Reacting to Kim Kardashian BREAKING Marilyn Monroe's Dress! 

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This dress was iconic. It should’ve stayed on display. People are not supposed to wear historical clothing, it wasn’t made for today what with our perfumes and deodorants. I understand replicas, all for it; but if it’s a historical item it should’ve been off limits. Sigh it was so beautiful in it’s original condition

I don’t get why didn’t she just make her own replica, and with her own original twist to it. It’s so disrespectful what she did :/

I remember Lana wore a replica in her “national anthem “ video and it was a great replica and the goal was achieved of looking like Marilyn without wearing the actual fucking dress lol

Unfortunately this isn't the only dress Kim ruined. She also wore Marilyn's Green Gown from the 1962 Golden Globes to the Met Gala After-party.

I find it ridiculous that people are trying to decide weither Ripleys or Kim should be held accountable rather than acknowledging they BOTH should be held accountable especially when you know she already had the replica made before she forced herself into the dress; even when trying it on the people at Ripley's where ignoring the ripping and popping that is even noticeable through the video audio, she even kept saying should she put on more shapewear to fit in it...... SO BOTH RIPLEY AND KIM KNEW WITHOUT A DOUBT IT STILL COULDN'T FIT HER BUT KEPT GOING EVEN THOUGH SHE ALREADY HAD A REPLICA. Also not only is this historic because Marilyn wore it, but she wore it to sing happy birthday to JFK of all presidents meaning the last people in direct contact with that dress were literally Marilyn Monroe and JFK so why couldn't this be respected as the historic item it is and even if people want to pretend it wasn't an important piece of history.... Why can't people at the very least respect Marilyn's wishes that NO ONE be able to wear SPECIFICALLY THAT DRESS?!?!?!?!

Kim has more than enough money to have had multiple perfect replicas made. The fact that she even thought she had any right whatsoever to that dress just goes to show how entitled she is

They better bill her for the damages. Lord knows she can afford the damn damages. Has all the money in the world but looked cheap as hell in that dress. You literally cannot buy class.

Her breaking Marilyn's dress is such symbolism of what Kim stands for.

It's not only that she broke the dress, but she broke something that can't be fixed . It's absolutely disgusting and angering.

It's amazing how Marilyn doesn't even seem to belong to herself, and can't be left to rest in peace. One of the reasons Marilyn Monroe is so prolific and iconic in our modern day media- even when she arguably wouldn't have been so popular in her day, is because of how her estate was handled after her death and even who owns her intellectual properties- Authentic Brands Group, and the Strasberg's capitalized on Marilyn, and a lot of us knew who Marilyn was even before we were exposed to her films because of these media companies. It's so disrespectful that a dress that Marilyn wanted only herself to wear- a dress that she herself was sewn into- has been tainted and devalued. Even the fact that a lock of Marilyn's hair was given as a gift is a disrespect to Marilyn's bodily autonomy. This is a big wtf. Kim basically destroyed a piece of history, but I suppose her narcissism probably told her that her wearing the dress would make it more valuable- and probably persuaded the archivists of the same- but all of us live in the real world, and in reality, the moment Kim put on that dress, it was devalued and destroyed.

"If you slept through history class, just say that" I wish we learned about Marilyn Monroe in history class

They also gave Kim Marilyn's lock of hair like Marilyn's body is some kind of a gift shop. Disrespect is the only word that comes to my mind when I think about this whole situation.

The anger in me because of this dumb broad wearing and breaking such an amazing piece of history. I've started my opinion so many times on so many channels. My heart is fucking broken. People still refuse to respect Marilyn even after she passed. Everyone didn't want her wearing it. I can't believe she did this still. I cried because I'm a big Marilyn lover and to see this upset me highly. She is so selfish and inconsiderate. She claims she adores Marilyn, but yet doesn't know Marilyn wanted a dress for her AND ONLY HER. the color of the dress matched Marilyn's skin tone perfectly and the gorgeous stones were placed accordingly to Marilyns body. This is on Kim. She knew she couldn't fit it and she did it anyway, not caring if it broke. She doesn't care about Marilyn. She wanted to just have attention like she always does. I cannot keep saying this over and over to be completely honest. It just re-breaks my heart every single time.

This dress had no business being a celebrity’s “look at me” moment. Instead of protecting the integrity of the material and rhinestones, they happily turned it over to be destroyed.

