And at the glitzy fundraiser for the Metropolitan Museum of Art hosted by Vogue magazine, reality TV actress Kardashian was not alone, either.
Kim Kardashian caused a stir at the Met Gala when she revealed that she was wearing the iconic dress that Marilyn Monroe wore when she famously sang “Happy Birthday Mr. President” to John F. Kennedy in 1962. Not a dress of the same design—the exact garment.
Although once taboo to wear a dress twice in Hollywood, in recent years it’s become the buzzy thing to do. Famous clothes horses from Keira Knightley to Joaquin Phoenix to Kate Middleton have been deliberate about repeatedly wearing outfits in public to make a point about climate consciousness and reuse. The U.S. throws away up to 11.3 million tons of textile waste each year—around 2,150 pieces of clothing each second, Bloomberg reports.
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