{"id":1462213,"date":"2022-05-03T13:45:44","date_gmt":"2022-05-03T17:45:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1462213"},"modified":"2022-05-03T13:45:48","modified_gmt":"2022-05-03T17:45:48","slug":"kim-kardashian-hits-met-gala-in-dress-worn-by-marilyn-monroe-when-she-sang-happy-birthday-mr-president-to-jfk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kim-kardashian-hits-met-gala-in-dress-worn-by-marilyn-monroe-when-she-sang-happy-birthday-mr-president-to-jfk\/","title":{"rendered":"Kim Kardashian Hits Met Gala In Dress Worn By Marilyn Monroe When She Sang \u2018Happy Birthday, Mr. President\u2019 To JFK"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">40<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fkim-kardashian-hits-met-gala-in-dress-worn-by-marilyn-monroe-when-she-sang-happy-birthday-mr-president-to-jfk%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1462213&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2022\/05\/Kim-Kardashian-Met-2.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.3.0\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Kim Kardashian hit the 2022 Met Gala Monday night in New York City in the same dress the late-Hollywood icon Marilyn Monroe wore to former President John F. Kennedy\u2019s birthday in 1962.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/report-kim-kardashian-and-pete-davidson-to-join-biden-at-white-house-correspondents-dinner\">41-year-old<\/a> reality star definitely got everyone\u2019s attention when she showed up in the sparkling, translucent sleeveless form-fitted gown embellished with more than six thousand crystals in the dress worn by Monroe when she famously sang \u201cHappy Birthday, Mr. President\u201d to JFK, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vogue.com\/article\/kim-kardashian-met-gala-2022\">reported<\/a> Vogue.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Kardashians\u201d star completed the look with platinum blonde hair in a tight bun, jewelry, high heels, and a little white coat.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe idea really came to me after the gala in September last year,\u201d Kardashian shared. \u201cI thought to myself, what would I have done for the American theme if it had not been the Balenciaga look? What\u2019s the most American thing you can think of? And that\u2019s Marilyn Monroe.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor me the most Marilyn Monroe moment is when she sang \u2018Happy Birthday,\u2019 to JFK, it was that look,\u201d she added. \u201cNowadays everyone wears sheer dresses, but back then that was not the case. In a sense, it\u2019s the original naked dress. That\u2019s why it was so shocking.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CdFEmpQr7vF\/?utm_source=ig_embed&#038;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\"><\/blockquote>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/kim-kardashian-laughs-about-sex-tape-after-previously-breaking-down-when-6-year-old-son-gets-pop-up-ad-about-unreleased-footage\">reality star<\/a> shared several photos on her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CdFEmpQr7vF\/\">Instagram<\/a> account of her in the iconic dress. She captioned her post, \u201cMet Gala \u2014 In America: An Anthology of Fashion. I am so honored to be wearing the iconic dress that Marilyn Monroe wore in 1962 to sing \u2018Happy Birthday\u2019 to President John F. Kennedy. It is a stunning skintight gown adorned with more than 6,000 hand-sewn crystals by costumier Jean Louis.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThank you Ripley\u2019s Believe It or Not!\u201d she added. \u201cFor giving me the opportunity to debut this evocative piece of fashion history for the first time since the late Marilyn Monroe wore it. I am forever grateful for this moment.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The outlet noted that the \u201cSome Like It Hot\u201d star originally paid Jean-Louis $1,440 for the custom gown. It was sold at auction in 1999 with part of her estate for more than a million dollars. In 2016, it went for $4.8 million at Julien\u2019s Auctions before it was acquired by Ripley\u2019s Believe It Or Not Museum. It holds the record for being the most expensive dress ever sold in an auction.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m a big fan of auctions and I own several JFK pieces so I know the owner of Julien\u2019s,\u201d Kardashian explained. \u201cHe was able to connect me [with Ripley\u2019s] and that\u2019s how the conversation started.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Before she got to borrow the dress, Kardashian said she had a fitting of a replica of the gown, and it fit perfectly. However, when the actual dress arrived via private plane and was \u201ctransported by guards,\u201d things didn\u2019t go as planned.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI always thought she was extremely curvy,\u201d Kardashian shared. \u201cI imagined I might be smaller in some places where she was bigger and bigger in places where she was smaller. So when it didn\u2019t fit me I wanted to cry because it can\u2019t be altered at all.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>So, Kim said there was only one plan to fit the dress, which was to be strict with herself.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI would wear a sauna suit twice a day, run on the treadmill, completely cut out all sugar and all carbs, and just eat the cleanest veggies and protein,\u201d Kardashian explained. \u201cI didn\u2019t starve myself, but I was so strict.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>And after all that work, the dress fit. But due to the historic nature of the dress, Kardashian only wore it for a few minutes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m extremely respectful to the dress and what it means to American history,\u201d Kardashian shared. \u201cI would never want to sit in it or eat in it or have any risk of any damage to it and I won\u2019t be wearing the kind of body makeup I usually do. Everything had to be specifically timed and I had to practice walking up the stairs.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies for breaking news, investigative reporting, sports, podcasts, in-depth analysis, books, and entertainment for a reason: because we believe in what we do. We believe in our country, in the value of truth and the freedom to speak it, and in the right to challenge tyranny wherever we see it. Believe the same? <a href=\"https:\/\/utm.io\/ueuP8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/utm.io\/ueuP8&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1651679360021000&#038;usg=AOvVaw1A0OukoKSzI6t6FH9g1oyL\">Become a member now and join our mission<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kim Kardashian hit the 2022 Met Gala Monday night in New York City in the same dress the late-Hollywood icon Marilyn Monroe wore to former President John F. 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