‘Literally ruined’: Kim Kardashian appears to have permanently damaged a historic Marilyn Monroe dress after wearing it to the 2022 Met Gala. ChadMichael Morrissette, a visual artist who curates museum and costume exhibits, says he observed irreparable damage to the dress when he saw it on display Sunday at Ripley's Believe It or Not! on Hollywood Boulevard in Los Angeles. The skin-tight, sparkling dress became part of American history after Monroe wore it while singing "Happy Birthday" to President John F. Kennedy in 1962. Sixty years later, Kardashian worked with Ripley's to wear it to the Met Gala. “I’m extremely respectful to the dress and what it means to American history. I would never want to sit in it or eat in it or have any risk of any damage to it, and I won’t be wearing the kind of body makeup I usually do,” Kardashian told Vogue at the time. Morrissette says it's clear to any textile expert the dress should not have been worn at all: "When someone has the audacity to put it on and walk in it up the stairs, you're so ignorant to the history of that piece of fabric that it makes me so angry." Read the full story at the link in our bio. / 📸: Dimitrios Kambouris, Getty Images