Marilyn Monroe devotee accuses Kim Kardashian of damaging iconic dress
Daily MailA Marilyn Monroe devotee has accused Kim Kardashian of damaging the iconic nude gown the actress wore to sing 'Happy Birthday' to then-President John F. Kennedy in 1962 when she modeled it at the Met Gala last month. Kim Kardashian, 41, has been accused of damaging Marilyn Monroe's iconic gown after wearing it to the Met Gala last month The Marilyn Monroe Collection shared 'before and after' photos of the dress on display at Ripley's Believe It or Not! Monroe wore the custom Jean Louis gown to sing 'Happy Birthday' to then-President John F. Kennedy on May 19, 1962 Kardashian lost 16 pounds in three weeks to fit into the gown made for specifically for Monroe to wear to serenade the president 'If it was up to me, I would not have allowed it simply because of the importance of the piece in American cultural history,' he added. She wrote it briefly on the red carpet before changing into a replica 'I tried it on and it didn’t fit me, and so I looked at them and said give me like three weeks, and I had to lose 16 pounds, down today, to be able to fit this,' she said during a red carpet livestream Kardashian visited the Ripley's Believe It Or Not museum in Hollywood weeks and posed for pictures with the dress weeks after she wore it on the red carpet Kardashian not only came under heavy fire for risking damage to the gown by wearing it, but she was also accused of promoting unhealthy body standards after detailing her extreme weight loss to fit into it.