“They aren’t a respectable museum” DAMN that was the best burn and it wasn’t even intended that way lmao.

Those were my same thoughts on all this. Jess, the bottom line is that this has opened a door of destruction and disrespect from this generation onto the next. Nothing is safe, nothing is honored anymore, they are going to take everything and twist it to fit them. Literally. After all, "it was just a boomers dress" ...they keep repeating themselves like they have no thoughts of their own...I hate it so much. know that I respect you so much for vocalizing your concerns about this and I thank you.

Starting with the fact that they are not even the same body shape size!?… like why would you even think it was a good idea to slip into it?… and most importantly, THE DRESS DIDN’T EVEN LOOK GOOD ON KIM.

Marilyn was a beauty icon and even the person who made the dress said it should only be worn by Marilyn. Kim has the money to make a perfect replica of Marilyn’s dress that actually fit into Kim’s body but she ruined it for fame. 😡

Very unintelligent and selfish choice from Kim Kardashian. In the future Marilyn will gain many more new fans and they deserve to see historical artifacts sadly now the dress is much more damaged.

Off topic - but, your Monica inspired hair looks *so* good! 🫶🏻

An entire piece of history destroyed to be worn by some bimbo on the red carpet for five minutes not even being on theme makes furious like you can’t replace that

tbh i thought it was really cool to wear a genuine dress at first, but after giving it 2 seconds more thought i can't understand why she didn't just get a replica made with the same techniques or something... she can afford to hire some history and sewing professionals lmao. not to mention the rest of the context!! thank you for making these videos, they've really taught me a lot

I like your perspective on all of this. Thank you for giving Marilyn a voice and respect when she cannot speak for herself. Sending endless positive vibes and well wishes xo

The ones that don't think it's a big deal and say "it's just a dress" are obviously not Marilyn Monroe fans at all or they would understand why it's so upsetting. Marylin died several yrs before I was born but I'm still a huge fan.

I saw the photos and I seriously got a lump in my throat! That wonderful piece of history is pretty much ruined. When I read Kim REQUESTED the dress, I was in awe. The entitlement...

my dad showed me this earlier. im so infuriated 😃 ✨ edit: they gave her a lock of marilyn’s hair, HER GOLDEN GLOBE, and the dress she wore to the golden globe to 😃 ✨ ✨

My heart broke into pieces when you showed the after pic 😢

this whole thing genuinely makes me feel physically sick

I watched a video by a person who restores and maintains historical fashion items and even if the dress hadn't been teared from the outside her sweat and body oils would've seeped through the inside and damaged it. I don't care about american politics tbh but it's the fact that a historical piece, that was then REPLICATED, had to be damaged just so that Kim could keep relevancy or something. idek the reason why this was done? PR? Like if she's that desperate for relevancy then she should just ask for a new season of kuwtk.

EXCELLENT VIDEO! YES, she loved history, just like me, and you! Yes, had a deeper voice and loved her comfy clothes, too. You are absolutely correct!😉

I was surprised that they would loan out something like that dress. Fabric loses its strength and can easily tear. As you said, it is irreplaceable. It is insane to do things like that. On a different topic, when will we see the Jessica Vill Collection? Since you are into history and love old designs, why not create styles with modern fabrics and release them to the public if you can get a manufacturer to work with you. I know you have the imagination and I like your taste. Maybe I should use another word,. I think you could do it and it might surprise you how many women would like to wear those creations.

That dress's value went down so hard the second kim wore it.

You were absolutely right from the beginning, only no one could have anticipated just how much the damage would be :(

Marilyn Monroe don't want anyone to wear it and our Kim Kardashian wore it like HOW ?? She is being very disrespectful also ruined the beautiful dress why just why

This seriously broke my heart....

You put everything I feel so eloquently. I feel so angry about this and sad. Marilyn has been so mistreated in life and in death. Everyone just wanted a piece of her and I’ve always just wished people would look out for her in some way. She had no real family or friends to protect her personal possessions from being sold around and exploited. It’s just sad.

I can’t believe they let her wear this dress . Shame on them for that !!!

