Kim Kardashian may have broken the internet when she stepped onto the Met Gala 2022 red carpet, but years later, the mogul says her biggest fashion rethink isn’t about wearing one of the most famous gowns in history — it’s about what she did with the glam.
For the 2022 event, Kardashian pulled off a true pop-culture crossover, wearing Marilyn Monroe’s legendary beaded gown, an archival piece from Ripley’s Believe It or Not!. The crystal-covered dress became iconic in 1962, when Monroe wore it during her unforgettable performance for President John F. Kennedy.
The dress choice was meant to celebrate American fashion history, not overshadow Monroe — something Kardashian says her beauty styling didn’t quite match at the time.
In a post-episode interview on the Hulu series The Kardashians, Kardashian admitted that going platinum blond for the night may have been the wrong call.
“I was warned not to copy Marilyn’s hairstyle, and somehow I still went there… just with the colour,” she said. “Looking back, I wish I kept it darker. More Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis energy. Less wax-museum tribute, more my own take.”
Her hairstylist Chris Appleton backed the choice at the time, crafting a sleek blond up-do to complement the gown. But Kardashian now jokes she has revisited that decision more times than she cares to admit.
“I’ve edited it hundreds of ways — even a year ago — testing dark hair, testing blond,” she laughed. “I’ve genuinely put Chris through it reliving that look. I probably owe him a support group at this point.”
The Damage Debate That Followed
After the event, photos circulated suggesting the original dress may have sustained damage while worn, claims that sparked backlash online. The team behind Ripley’s later rejected those reports, stating no harm was done to the piece, and also noting Kardashian changed into a replica for the gala’s after-party.
Even with the uproar at the time, Kardashian insists the only part of the look she still scrutinizes isn’t structural — it’s aesthetic.
“I didn’t regret wearing the dress. I questioned the hair,” she said. “That alone tells you how intense the panic was before I walked out.”
Style Reflection, Not Reinvention
Her comments have since landed warmly with fans, many pointing out how rare it is to hear someone like Kim admit a beauty misstep so openly without detaching from the moment entirely.
For Kardashian, the lesson is clear: iconic fashion lives forever — but hair colour? That can always be revisited.
And if the internet has learned anything from her, it’s this: she will always change the conversation — even when she wishes she didn’t change the hair.
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