Marilyn Monroe Dress Designer Bob Mackie Calls Kim Kardashian’s Met Gala Look a ‘Big Mistake’
usmagazine.comThe debate regarding Kim Kardashian’s 2022 Met Gala look continues. Bob Mackie, who sketched Marilyn Monroe’s infamous “Happy Birthday” dress, has made it clear he isn’t happy the Kardashians star borrowed the gown for the fundraiser earlier this month.“I thought it was a big mistake,” the designer told Entertainment Weekly. “[Marilyn] was a goddess.
A crazy goddess, but a goddess. She was just fabulous. Nobody photographs like that. And it was done for her. It was designed for her.
Nobody else should be seen in that dress.”Kardashian, 41, made waves at the New York City event on May 2 when she stepped out in the 1962 gown Monroe wore when she sang “Happy Birthday” to then-President John F.
Kennedy. The dress, which was designed by Jean Louis — who Mackie worked for as an assistant at the time — was loaned to the Skims founder by Ripley’s Believe or Not!
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