😊 I agree with you nobody should’ve worn that dress and she needs to pay more than just a fine she needs to go to jail and not just for like two weeks to a month

The classy way to have done something like this & pay homage to this Icon, was how Rihanna did in 2014 to the CFDA fashion awards. Her look was INSPIRED (imo) by this iconic look, but she made it modern, unique, and her own. But it was a sheer, Swarovski crystal studded number and she wore a fur stole, very similar to Marylin’s look. And Rihanna’s look was iconic in and of itself. AND she didn’t destroy a historic piece of fashion art and disrespect the memory of an important historical figure!!!!! In a world full of Kardashians…. Be a Rihanna, classy, Queen.

I never liked that idea since the beginning upon hearing that the dress is THE dress itself, and I don't like the idea now neither. I hate how Marilyn is disrespected ever since she was young till an adult, disrespectedly pushed into stardom, disrespected by the peers around her, disrespected by her partners, disrespected by robbing her of her life (I consider what happened that day to be murder) ,and now disrespected after death! Like GIVE THIS LOVELY ANGEL A REST PLEASE. I hate it when I hear people say "it's good that Kim did this though cus now people talk about this dress! " The dress is a statement and has the title of the most expensive dress ever to date in auction to be sold, I think in terms of reputation, it's doing real fine on it's own. If the youngsters nowadays doesn't know the dress prior, then that's on them for sleeping thru their history lessons then.

Souffle silk was so highly flammable it was outlawed. I agree, no one should be able to wear historical clothing. Especially when gloves are used to handle the most delicate of fabrics! I teared up when I heard the dress rip.

I just hope that the stretched out zipper and the loose hanging diamonds can be restored. At the very least. Keep the dress well preserved and never let anyone who thinks they are entitled wear it ever again.

I‘m not rlly invested into history and I‘m not that interested in it, but I find it extremely important to keep pieces like this safe and away from greedy fingers like Kim‘s. I find it so sad how many people say „it‘s just a dress calm down“. No it‘s not it‘s a part of history and no one should wear a dress like that. Even tho as I said I‘m not much into history, I was still rlly shocked and mad when I saw this. :/

great video , I completely agree!

Listening to your video late. And it took me a minute to realize why my dog is freaking out. It's the alarm beep in your video LOL it wasn't bugging me but man she hates that sound. It's all good now, I put headphones on and she's fine now.

Why was she allowed to wear it in the first place? I’m lost…

That is very interesting what you said that MM was really Norma Jean in privet. So MM was just for the public, what pressure is that. That you for this video. :)

Also white gloves are HORRIBLE for dresses like this. They tug on the rhinestones and it's hard to control where your hands are or feel how strong you're pulling bc of the fabric covering your hands.

Kim does realize that her implants won't shrink no matter how much weight she loses, right? It's pretty obvious that there's no way that the dress would've fit around her chest, butt, or hips the way it did with Marilyn Monroe. If she truly wanted to wear that dress, she should've gone with a replica of it! (Not trying to shame Kim for her body or anything, just stating what I think is obvious)

Yes revel in your "I told you so!" Moment 😂😂😂 It is sad that the dress was ripped though

The worst part is that she fucked up the dress just for the first few pictures of the gala, when SHE HAD A REPLICA DRESS SHE WAS GOING TO CHANGE INTO ALL ALONG!!!!! I blame the "museum" and Kim. They are both trash. End of story. She ruined not only a dress but the whole historical movement that dress represented. I am beyond furious

It would've been much more appropriate, and also more flattering, if she chose to have someone make the dress exactly to her body shape and skin tone like how the original was made exactly to Marilyn's.

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What amazes me the most is the fact that she did something like that with a piece of history and is right now posting products on her stories all day. Like she has nothing to be accounted for.

She could afford a replica, its INASANE that she was allowed to even BREATHE near this piece of history let alone destroy it. God i dislike the Kardashians so much. And the museum clearly cannot be trusted, disgraceful. Zero respect for historical pieces, make my heart break.

The belive it or not museum has said that she has not damaged the dress from the short time she wore it.

I’m sure when kim is dead she wouldn’t want randoms wearing her things either

As someone who has worn a number of heavily beaded outfits, I don't know where you are getting that she would have heard them fall off. That's simply not true. If you're lucky you will hear them... IF you're LUCKY.... but you would have to be in an area with a hard floor and not much noise. However, from experience I know wearing a fancy dress even once can really damage it quite a bit and partially with beading. Some beads will cut right through the thread they are sewn with. I've had to go and resew all the beadings and adornment on dresses before so I could wear them again. Now I would think Kim might should have been aware of how much damage could be done to a dress like that from wearing it as she is someone who wears them very often. Modern dresses often fall apart when worn, when it's that old it's very likely going to be worse.

