The former 'Keeping Up with the Kardashians' star reveals on the red carpet of the annual fashion fundraiser that she had 3 weeks to lose 16 pounds to be able to wear Marilyn Monroe's iconic gown.
- May 3, 2022
AceShowbiz - Kim Kardashian lost 16 lbs in three weeks to fit into Marilyn Monroe's iconic dress at 2022's Met Gala. The 41-year-old star wowed at the annual fashion fundraiser at New York City's Metropolitan Museum of Art on Monday, May 2 wearing the exact same gown the iconic actress wore when the latter sang "Happy Birthday" to President John F. Kennedy in May 1962, and the former admitted she had to give up sugar and carbs for three weeks beforehand.
Speaking to Vogue correspondent La La Anthony on the red carpet, the former "Keeping Up with the Kardashians" star said, "Well this is Marilyn Monroe's dress and it is 60 years old and she wore this when she sang 'Happy Birthday' to President John F. Kennedy in 1962. I had this idea to try it on and then they came with armed guards and gloves.
"I tried it on and it didn't fit me. I said, 'Give me three weeks.' I had to lose 16 pounds down today," the ex-wife of Kanye West continued dishing. "It was such a challenge. It was like a [movie] role. I was determined to fit [into] it. I haven't had carbs or sugar in about three weeks. We're having pizza and donut party back at the hotel [after the Met Gala]."
The dress, which originally cost $12,000, was designed by Jean Louis and has 6,000 hand-sewn crystals on. Marilyn is said to have had to be sewn into it for her performance for President Kennedy, just three months before she died in August 1962 at the age of 36.
The dress was later sold for $4.8 million at Julien's Auctions in 2016 and acquired by Ripley's Believe It Or Not Museum, who Kim loaned it from for the Met Gala. The reality star added, "I'm a big fan of auctions and I own several JFK pieces so I know the owner of Julien's. He was able to connect me [with Ripley's] and that's how the conversation started."
Kim, who appeared alongside Pete Davidson at the event, also channeled her inner Marilyn by dying her hair platinum blonde for the event. Her comedian boyfriend joked, "She [Kim] didn't let me wear my propeller hat but it's fine."
This year's Met Gala theme was "In America: An Anthology of Fashion", and the official dress code was gilded glamour and white tie.
