Marilyn Monroe dress Kim Kardashian wore to the Met Gala appears to be damaged despite ‘great care’

Marilyn Monroe’s iconic gown appeared to have suffered some put on and tear (Image: Getty)

Marilyn Monroe’s iconic gown, which was loaned to Kim Kardashian to put on on the crimson carpet on the Met Gala, seems to have sustained some injury from its current outing.

The robe, which Marilyn wore to serenade President John F Kennedy for his birthday in 1962, was loaned to Kim to put on for the crimson carpet on the Met Gala earlier than she turned into a duplicate for the remainder of the ceremony.

Because of the age and provenance of the gown, no alterations have been capable of be made to it, which means Kim needed to lose 16lb to suit into it for the event.

The dear garment was transported by guards and followers have been assured that the utmost care was taken over the 60-year-old gown to make sure it arrived again in mint situation.

In response to @marilynmonroecollection on Instagram, regardless of everybody’s finest efforts, the gown did find yourself displaying some put on and tear after its current outing, six a long time after it was first worn.

They shared two side-by-side close-up pictures of the diamante and sequin detailing on the robe as they informed their followers: ‘Simply in case you missed it… Lacking crystals, and a few left hanging by a thread.’

An Instagram account devoted to Marilyn Monroe highlighted the alleged injury (Image: Instagram/ marilynmonroecollection)

They added: ‘@ripleysbelieveitornot , Was it price it?’

Ripley’s Imagine It Or Not, which shows the gown, had beforehand stated in a press release: ‘Nice care was taken to protect this piece of popular culture historical past.

‘With enter from garment conservationists, appraisers, and archivists, the garment’s situation was high precedence.

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Marilyn Monroe initially wore the gown in 1962 (Image: AP)

‘Imagine It or Not! no alterations have been to be made to the gown and Kim even turned into a duplicate after the crimson carpet!⁠’

Amanda Joiner, vice chairman of licensing and publishing at Ripley’s, added to Slate.com: ‘We mainly had many conversations with Kim and her workforce and put a variety of necessities in place with safety and with the dealing with of the gown.

‘The gown was by no means with Kim alone. It was all the time with a Ripley’s consultant. We all the time ensured that at any time we felt that the gown was in peril of ripping or we felt uncomfortable about something, we all the time had the power to have the ability to say we not have been going to proceed with this.’

Metro.co.uk has contacted Ripley’s Imagine It Or Not for remark.