This made me so furious! What Kim did was utterly disrespectful and careless. The museum should never have loaned the dress to anyone.

But I feel like even if she didn’t rip it, to me, she still destroyed the essence of the beautiful historic dress 👗

Truth be told, I don’t know much about Marilyn but I do know that history should be respected. This just boggles my mind that someone could do this… absolutely horrible.

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Blame it on the museum !!!!they knew it was a possibility they shouldn’t have lent it out in the first place!!!!!!!!!

Jessica it has to do with people who have no respect for anything. She had no clue to the history of the dress or how valuable it was. Hoping the word NO is used on the future no matter who you are. Congratulations on the Move..⚘️

We all as a consensus didn't think her wearing that dress would end well. It didn't. And what's disturbing and disheartening is that she had a replica that she fit into better, that she could have wore and said I'm wearing this replica in honor or dedication of Marilyn Monroe. But instead, what does she do. She, with the help of Ripley, destroyed for the most part an iconic historical dress and for what, for publicity. Not only does both parties need to pay to fix this dress, if it can be fixed (hope and pray it can), this dress instead of being the dress Marilyn Monroe wore will be known as the dress that Kim K broke (which if you are not proportional for said dress anyways and have to risk your health to fit into it, it isn't worth it no matter how much money you have). Historical fashion should just be that, historical fashion. The only people that should even remotely have permission should be people who care about the history of a piece and respect it. And, no matter what, if a person who expressed before they died they didn't want anyone else to wear a certain piece of clothing, YOU SHOULD RESPECT THAT NO MATTER HOW LARGE OF A FAN YOU ARE OF SAID PERSON. And a person's hair is their hair, if they gave permission before they died to give someone a lock that's one thing, but to give some a lock of a dead person hair because you can, again no respect for said person. Anybody that's no longer with us, such as Marilyn Monroe or even your average Joe, should be respected both in life and in death regardless. Let the woman rest in peace y'all!!!

Yeah exactly… she was never respected in life and now even in death… To kim, their only comparisons were that they were both “sex symbols” . It’s sad now knowing Marilyn didn’t even want to be a sex symbol .

Hey again Jessica. And Happy Flag Day

Are we also going to talk about the person who literally used for nudes to make a profit she explicitly said she did not want him to continue to be part of her life and he literally intentionally went out of his way to make sure his body would be facing towards her looking down on her for his burial plans that's some next level messed up...

I agree with you on everything BUT I hiiiighly doubt that KK would have been able to hear a tiny rhinestone fall on a red carpet with thousands of people around her making noise and yelling at her for photos. The Ripley’s people, however, should have seen them if they fell and gathered them to repair the dress after the fact. But they clearly didn’t care at all.

Besides the lack of respect for Marilyn Monroe and the designer wearing this dress makes me cringe as a professional seamstress and someone who loves and studied historical garments. Even something brand new that is hand made will show stress at the seams if someone is trying to squeeze into it that is not the right size for the dress. I’ve spent my whole life sewing and construction garments and seeing Kim wear this dress was horrific. The moment it was even touched to be put on I’m sure there was damage done. Fabric especially the fabric that this dress is made very fragile when it has age. Seeing the after picture is just terrible. I would be so upset if I were one the seamstress that worked on that dress and saw someone wearing it that it was not meant for and seeing them damage it for absolutely no reason. It’s so disrespectful it baffles me. No other historical objects would get treated like that. Nothing that’s in a museum should be out and about exposed to the elements because that’s going to cause damage. This was just an all around bad decision on everyone’s part

And all this damage caused to a historical dress that should've been left untouched for obvious reasons including the fact that it's deceased owner WANTED IT UNTOUCHED AND WE SHOULD RESPECT THE FEELINGS AND WISHES OF THE DEAD, and that didn't even come CLOSE to following the theme of this year's gala.

Kim Kardashian is a beautiful woman but she didn’t even pull the dress off … it wouldn’t be worth it no matter what but if she had even styled it a tenth of how iconic it was on marilyn there could at least be an argument for that but no. It just looked like a dress on a woman.

