Kim Kardashian shares one regret over Marilyn Monroe dress
Kim Kardashian regrets dyeing her hair blonde for her big red carpet moment at the Met Gala when she wore a dress previously seen on Hollywood legend Marilyn Monroe - admitting she should have gone for "dark, Jackie O vibes" instead.
Kim Kardashian regrets going blonde to wear Marilyn Monroe's dress to the Met Gala.
The 45-year-old reality TV star appeared at the glitzy fashion event in New York in 2022 wearing a gown that was previously seen on the late Hollywood legend back in 1962 when she sang Happy Birthday to President John F. Kennedy but Kim has now confessed she wasn't happy with her blonde hair and wishes she'd stayed brunette to channel Kennedy's wife Jackie.
Speaking on an episode of The Kardashians, Kim explained: "I will bring this up til the end of time. I don’t know why, but everyone told me: 'Don’t do Marilyn hair. You’re gonna look like a wax figure of Marilyn.’ We just thought we wanted to be blonde.
"I should’ve been, like, dark, Jackie O vibes ... [I] photoshopped it 500 different ways after the fact [to see the different hair colours]"
Kim went on to admit she has since "tortured" her hairstylist Chris Appleton over the decision to go with a blonde style for the red carpet outing.
The reality TV star previously admitted it was a struggle it took to fit into the iconic dress - which is owned by Ripley's Believe It Or Not - and had to change into the outfit at the gala itself in a bid to avoid damaging it during travel to the venue.
In a previous episode of The Kardashians, she said: "I can't sit in a car, I can't risk it. It's so fragile, you guys. No one can touch me. So if anyone touches me and gets their oils on the dress … it's too risky to get in the car and leave from the hotel and do it ...
"So, all of this - the losing the weight, dying the hair for 30 hours, leaving the hotel in a robe, getting there, changing on the red carpet, just walking to the top of the red carpet, then changing again into a replica of the dress, because we can't risk sitting in it and eating dinner, is all for maybe 10 minutes of my life, just on the red carpet. Like, that's it."
Kim pulled an all-nighter to make sure her hair colour was perfect, and she was worried her locks might fall out as a result of the dye.
She explained: "It has to be the right color. My hair can't fall out. We have to get it right. We have one day to dye it. We're gonna be up for 15 hours."
Kim added: "When I thought to go in Marilyn Monroe's dress - and I know how precious and fragile the dress is, I knew I had to lose at least 10 pounds for it to even go up on me."
