Kim Kardashian made a stunning return to the Met Gala with her 10th appearance. The 42-year-old businesswoman and SKIMS founder flaunted her enviable figure in a custom Schiaparelli haute couture ensemble designed by Daniel Roseberry.
The outfit, which features a draped skirt and top, was made using over 50,000 freshwater pearls and 16,000 crystal pearls. A team of 12 artisans dedicated 1,000 hours to create the gown. Kardashian revealed that she chose pearls because she wanted to pay homage to the late Karl Lagerfeld and his iconic Chanel pearls.
Kim Kardashian made her Met Gala return in an extravagant custom Schiaparelli haute couture gown made from over 50,000 freshwater pearls and 16,000 crystal pearls. The dress, designed by Daniel Roseberry, took a team of 12 artisans 1,000 hours to create. She chose pearls for her outfit as a tribute to the late Karl Lagerfeld, citing the iconic Chanel pearls as her inspiration.
However, during the event, some of the pearls fell off the dress, and Kim instructed her daughter North to pick them up and put them in her purse. North did not walk the red carpet with her mom but joined her for the car ride wearing her own pearl pink tweed jacket and conch shell clutch.
Kim's ensemble was completed with a molded corset in blush satin, a choker, pearl drop earrings, and a ring made from crystals and baroque pearls. She styled her hair in a messy updo with face-framing bangs.
Kim Kardashian made her return to the Met Gala with a stunning look that was carefully crafted. She wore a Schiaparelli haute couture design by Daniel Roseberry, featuring a draped skirt and top made from over 50,000 freshwater pearls and 16,000 crystal pearls.
Unfortunately, some of the pearls popped along the way, but Kardashian's daughter, North, helped gather them up. Kardashian's ensemble was complemented by a molded corset in blush satin, choker, pearl drop earrings, and a ring made from crystals and baroque pearls.
She wore a messy updo with face-framing bangs as her hairstyle. Kardashian met the late Karl Lagerfeld's cat, Choupette, earlier this week, and described the encounter as "a little scary" as it takes a while to warm up to her. Nonetheless, the fashionable feline left her a sweet note. Kardashian stated that she didn't feel the pressure to outdo her look from the previous year; she only wanted to feel glamorous and have a good time.
In 2021, Kim Kardashian made a stunning appearance at the Met Gala, donning Marilyn Monroe's iconic "Happy Birthday, Mr. President" dress on loan from Ripley's Believe It or Not! Her outfit was a massive hit, and she walked the red carpet with her then-boyfriend, Pete Davidson, wearing diamond drop earrings and a white fur jacket while sporting blonde hair in a bun.
This year, for the "In America: An Anthology of Fashion" theme, Kardashian returned to the Met Gala in a custom Schiaparelli haute couture design featuring a draped skirt and top made from over 50,000 freshwater pearls and 16,000 crystal pearls. Kardashian wanted to channel Karl Lagerfeld, so pearls were an obvious choice.
The gown took a team of 12 artisans around 1,000 hours to make. Kardashian accessorized with a pearl choker, pearl drop earrings, a crystal and baroque pearl ring, and wore her hair in a messy updo with face-framing bangs.
Kardashian revealed that her daughter North was also present and had grabbed some pearls that popped off the dress while in transit to the gala. Kardashian expressed that she didn't feel any pressure to outdo her previous year's look, just wanting to have a good time and feel glamorous at the event.
The gown that Kim Kardashian wore to the 2022 Met Gala was a replica of Marilyn Monroe's iconic "Happy Birthday, Mr. President" dress, designed by Jean Louis. Originally costing $12,000, Monroe had to be sewn into the skin-tight dress for her performance for President Kennedy at a fundraiser in May 1962. Ripley's Believe It or Not! purchased the dress for $4.81 million in 2016.
Kardashian was extremely careful with the dress, changing into a replica gown owned by Ripley's for the rest of the night. She was respectful of the dress's significance to American history and took precautions not to damage it. Kardashian also revealed that she did not wear her usual body makeup, and that everything had to be precisely timed, including her practice of walking up the stairs.
After the event, discussions about Kardashian's fashion choice persisted for several days. Topics ranged from the extreme diet she claimed to have followed in order to fit into the gown to speculation about whether the dress caused any harm to the historical piece, which Ripley's denied. In the previous year, Kardashian wore a black Balenciaga ensemble that concealed her entire body, including jersey boots, gloves and a mask that covered her face and head.
Kim Kardashian made her first Met Gala appearance in 2013 with her then-boyfriend, Kanye West. At the time, she was pregnant with her eldest child, North, and wore a custom Givenchy floral ensemble with matching gloves and shoes.
After Karl Lagerfeld's passing in 2019, Kardashian shared a special memory she had with the designer. Lagerfeld had shot her first major fashion spread with CR Fashion Book while she was pregnant in 2013. Kardashian took to Instagram to pay tribute to Lagerfeld, calling him a true legend and an inspiration to the world.
Kardashian expressed her admiration for the late Karl Lagerfeld, whom she collaborated with in the past. She shared on Instagram that Lagerfeld was an inspiration to the world and that she was honored to have worked with him, calling him a true legend. She added that the world is much chicer because of Lagerfeld's existence, and that he will be missed.
This year's Met Gala, titled "Karl Lagerfeld: A Line of Beauty," had a dress code of "In honor of Karl." The accompanying exhibit, featuring about 150 of Lagerfeld's greatest outfits spanning his six-decade career, includes designs he created for brands such as Balmain, Patou, Chloé, Fendi, Chanel, and his own eponymous label, according to a statement from the Met.
