Marilyn Monroe’s iconic dress has reportedly been damaged after being worn by Kim Kardashian at the Met Gala. The dress now shows signs of tearing, and several crystals are either missing or hanging off of it.
Kim Kardashian was loaned the dress, which was worn by Marilyn Monroe, from Ripley’s Believe It or Not! franchise for the Met Gala. The delicate dress, embellished with over 2,000 hand-stitched crystals, was bought by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! franchise in 2016 for $4.8 million.
Marilyn Monroe was an American actress, singer, and model. Famous for playing comedic “blonde bombshell” characters, she became one of the most popular sex symbols of the 1950s and early 1960s and was emblematic of the era’s sexual revolution.
