More evidence continues to appear that the legendary dress associated with the image of star Marilyn Monroe was damaged by Kim Kardashian after wearing it to the Met Gala.
Recently, a man named Darrell Rooney visited Ripley’s Believe It Or Not! in Hollywood (USA) recorded clips showing that the dress associated with the name and image of female star Marilyn Monroe (1926 – 1962) was damaged after billionaire Kim Kardashian borrowed the dress. This was worn to attend the Met Gala fashion event last May.
Darrell Rooney shared clips and photos capturing close-up images of the details of the dress on display at the museum. This man wrote on social networks: “Look at the damage caused to the dress. It cannot be repaired. The dress that Marilyn Monroe wore in 1962 is now showing cracks in the fabric.” .
In a photo that Darrell Rooney took, fabric cracks can be clearly seen. Earlier this week, a number of photos appeared on social networks, showing that the current dress showed signs of damage, such as the sparkles attached to the dress falling off. .
At the Met Gala event, Kim Kardashian only wore this legendary dress for a few minutes and then changed into another dress made similar to this original dress. This is to avoid damaging the dress, but it seems that just a few minutes of wearing it on the red carpet is enough to affect the long-lasting dress.
The sparkling stones attached to the dress fell off (Photo: USA Today).
In fact, Kim Kardashian has a heavier figure than Marilyn Monroe. When planning to wear this legendary dress to the Met Gala, Kim had to lose weight “drastically” and quickly. That action sparked a lot of debate about possible consequences for her health and unintentionally sent negative messages to fans surrounding the issue of appearance.
However, the reality is that even if Kim has lost weight, Kim’s figure is still larger than Marilyn’s, so damage to the dress is really possible.
Previously, Marilyn Monroe wore this famous dress to appear on stage singing “Happy Birthday Mr President” at an event to celebrate the birthday of current US President – Mr. John F. Kennedy in 1962. At that time, she asked the tailor to make the dress as tight as possible, so this dress was already very… “tight” compared to Marilyn Monroe’s figure.
Marilyn Monroe’s sexy dress was once sold at an auction for up to 4.8 million USD, the successful buyer was Ripley’s Believe It or Not museum. The famous dress with 6,000 stones attached is considered an item associated with the image of “sex symbol” Marilyn Monroe – a famous figure in American popular culture .
The museum once said they did not notice any damage to the dress after lending it to Kim (Photo: New York Post).
Before going to the Met Gala, Kim Kardashian shared about her caution when wearing this dress: “I very much understand the importance of this dress in American popular culture. I will never sit down . ” Going down or eating while wearing this dress, I will not do anything that could damage the dress, nor will I use body makeup like I usually use.”
After the controversy surrounding Ripley’s Believe It Or Not! lent Kim this famous dress to wear, the museum issued a statement that, after the Met Gala ended, they did not notice any damage to the dress.
The museum said: “The decision to lend the dress was not an easy one for us, but Ms. Kim Kardashian showed great respect for the opportunity we gave her as well as with a dress of this importance.
Ms. Kim did in-depth research and strictly followed our instructions such as not using makeup on her body, only wearing the dress for a short time when appearing on the red carpet, and not editing it. skirt. Ms. Kim has added a new feature to the history of this dress.”
Currently, in response to netizens’ controversy surrounding the latest “evidence” that the dress has been damaged, the museum has not made any official statement.
