Kim
Kardashian
once
again
is
receiving
flak
for
wearing
Marilyn
Monroe's
iconic
dress
to
the
2022
Met
Gala.
Earlier
this
week,
a
photo
was
seen
floating
around
social
media,
which
allegedly
showed
the
dress
before
and
after
Kim
wore
it
with
a
few
missing
diamonds
and
stretched
cloth.
Now,
a
rep
for
Ripley's
'Believe
It
or
Not!',
who
bought
the
dress
for
USD
4.8
million
in
2016,
has
come
to
Kim's
defence.
The
representative
told
TMZ,
"A
report
written
on
the
dress'
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."
Meanwhile,
Amanda
Joiner,
Ripley's
Vice
President
of
Publishing
and
Licensing
revealed
that
she
was
with
Kim
and
the
dress
the
entire
day
of
The
Met.
She
added,
"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."
Ripley's
representative
also
said
that
since
the
purchase,
the
dress
has
been
displayed
all
around
the
world
and
it
has
also
put
the
iconic
dress
at
risk
for
potential
damage.
Ripley
has
also
received
backlash
for
lending
the
dress,
however,
the
representative
said
that
Kardashian
was
allowed
to
wear
the
dress
to
keep
Monroe's
legacy
alive.
For
the
unversed,
Marilyn
wore
the
dress
when
she
sang
on
President
John
F
Kennedy's
birthday
in
1962.
Kim
at
the
Met
2022
had
revealed
that
she
lost
16
pounds
to
fit
into
the
dress.
The
reality
star
wore
the
nude-coloured
dress
for
just
a
few
minutes
while
the
Grand
Staircase
of
the
Metropolitan
Museum
of
Art
and
then
changed
into
a
replica.