the 48 million marilyn monroe dress that kim kardashian wore to the 2022 met gala looks to have suffered irreparable damage in the set of new photos that have been posted onlinealthough the reality star reportedly wore the iconic dress for her strut down the red carpet before changing into a replica the new photos shared by the marilyn monroe collection show that the dress has been severely damaged with crystals fallen off various splits near the zipper and sheer material shreddingread alsobig mistake designer bob mackie on kim kardashians choice to wear marilyn monroes dress for metkim kardashians decision to wear marilyn monroes iconic 1962 jean louis gown for met gala had already divided fashion pundits and now fashion designer bob mackie who drew the sketch for the original dress has weighed in on the topic monroe famously sang happy birthday to president john flili reinhart slams kim kardashian for starving herself to fit in a fing dress for the met galariverdale star lili reinhart is calling out kim kardashian for her statements at the met gala 2022met gala 2022 kim kardashian stuns in marilyn monroes most iconic dress blake lively slays it in her stunning strapless gownkim kardashian shut down the met gala red carpet monday in one of marilyn monroes most iconic dresses a goldbeaded body hugger monroe wore when she sexily sang happy birthday to president john f kennedy 60 years agosince the post went viral fans and other twitter users slammed the actress for damaging the piece of hollywood history another said the fact that kim kardashian is getting away with this is criminalit feels illegal said anothermonroe famously sang happy birthday to president john f kennedy in the dresssome others ever took to the comments section on kims personal twitter handle to say did you see what you didexperts on the dress including the original sketch designer bob mackie voiced their concern about kim wearing the dress for the event mackie who drew the sketch for the original dress believes that the gown is a part of the movie costume history and should be preserved as suchi thought it was a big mistake mackie told ew while previewing the new turner classic movies fashion on film series follow the threadmackie was only 23 when he did the sketch for the gown without an inkling about its historymaking futuremarilyn 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 he saidmackie also echoed historians concerns that wearing the gown was damaging to its preservation and structural integritythere are all the issues with the actual preservation of the dress and things like oxygen can affect a dress usually these outfits are kept very much in controlled environments and we see that with the met the costume institute is so careful about how they are handling these historic items so it