Kim Kardashian said that Ripley's took the Marilyn Monroe dress she eventually wore at the Met Gala away from her when it didn't fit over her hips the first time that she tried it on.
Kim Kardashian said that the Marilyn Monroe dress didn't fit over her hips at the first fitting.
Kardashian said that Ripley's denied her the possibility of wearing the dress at that point.
She eventually lost 16 pounds in three weeks, and successfully fit into the dress.
Both she and Ripley's also denied that she had damaged the garment.
In a clip from the dress try-on session, Kardashian said that she would "try everything" and attempt to drop 10 pounds to be able to fit in the dress.
She told her sisters at lunch that she wrote Ripley's a "groveling, begging email," but that they were "very firm" in their refusal, citing concerns about insurance for the dress.
Eventually, as Kardashian told Vogue, she lost 16 pounds in three weeks. When she wore the dress at the Met Gala, she only did so for a matter of minutes and changed into a replica after ascending the stairs at the event, Vogue reported.
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