People on social media were not the only ones unhappy with Kim Kardashian's choice to wear Marilyn Monroe's dress at the Met Gala 2022, but Marilyn Monroe historians and biographers do not look happy.
Marilyn Monroe passed away about two and a half months later after appearing in a dress created by Jean Lous - all with a nude piece and covered with 2,500 Swarkovski crystals. She sang "Happy Birthday" to then-President John F. Kennedy.
The dress was bought for $ 4.8 billion by "Ripley's Believe It or Not!", A global museum chain founded by Robert Ripley that contains mostly strange and unusual items and objects.
Kim wore the original dress for just a few minutes, enough to pose in front of the cameras, and then wore a custom-made copy. Yet the fact that she wore Marilyn Monroe's dress has angered historians and experts of her life.
Justine De Young, associate professor of fashion history at the New York Institute of Fashion Technology, told People that the choice was "irresponsible and unnecessary ... An iconic piece of American history should not be put at risk of harm to personal ego and pictures. "
Monroe biographers said sweat, perfume and make-up could have damaged the dress.
"The dress is extremely fragile and has been previously kept in temperature-controlled conditions," said biographer Michelle Morgan. "But now he is here, not only getting dressed, but also in a red carpet environment, where anything could have happened to him."
Scott Fortner, owner of one of the world's largest private collections of Monroe's personal belongings, said people's concerns were justified: "She wanted it to be a dress that 'only Marilyn Monroe could wear'."
