Marilyn Monroe

Ripley's Believe It Or Not! shared video of Kim Kardashian's final fitting into the Marilyn Monroe "Happy Birthday" dress ahead of the 2022 Met Gala.

"I’m extremely respectful to the dress and what it means to American history," she told the magazine ahead of the gala. That said, the dress Kardashian wore wasn't on her for very long. Once inside, she says, "I'm just so grateful for the opportunity."

Adorned with over 6000 handsewn crystals, the pre-loved dress was worn by Monroe when she famously sang "Happy Birthday" to President John F. Kennedy in ...

Conservators, curators and fashion historians are baffled by Kim Kardashian's decision to wear Marilyn Monroe's iconic 'Happy Birthday, Mr. President' gown ...

“The Met Gala is now part of the garment’s history — and it didn’t need to be,” she says. “No damage occurred at last night’s event,” Corcoran said in a statement, adding that Kardashian “has become a steward—and added to—its history.” After taking photos in the dress, Kardashian then changed into a replica dress for the gala itself, Ripley’s said, noting that “great care was taken to preserve this piece of history.” “She’ll be donating to two Florida-based organizations — a goodwill gesture in appreciation of us allowing her to wear the dress,” Joiner adds in an interview. In order to maintain the fabric’s integrity, the dress will not be washed. On Wednesday, the dress will return to the Ripley’s Vault in Orlando, Corcoran notes. “Putting it on a human body will damage it no matter how careful you are,” she says. It’s part of a privately owned, for-profit “attractions company,” as it refers to itself, with themed locations around the world. Ripley’s Believe It or Not! in Orlando loaned the gown — believed to now be valued at over $10 million — to Kardashian after acquiring it in 2016 for nearly $5 million. And that’s Marilyn Monroe,” Kardashian, 41, told Vogue. “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. “Obviously, if you have a Charles James hanging in your grandmother’s closet and you want to wear it, fine.

Last night at the Met Gala, a platinum blonde Kim Kardashian donned the dress Marilyn Monroe wore to sing Happy Birthday, Mr. President to JFK in 1962 ...

Despite all the rigorous preparation Kardashian put into wearing the dress on “fashion’s biggest night out” – flying it over on a private plane from Orlando to her home in Calabasas, and losing 16 pounds in a matter of weeks – Kardashian only wore the dress for that short, infamous flight up the Met Gala steps. Following this feat, Kardashian was joined by Davidson after the gala for a well-earned ‘pizza and donut party’ at the Ritz Carlton hotel. Monroe reportedly paid Jean Louis $1,440 for the dress at the time, which was custom-made for her. Based on a sketch made by Bob Mackie for his boss at the time – the Hollywood costume designer Jean Louis – the dress is adorned with more than 6,000 hand-sewn crystals. Dressed in a nude, rhinestone-encrusted, floor-length dress – immortalised by Marilyn Monroe in 1962 when she wore it to sing Happy Birthday, Mr. President to John F Kennedy at a Democratic Party fundraiser – Kardashian appeared to morph into the infamous blonde bombshell in more ways than one. On May 19, 1962, Monroe performed her famously sultry, breathy rendition of Happy Birthday, Mr. President for John F Kennedy at the Democratic Party fundraising gala.