By now everyone seems to be nicely conscious that Kim Kardashian wore Marilyn Monroe’s “Glad Birthday, Mr. President” costume to the Met Gala. Not solely was the information leaked previous to trend’s greatest night time, however the actuality star promptly gushed about her harmful and outdated weight reduction plan to suit right into a costume that has been sitting in a Florida Ripley’s Imagine It or Not for years.
However why put on one Marilyn Monroe robe (that’s technically off-theme for the Gilded Age occasion) when you may put on two? On Might 6, Kardashian revealed that her Met Gala after-party costume is identical one Monroe wore to the 1962 Golden Globes, the place the actor obtained the Henrietta Award for World Movie Favourite. To finish the cosplay, Kardashian even held Monroe’s precise Golden Globe, which simply so occurred to belong to her florist. An indication! Not less than, based on Kardashian.
“To high off my night time after The Met, I had the dignity of turning into Marilyn Monroe’s Norman Norell costume that she wore to the Golden Globes in 1962,” Kim Kardashian captioned a collection of photographs that function her and Monroe carrying the inexperienced sequined robe, which was owned by Julien’s Auctions. If you happen to discover a distinction within the costume’s silhouette, it’s as a result of Monroe eschewed the armholes to put on the costume as a halter.
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“Additional into my analysis, I came upon that the proprietor of the Golden Globe that she obtained that night was [none] apart from my florist @jeffleatham. I noticed this all as an indication [of the] approach that all the stars aligned,” Kardashian continued. “It would without end be one of many biggest privileges of my life to have the ability to channel my inside Marilyn on this approach, on such a particular night time. Thanks Julien’s Public sale and Jeff for serving to to make this reminiscence potential.”
Supply: Glamour