This reminds me of the many failures of Drayton Manor for letting their Thomas and Friends props go into decay, which David Mitton and the gang took so much time out of their lives to build and preserve. Are people really that inconsiderate of pieces of history?

the fact that this video was posted on my birthday :)

The zipper looks different to me. Anyone else?

How anyone thought it was ok or acceptable to let anyone wear her dress, a museum piece, is beyond me. And a Kardashian? 😒 Like if i were to ever even be in the same room with something like that I would have a hard time even getting close to it because I'd be afraid of hurting it 😅 let alone wearing it.

The fact that she’s considered a “important person “is baffling to me. What does she do other than heighten body standards and cause drama on TV? She is such a useless figure in society that it is almost comedic.

Here’s why this isn’t a big deal: it’s an inanimate object that was on a celebrity not long ago in a world where everyone faces their mortality. In the grand scheme of things and life, I don’t find this anything to be upset over (my opinion of course)

I totally agree with you. If people did not respect her while she was alive...I am not surprised they are disrespecting her now. It is disgusting and for people who don't think so....just imagine if it was someone you knew. Plus, not only that but her dress was also of cultural value. It's common sense.

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Yeah, I'm pissed. She could've made a replica. This was so senseless and disrespectful, and SHAME on Ripley's for lending it out. They've always treated Marilyn like a piece of property, not a human being, and they still do after her death. It's so sad.

1:58 OH GOD!!! WHY!

that proud face when you're proved right at the beginning *slay*

This world is such trash…we are still disrespecting her in death! Your so right this is a HISTORIC piece of American history. She was a human being not just some beauty and sex icon! She had an inner depth and such love to give yet never received it truly and here she is in death still treated like meat.

Kim Kardashian showed her true colors again. Nothing is sacred if she can get worldwide publicity. Hopefully other celebrities learn to avoid this stunt.

i cant see this dress being historic anymore no offenese because someone wore it and distroyed it

I'm not surprised is the Rhinestones also fell off because the staff members which Ripleys employed was also touching the dress. Things shouldn't be carelessly handled, much less go against the deceased wish AND be forced over a form for which it was not constructed for. I'm glad an official governing body actually made an announcement about their thoughts on the treatment on historic pieces, because this type of incident can set a precedent of rich people gaining access to important items and something must be said to encourage society to separate official museum curators from side show displays like Ripleys.

This!!!!!! I agree 100%! Kim K does not respect anyone or anything. I saw that she bought Micheal Jackson’s jacket he wore to Elizabeth Taylor’s birthday and had it SIZED for her daughter. 🤦🏻‍♀️😩😭. Nothing is scared anymore! 😭

Just IMAGINE what Marilyn would’ve thought if someone told her that one day a woman would wear HER dress that SHE owned with no underwear on! This entire thing is ridiculous, but that is just horrible in itself. Thanks for making this video so people can understand why this is wrong. ❤

Literally, that dress WAS put in a museum. It wouldn't be in a MUSEUM if it didn't have historic value.

The thumbnail says it all.

“Important” people. 🙄 Absolutely disgusting!

It looks like the after pic is unfiltered and the before looks like it has filter so it looks cleaner. The lighting is different as well. Was there damage , it looks like there was but the before pic needs to be unfiltered with the same lighting. Also whoever OWNS the dress should be allowed to do what they want with it

I hope Karma would come towards the museum and Kim Kardashian for disrespecting Marilyn Monroe….

im sorry off topic but where did you get that top i love it

How in 2022 are people so ignorant when they have the most information literally at their fingertips. It makes me so angry that people " choose" to be willfully ignorant and then scream that their opinion is the most valid. What the heck is happening right now.

Theres MANY MANY STYLES OF DRESSES THAT THE KARDASHIAN CLAMS STOLE OR COPIED FROM ORIGINAL DESIGNERS. KARDASHIANS SHOULD BE PAYING THOSE DESIGNERS.

I was with you from the beginning! You could see them handling this iconic and once time dress not with the care they should have I actually do blame kim because she should have turned it down (if they even offered it and not her paying to wear it).

I’m really surprised she actually broke it. She says in the interview that the MET’ staf help her getting in and took it off immediately after she walk the stairs That’s sad actually, mistake’s happens