Ripley’s Museum issues official response after claims Kim Kardashian RUINED iconic dress
Ripley’s Believe It or Not! Museum has officially addressed rumors that Kim Kardashian damaged Marilyn Monroe’s $5m dress.
The reality star has faced claims that she “destroyed” the gown when she wore it to the Met Gala in May.
Ripley’s Believe It or Not! Museum, where the dress lives, has now come to 41-year-old Kim’s defense.
The reality star did not damage the dress, according to Amanda Joiner, Ripley’s VP of Publishing and Licensing.
In an article released on the official Ripley’s website, she shut down rumors that Kim had “destroyed” Marilyn’s iconic garment.
Amanda, who was with Kim on the entire day of the Met Gala said: “From the bottom of the Met steps, where Kim got into the dress, to the top where it was returned, the dress was in the same condition it started in.”
The article also addressed shocking the before and after photos that circulated on social media and showed damage to the dress.
It turns out that the garment was already a little worse for wear when the museum acquired it in 2016.
“A report written on the dress’s condition in early 2017 states, ‘a number of the seams are pulled and worn. This is not surprising given how delicate the material is. There is puckering at the back by the hooks and eyes,’ among other instances of damage.”
Although Ripley’s acknowledges the controversy surrounding Kim’s choice to wear the dress, the article emphasised: “She did not, in any way, damage the garment in the short amount of time it was worn at the Met Gala.”
The museum also showed gratitude to the reality star for introducing an “entirely new group of young people to the legacy of Marilyn Monroe”.
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The dress is so historic because the late Hollywood star wore it when she sang Happy Birthday to President John F. Kennedy at Madison Square Garden in 1962.
Fans had voiced their disappointment in Kim’s wardrobe choice in light of the before and photos, which have now been discredited.
The wacky museum pulled out the gown 10 days before it made its Met Gala debut, and a room full of people had to use their strength to get the TV personality into it.
In addition to the dress, Ripley’s also gifted Kim a piece of the platinum blonde icon’s hair, a relic that she said she will be “sleeping with every night.”
The crew was forced to leave the back of the gown open to avoid ripping.
The SKIMS founder covered this up with a white coat as she walked the red carpet with her boyfriend Pete Davidson, 28.
The Keeping Up With the Kardashians star previously claimed that she lost 16 pounds to fit into the look.
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Marilyn was sewn into the dress, which was designed by Jean Louis and originally cost $12,000.
Now returned to Ripley’s, it is being exhibited at the museum’s Hollywood location through Fall 2022.