Kim Kardashian didn’t damage Marilyn Monroe’s dress, says company that lent it

Kim Kardashian didn’t spoil Marilyn Monroe’s iconic Met Gala dress.

THE Ripley’s Believe It Or Not!, The company that owns Monroe’s dress and loaned it to Kardashian for the May event said in a statement on Thursday that, despite the allegations, Kardashian “did not damage the garment in any way in the short period of time it took.” was used at the Met Gala.”

Amanda Joiner, Ripley’s vice president of licensing, followed the dress as it was transported from Florida to New York and also while Kardashian wore it. She stated that the dress remained the same “from the steps of the Met, where Kim entered the dress, to the top, where it was returned.”

Ripley’s said the dress was slightly damaged by the time the company acquired it via auction in 2016, with “several pulled and frayed seams” and that it “wrinkled in the back from the hooks”.

Marilyn Monroe made the dress famous when she donned the dress to sing “Happy Birthday” to President Kennedy in 1962.

Kardashian only wore the dress for red carpet photos before transforming into a replica she had made for the rest of the event.

The dress is now on display at Ripley’s Believe It or Not! Hollywood.

Source: CNN Brasil

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