Kim Kardashian does not have Bob Mackie‘s stamp of approval.
04.05.2022 - 03:47 / etcanada.com
Kim Kardashian is well on her way to becoming the modern Marilyn Monroe.
A day after the 2022 Met Gala, Ripley’s Believe It Or Not shared a video revealing not only did they lend Kardashian Monroe’s iconic “Mr. President” dress for fashion’s biggest night, they also gifted her with some of Monroe’s hair.
“During @KimKardashian’s Met Gala dress fitting at Ripley’s Believe It or Not! HQ, our team surprised her with a silver box that contained an actual lock of Marilyn’s iconic platinum hair,” they wrote on Instagram.
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In the clip, the mogul unwrapped a box to find a silver locket with the hair inside.
“I’m literally going to do some crazy voodoo s**t,” she joked while thanking everyone. “I’m going to channel her.”
“This is so cool,” she continued.
“This is sleeping with me every night. Sorry babe,” she added to boyfriend Pete Davidson who was taking the video.
“The Ripley’s team also filled her Met Gala dressing room with a trove of Marilyn Monroe and JFK memorabilia to help inspire her look,” they added.
On Ripley’s website, they shared a look inside Kardashian’s dressing room including Monroe’s makeup case, a frame of her lip print on a tissue and the ticket to John F. Kennedy’s birthday gala.
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Kardashian became the first person besides Monroe to wear the dress. However, after the red carpet, she changed into a replica.
As they wouldn’t alter Monroe’s dress to fit Kardashian, she had to lose 16 pounds to fit it.
Kim Kardashian does not have Bob Mackie‘s stamp of approval.
Marilyn Monroe historian and collector Scott Fortner has claimed that Ripley’s Believe It or Not gifted Kim Kardashian a “fake” piece of Monroe’s hair. On 2 May, the reality star arrived at the Met Gala in a gown previously worn by Monroe in 1962 when she serenaded John F Kennedy on his 45th birthday. The outfit choice was made possible with the help of Ripley’s Believe It or Not, who had loaned Kardashian the dress for the occasion.
most iconic looks. The dress was a loaner from Ripley’s Believe it Or Not! Museum in Orlando, Florida, which reportedly also surprised the 41-year-old reality TV star with what they claimed to be a lock of the legendary blonde bombshell’s platinum hair.
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