In shocking news to no one: The historic Marilyn Monroe gown that reality star Kim Kardashian wore to the Met Gala last month is showing signs of damage and, conservators say, now will have the reality star enmeshed in the story of the dress.
The Marilyn Monroe Collection, which considers itself to be the world’s largest private collection of Monroe’s personal property archives, posted images on Instagram of the gown while it was on display at Ripley’s Believe It or Not Hollywood. There, visitors could view the piece — and the damage wrought to the garment — themselves.
"[Marilyn] was a goddess. A crazy goddess, but a goddess. She was just fabulous. Nobody photographs like that. And it was done for her. It was designed for her,” said designer Mackie in an interview last month withThe historic Jean Louis gown — sketched by a young Mackie and custom-made for the “Some Like It Hot” star — is made of a delicate soufflethat already becomes weaker and more brittle with age.
“Sadly this comes as no surprise to me, or anyone else in the museum world!” fashion historian Kimberly Chrisman-Campbell, author of “Worn on This Day: The Clothes That Made History,” wrote in an email to The Times on Tuesday.
NEVER should have worn that dress…should be in a museum!
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