Met Gala: Kim Kardashian wore a Marilyn Monroe dress – and lost seven kilos in the process

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Kim Kardashian wore a Marilyn Monroe dress and lost 15 pounds in the process

Pete Davidson and Kim Kardashian at the Met Gala

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03.05.2022, 11:03

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It was a tribute to Marilyn Monroe: Kim Kardashian appeared at the Met Gala in New York with bleached hair and wore an original dress from the actress. In order to fit into the outfit, the 41-year-old went on a diet.

Reality star Kim Kardashian walked the red carpet at the Met Gala in an original Marilyn Monroe gown. The actress wore it while singing a birthday song to then-US President John F. Kennedy in 1962. When she tried on the dress, she initially didn’t like it, Kardashian said on the red carpet at Monday night’s event. She then had to lose around seven kilograms. “I don’t think they thought I could do it, but I did it.”

Actress Marilyn Monroe

Actress Marilyn Monroe in May 1962 in the original dress

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The 41-year-old wore a white jacket over the beige sparkling dress, and she had also dyed her hair platinum blonde – also based on Monroe. The original dress was auctioned several times and now belongs to the museum chain “Ripley’s”, reported the fashion magazine “Vogue”, whose publisher is co-hosting the Met Gala. Kardashian only wore it for the red carpet walk and then changed her clothes to avoid damaging the dress.

Kim Kardashian cut out carbs and sugar

At Kardashian’s side, her new boyfriend, comedian Pete Davidson, showed up in a black suit. “She wouldn’t let me put my hat on with the propeller on, but that’s okay,” Davidson joked. Kardashian said she’s looking forward to the post-Met Ball party. “I haven’t eaten carbs or sugar in three weeks – when we get back to the hotel there’s a pizza and donut party.”

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Actress Marilyn Monroe died on August 4, 1962 at the age of just 36. The American was found dead at her home in Los Angeles. The exact circumstances of her death have not been clarified to this day. But in the months before, Monroe had struggled with depression and insomnia, regularly swallowed pills and drank too much alcohol. The shooting of her last film “Something’s Got to Give”, which began in the spring of 1962 and could not be finished after Monroe’s death, was also overshadowed by problems.

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Often dubbed the “Party of the Year,” the Met Ball is an annual fundraiser for the Metropolitan Museum’s Costume Institute. The annual budget of the institute, which is now named after Vogue boss Anna Wintour, is estimated at several million dollars from the “Costume Institute Benefit”. Because of the corona pandemic, the gala, which traditionally takes place on the first Monday in May, had to be canceled twice in a row and was then finally made up for in September 2021 – for the opening of the fashion exhibition “In America: A Lexicon of Fashion”. The gala on Monday opened the second part of the exhibition – “In America: An Anthology of Fashion”.

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