It appears that one of a historical dress that was custom made for Marilyn Monroe to wore to serenade John F Kennedy on his 45th birthday, got damaged by an American socialite, and celebrity, Kim Kardashian. The 60th aged dress was worn by Kardashian to the annual event, Met Gala last month.
A new photo of the dress was posted on @marilynmonroecollection by the collector Scott Forner, the dress, which is currently displayed on the Ripley's Museum, shows some damage on the back. Some parts on the back closure are ripped, and even some of the crystals are missing. Compared to images of the dress on display in 2016, the differences are more than apparent. Ripley's claims that "great care was taken to preserve this piece of pop culture history,".
Controversy has surrounded Kim's decision to wear the iconic Marilyn Dress since the coveted event. The original sketcher of the dress, Bob Mackie, believed that Kim shouldn't worn the dress the first place. Not only that, many fashion conservators believed the same. Saying the fabric of the dress, which is over 60 years old, ass to fragile for Kim to wear it.
Ripley's said it did try to protect the dress: "We basically had many conversations with Kim and her team and put a lot of requirements in place with security and with the handling of the dress," Amanda Joiner, a vice president of licensing and publishing at Ripley's, said.
The controversy of this Marilyn Monroe dress is getting wider since it also appears that surprisingly, Ripley's Believe It or Not was also gifted Kim Kardashian a jar of Marilyn Monroe's hair. Many people believe that this isn't only about the dress, but this is also a form of disrespect to the late Marilyn Monroe.
People believe that for these people ---Kim and people at the Ripley's ---Marilyn is not a person, she's an object for them to toy with their status. And this proven that people are still cannot see that Marilyn Monroe was also a human.
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