How Kim Kardashian got Marilyn Monroe's dress for the Met Gala

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How Kim Kardashian got Marilyn Monroe's dress for the Met Gala
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In a move that has truly broken the internet, the reality TV star managed to get her hands on the $5 million Jean-Louis dress famously worn by Monroe in 1962 to serenade the commander in chief—and her rumored paramour—months before she died. Read more:

donning the dress originally worn by Marilyn Monroe when she sang"Happy Birthday, Mr. President" to then-President John F. Kennedy Jr.

But how did the dress end up at Ripley's Believe It Or Not instead of a more conventional museum in the first place? The dress sold for a staggering $4.8 million at Julien's Auctions in 2016, and was later acquired by Ripley's Believe It Or Not Museum, according toOn November 18, 2016, Ripley's was the winning bidder for the dress at Julien's Auctions event in Los Angeles, according to the company'sThe dress worn by Marilyn Monroe when she sang"Happy Birthday Mr.

Kim Kardashian at the 2022 Met Gala and Marilyn Monroe sings"Happy Birthday" to President John F. Kennedy at Madison Square Garden, for his 45th birthday in 1962.What ensued was months of Kardashian losing weight through a strict diet and exercise regime before the dress fit her perfectly for the final fitting before the Gala as no alterations could be made.

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