Well, well, well — if it isn't another chapter in the Kim Kardashian wearing Marilyn Monroe's dress saga. Did I ever expect that this Met Gala red carpet moment would live on for a month and a half? Absolutely not, but am I here for the drama? Absolutely YES!
Just a few days after it was revealed that Marilyn's custom couture gown was ripped after Kim Kardashian wore it, a video showing that the dress had already sustained some damage before it was worn to the Met is going viral.
Love it or hate it, it did exactly what any celeb would want it to do — spark conversation. I don't think most people who have had something to say about this dress even knew it existed until last month.
One of the most scathing reviews of Kim wearing the gown came from legendary fashion designer Bob Mackie.
The 82-year-old was not shy about his thoughts in an interview with Entertainment Weekly, saying he thought the whole ordeal was a "big mistake."
"She was just fabulous. Nobody photographs like that. And it was done for her. It was designed for her," Bob added. "Nobody else should be seen in that dress."
In a set of five Instagram posts shared from The Marilyn Monroe Collection, the account pointed out damage in the dress that includes rips along the clasps of the dress and a bunch of missing crystals.
Now, Kim Kardashian's fans are fighting back at the allegations that she damaged the dress by showing rhinestones missing and fabric stretched before the reality star ever wore it.
“The damages were already there before she even put the dress on — or tried to, at least,” he claims.
“So how do we know that the dress didn’t look like this [the ‘after’ photo] when clamped or closed?”
Naturally, the reactions continued to be mixed.
"so? she damaged it more," said another.
"If it was already damaged before her, wouldnt Kim have the common sense not to wear it? I mean isn’t there a reason why shes archiving all her clothes?" echoed a different user.
"No one cared about the dress before Kim wore it," said one fan.
"They’ll find any reason to hate on Kim," said another.
While there's no denying the dress was already slightly damaged before, it's clear the dress underwent further damage after being worn by Kim, and that fact will never change.
