DIt is often only towards the end that the really big stars appear, and there are also those who tend to surprise us the most on the red carpet.
This was also the case during this year’s Met gala.
Zendaya had canceled in advance, and no one expected that highly pregnant Rihanna would show up. Everyone’s eyes were on Kim Kardashian. As usual.
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Rumor had it that the 41-year-old would wear Marilyn Monroe’s legendary dress – the icon she used when she sang the birthday song of then-President John F. Kennedy back in 1962.
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Kim Kardashian had even dyed her hair blonde for the occasion, and arrived at the red carpet wearing the dress and a white fur coat similar to the one Monroe was wearing.
TRIBUTE: What was supposed to be a tribute to the deceased icon did not go down well with everyone. PHOTO: NTB.
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But what was supposed to be a tribute to the deceased icon, was met with criticism.
ICONIC: Marilyn Monroe in the dress designed for her in 1962. PHOTO: NTB.
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Fans raged and social media boiled over by people wondering how in hollow Kim. Kardashian had been allowed to borrow the dress at all. Many feared that the dress would be ruined, as it was specially sewn for Monroe 60 years ago.
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Now designer Bob Mackie also takes the magazine from his mouth, and reaches out towards the star.
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He tells Entertainment Weekly that he was very unimpressed when the reality star wore Monroe’s dress at the Met gala.
FURTHER: Designer Bob Mackie, who sketched the dress, reaches out to the reality star. PHOTO: NTB.
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Mackie, who worked as an assistant to designer Jean Louis early in his career, drew the sketches for the iconic dress.
– It was a big mistake, he says.
THE WORLD’S MOST EXPENSIVE: Marilyn Monroe’s iconic dress is said to be the world’s most expensive, and has been sold at auction several times. PHOTO: NTB.
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– [Marilyn] was a goddess (…) She was simply amazing. No one can be portrayed like her. And the dress was made for her, designed for her. No one else should have been seen in that dress.
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The designer also supports historians’ concerns that wearing the dress was undoubtedly harmful to its preservation.
AWAKENED ATTENTION: Kim Kardashian is no stranger to attracting attention. Here at Met-gallen. PHOTO: NTB.
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Kim Kardashian also received a lot of criticism for admitting to going on a diet to get into the iconic dress.
To American Vogue, she tells the choice:
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– What is the most American you can imagine? It’s Marilyn Monroe. For me, it’s the most iconic Monroe moment when she sang JFK’s birthday song. That was the look, said the reality star.
