Kim Kardashian Covers Her Curves in 50,000 Real Pearls for 2023 Met Gala 1 Year After Marilyn Monroe Dress Debacle: Photos

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Kim [Kardashian], there’s people that are dying … over your 2023 Met Gala look. The TV personality had all eyes on her as she arrived at  the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City.

For the Monday, May 1, soirée, Kardashian, 42, wore a custom Schiaparelli dress comprised of 50,000 real pearls, with the strings of jewels covering the Skims CEO’s chest and legs.

The look bore a striking resemblance to the reality television star’s 2007 Playboy shoot, where she posed nude covered only in the glistening gemstones.  “I wanted pearls,” Kardashian told Chloe Fineman and Derek Blasberg for Vogue‘s red carpet coverage of the gala, explaining that she thought the accessory was the perfect way to observe this year’s “In Honor of Karl” theme — a tribute to the fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld, who died at age 85 in February 2019.The Hulu personality added: “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.”In order to view the video, please allow Manage CookiesWhen asked whether she feels pressure to outdo her own Met looks each year, Kardashian — who first attended the event in 2013 — replied: “I did, but this year I just wanted to feel glamorous.”She continued: “I really didn’t feel the pressure.