Kim Kardashian’s Met Gala return did not disappoint!
The SKIMS founder, 42, attended theMet Galafor the 10th time Monday night.
Given that this year’s theme honors the late Karl Lagerfeld, she toldVogue, “I wanted pearls. I thought, ‘What is more Karl?’ You know, the iconic Chanel pearls is what I always thought of. So we wanted to just be dripping in pearls.”
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Unfortunately, though, the media mogul revealed that “some popped on the way, and I told my daughter to grab them all. They’re real pearls and she was putting them all in her purse.”
Kardashian’s daughter North, 9, is in New York City with her mom, though didn’t walk the red carpet on Monday night. She did join her for the car ride to the gala, wearing her own pearl pink tweed jacket and a conch shell clutch, per social media.
Kardashian’s ensemble also featured a molded corset in blush satin; she accessorized with a choker, pearl drop earrings and a ring made from crystals and baroque pearls.
For her hair, she wore a messy updo with face-framing bangs.
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Earlier this week, Kardashianteased her Met Gala lookwhile hanging out with the late Lagerfeld’s cat,Choupette.
She toldVoguethat meeting the fashionable feline was “a little scary.” She elaborated, “It takes a little while to warm up to her. She wrote me a sweet note and left it in my room. We spent some time together before this.”
As for whether she felt any pressure to outdo what she wore one year ago, Kardashian said, “This year, I just wanted to feel glamorous. I really didn’t feel the pressure. I just wanted to have a good time.”
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Last year, Kardashian chose to wear Marilyn Monroe’s famous"Happy Birthday, Mr. President" dressand seemed to break the Internet — again.
In 2022, for the “In America: An Anthology of Fashion” themed event, the reality star walked the carpet with then-boyfriendPete Davidsonin one of Monroe’s most iconic gowns that was on loan to Kardashian from Ripley’s Believe It or Not!
She topped off the sparkling skin-tight gown with diamond drop earrings, a white fur jacket and her hair, dyed blonde, pulled back into a bun.
“Well this is Marilyn Monroe’s dress and it is 60 years old and she wore this when she sang ‘Happy Birthday’ to President John F. Kennedy in 1962,” Kardashian toldVoguecorrespondent La La Anthony on the red carpet.
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“I’m extremely respectful to the dress and what it means to American history. I would never want to sit in it or eat in it or have any risk of any damage to it and I won’t be wearing the kind of body makeup I usually do,” Kardashian toldVogue. “Everything had to be specifically timed and I had to practice walking up the stairs.”
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Conversations surrounding the fashion choice continued for days after the soirée, touching on everything from thedrastic diet she admitted to followingin order to fit into the gown to if her wearing the garment caused any damage to the historic piece (Ripley’sdenied that it did).
The year prior, Kardashian sporteda black Balenciaga look that covered up her entire bodycomplete with jersey boots, jersey gloves and a mask that covered her face and head.
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The mom of four made her Met Gala debut back in 2013 alongside then-boyfriendKanye West. For the milestone, she wore acustom floral Givenchyfloral ensemble with matching gloves and shoes — at the time, she was pregnant with eldest child North.
“We lost a true legend!!!! You were such an inspiration to the world! You shot my first fashion shoot and I was so nervous to work with such an icon!” she wrote on Instagram alongside a series of photos with Lagerfeld.
“The world is so much chicer because you existed! I am beyond honored to have met you and had the opportunity to work with you. You are so loved and will be so missed 💔,” she added.
This year’s gala, “Karl Lagerfeld: A Line of Beauty,” encouraged a dress code of “In honor of Karl.” The corresponding exhibit, according to a release from the Met, will showcase around 150 of Lagerfeld’s greatest outfits across his prolific six-decade career — including designs he made while working for brands like Balmain, Patou, Chloé, Fendi, Chanel and his own eponymous label.
source: people.com
