Kim Kardashian, Pete Davidson, Kylie, Kendall Jenner at Met Gala 2023
Kim Kardashian turned heads and raised eyebrows eventually yr’s Met Gala in Marilyn Monroe’s classic costume, joined by then-boyfriend Pete Davidson. This yr, she arrived solo in a extra toned-down look – although she and Davidson did share a second speaking inside the party with Usher.
Kardashian, 42, wore a customized Schiaparelli ensemble, mixing a nude bra and miniskirt with draped rows of pearls. “I really feel like Karl was at all times tremendous glamorous and also you’d see lots of pearls,” she informed USA TODAY of her look.
The theme “Karl Lagerfeld: A Life of Beauty,” is ready to honor the late designer, who photographed Kardashian in her very first style shoot in 2013 for CR Vogue Ebook. “The world is a lot chicer since you existed,” she wrote in an Instagram tribute in 2019. “I’m past honored to have me you and had the chance to work with you.”
The fact star, entrepreneur and hopeful lawyer attended style’s largest evening final yr with then-boyfriend Davidson. The 2 have since break up up − as referenced within the first trailer for the upcoming season of “The Kardashians,” which dropped final week − however Davidson made an look of his personal this yr.
The previous “SNL” comic, 29, wore a Fendi look, full with plum costume pants, a colourful t-shirt and black trench coat alongside together with his signature crimson carpet sun shades and a black bucket hat.
Kardashian’s youthful sisters, Kendall and Kylie Jenner, later joined her on the carpet: Kylie in a crimson Jean Paul Gaultier robe with a playful one-shoulder cutout and thigh-high slit; Kendall in a customized Marc Jacobs sequined black onesie with a silver glitter collar and train-length sleeves.
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Kim Kardashian’s controversial 2022 Marilyn Monroe tribute
Final yr, all six of essentially the most well-known girls within the Kardashian-Jenner household introduced a united entrance on the Met Gala simply hours after being handed a victory in Blac Chyna’s defamation lawsuit trial. Kim, Kourtney and Khloe Kardashian, plus Kylie, Kendall and Kris Jenner all attended in 2022. Solely Kim, Kylie and Kendall are anticipated to hit the Met steps this yr.

For the 2022 theme, “In America: An Anthology of Vogue,” the crimson carpet was all about Gilded Glamour. Kim borrowed the unique skin-tight, glowing Bob Mackie costume that Marilyn Monroe wore to sing “Comfortable Birthday” to President John F. Kennedy, almost 60 years to the day after the enduring actress first did. The figure-hugging nude costume, which incorporates greater than 2,500 handstitched crystals, was offered at public sale to Ripley’s Believe It or Not for nearly $5 million in 2016. The fact TV star informed Vogue that she needed to lose 16 kilos to suit into the costume.
Davidson went with a plain black Dior tux, sun shades and customized Or & Elle cufflinks. “(Kim) did not let me put on my propeller hat, nevertheless it’s high-quality,” the comic lamented.

Kardashian later confronted backlash for each allegedly damaging the costume and for perpetuating unsafe concepts about weight reduction. Ripley’s later stated in a press release that Kardashian “did not, in any way, damage the garment within the quick period of time it was worn on the Met Gala.” And Kardashian defended her weight reduction in an interview with The New York Times: “To me it was like, ‘OK, Christian Bale can do it for a film position and that’s acceptable.’ Even Renée Zellweger gained weight for a job. It’s all the identical to me,” Kardashian stated.
Kardashian has attended each Met Gala since 2013, typically with ex-husband Ye, previously generally known as Kanye West. Ye has not attended since 2019.
Contributing: Anika Reed
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