Don’t Blame Kim Kardashian For the Marilyn Monroe Dress Disaster at the Met Gala

Let's unpack the ethics behind Kim Kardashian wearing Marilyn Monroe's Historically Significant™ "Happy Birthday Dress" to the Met Gala on Monday. Cause there's a lot going on here, and I'm tired, cranky, and slightly rant-y.

Huge huge thanks & hugs to Kenna & Nathalie for being superstars in helping me bust out this video almost overnight. ♥

References:

👗The dress:
Nardine Saad & Deborah Vankin, "Conservators ‘speechless’ that Kim Kardashian wore Marilyn Monroe’s dress to Met Gala," Los Angeles Times, May 3, 2022, https://www.latimes.com/entertainment...

Ripley's Believe or Not! "Exclusive Look Inside Kim Kardashian's Met Gala Dressing Room", https://www.ripleys.com/weird-news/ex...

Lauren Valenti, "Kim Kardashian Just Debuted a Marilyn Monroe-Inspired Blonde Hair Transformation at the Met Gala 2022," Vogue, May 2, 2022,
https://www.vogue.com/article/kim-kar...

Ripley's Believe it or Not!, "Everything You Need to Know about Kim Kardashian's Met Gala Look", https://www.ripleys.com/weird-news/ev...

Ripley's Believe or Not! "Exclusive Look Inside Kim Kardashian's Met Gala Dressing Room", https://www.ripleys.com/weird-news/ex...

Samantha Sutton, "Laura Harrier Wore a Custom H&M Dress to the 2022 Met Gala — But the Best Part Was Hidden," InStyle, May 02, 2022,
https://www.instyle.com/awards-events...

Summer Lee (@summerannelee), "Do you think this was okay?? #metgala #metgala2022 #kimkardashian #MarilynMonroe," TikTok, May 3 2022.
https://www.tiktok.com/@summerannelee...

🌟Conservation & gloves:
(DOWNLOAD) International Council of Museums (ICOM) Costume Guidelines, October 12 2018. https://costume.mini.icom.museum/wp-c...

"Caring for Textiles," The Textile Museum, George Washington University, accessed May 6 2022. https://museum.gwu.edu/caring-textiles

"Gloves or No Gloves? When to Wear Gloves When Handling Museum Collections," Sustaining Places, Museum Studies Program at the University of Delaware, accessed May 4 2022.
https://wuffencuckoo.files.wordpress....

"Collections Care," State Historical Society of Iowa, accessed May 4 2022.
https://iowaculture.gov/sites/default...

"How To Select Gloves: An Overview For Collections Staff," Conserve O Gram 1:12 (September 2010), National Park Service.
https://www.nps.gov/museum/publicatio...

Becky Fifield, “Museum Monday: Get Rid of Those White Cotton Gloves. Time for Nitrile,” The Still Room, February 25 2013.
https://thestillroomblog.com/2013/02/...


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