How Kim Kardashian’s attempt to honour Marilyn Monroe went wrong

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00:00How would you feel if the designer of a dress you wore called it a big mistake?

00:04Kim Kardashian has an incredible knack for winding people up,

00:07and the time she wore Marilyn Monroe's actual dress was no exception.

00:12In 1962, Marilyn Monroe serenaded John F. Kennedy with a Happy Birthday

00:17Mr. President song on stage in front of him and his wife.

00:21Framed clearly as the other woman under a spotlight in a nude Barely There dress,

00:26it was a scandalous moment.

00:28Today, this dress costs $4.8 million and belongs to Ripley's Believe It or Not Museum.

00:34But Kim Kardashian didn't pay a dime to wear it on the red carpet in 2022.

00:39She simply borrowed it.

00:41Welcome to the 21st century,

00:42where millions of Instagram followers allow you to wear a museum artifact.

00:47Although she did make two donations to charity in Ripley's name.

00:51Bob Mackie, the designer who drew the sketch of this dress,

00:54described Marilyn as a crazy goddess.

00:57He went on, nobody else should be seen in that dress,

01:01calling Kim Kardashian's decision to wear it a mistake.

01:04Kim, however, felt she was honoring Marilyn's legend.

01:08She told Vogue, what's the most American thing you can think of?

01:11And that's Marilyn Monroe.

01:13As a bit of a nude clothing enthusiast herself,

01:15Kim thought wearing the OG naked look dress would be a great idea.

01:20Even if her skin tone didn't quite match.

01:23She did put a lot of effort into the look.

01:25She spent 14 hours dyeing her hair platinum,

01:28put the dress on with gloves,

01:29and avoided her normal body makeup so as not to stain it.

01:33She told Vogue that although the dress fit her the first time,

01:36the second time she tried it on,

01:38it wouldn't go up.

01:39And she wanted to cry since it wasn't allowed to be altered.

01:42Thank God.

01:44Anyway, healthy body image messages went out the window

01:47when she openly admitted to going on a very intense diet in order to fit it.

01:52Because she felt it was that dress or nothing.

01:54The dress was transported by guards

01:57and she was only allowed to wear it with a Ripley's representative present.

02:01On the day, she only wore the dress to walk up the stairs.

02:04After this, she changed into a replica.

02:07Even though she only wore it for a few minutes,

02:09she has been accused of causing permanent damage to the 60-year-old silk dress.

02:14However, Ripley's have denied this is the case.