People accuse Kim Kardashian of damaging Marilyn Monroe’s dress after wearing it at the Met Gala

Kim Kardashian’s decision to wear Marilyn Monroe’s “Happy Birthday, Mr. President” gown to the Met Gala in May is again under scrutiny, with many online, including Monroe’s historian, suggesting she damaged the dress.

Kardashian borrowed the dress from Ripley’s believe it or not! The museum he bought from a 2016 auction for $4.8 million. Designed by Jean Louis, the dress was originally worn by Monroe at President John F. Kennedy’s birthday fundraiser in 1962. “The dress is now valued at over $10 million,” According to Ripley.

On Wednesday, Scott Fortner, a Monroe historian who oversees the Marilyn Monroe Collection, which collects the actor’s personal belongings and archives, shared, several pictures On Instagram, she shows the condition of the dress before and after the Met Gala.

Fortner wrote: “Without a doubt, the damage is great.” one job, noting that there are “missing crystals, some left hanging by a thread” in the photo that follows. The photo was sent to him by Chad Michael Morissette, who snapped a photo of it during its presentation at the Ripley’s location in Hollywood on June 12.

Fortner did not immediately respond to requests for comment. But Morissette confirmed to NBC News that he took the photo at the Ripley Museum in Hollywood on Sunday and sent it to Fortner.

“On both sides of the zipper, the fabric was just as frayed as a shredded chicken,” said Morissette, a visual artist and fashion expert who said he helped showcase the dress at the 2016 auction that Ripley bought from him.

There was also visible compression and the loss of sequins in the back of the dress, according to Morissette, who described the damage he saw as “shocking.”

“I’ve seen this dress over the years and worked with it myself, and knew right away there was irreparable damage.”

A spokesperson for Ripley’s did not respond to a request for comment or to verify that it was indeed a recent photo of the dress. The Ripley’s Hollywood website Visitors say they can access Marilyn Monroe memorabilia but does not specify what is on display. A Hollywood staffer confirmed by phone that the dress is currently on, but referred NBC News to its PR team for more information and comment.

Pictures posted by Fortner showing the damage done to the dress sparked criticism on social media this week, with some re-showing their refusal to choose Kardashian’s outfits. A Kardashian spokesperson did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

“The Reason Kim Kardashian Ruined Marilyn Monroe’s Dress Isn’t Actually About the Dress,” One Person Says chirp Tuesday. “Marilyn was a smart and kind woman who has been exploited, abused and exploited her whole life and even in death she is still disrespected”

Others posted photos of other unrelated celebrity outfits, such as Bjork’s swan dress, joking that it was “another dress Kim Kardashian destroyed.”