The KARDASHIANS are Met Gala mainstays but their wild looks are often accessorized by SCANDALS.
From Kim Kardashian and Kanye West’s behind-the-scenes fight to Khloe Kardashian’s “ban” for being “too C-list,” here are their biggest controversies at the ultra-exclusive event.
2013 – KIM ARRIVES & ‘CRIES’
Kim, 41, first hit the fashion extravaganza nine years ago, invited every year since – many times were with her ex-husband Kanye, 44.
However, her debut at the New York City event held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art – which returns on May 2, 2022 – wasn’t so grand.
The then-globally rising reality star welcomed North, now 8, one month after, and flaunted her baby bump in a gorgeous floral dress.
But the overall reception was less than flowery, leaving Kim in “tears.”
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The star was rumored to have been previously “banned” by Anna Wintour per RADAR, who a source said “hated” Kim then.
And her beautiful body-hugging floral gown was sadly also made into an early meme: Per Page Six, many Twitter users ripped it as a “grandmother’s couch.”
Kim reflected recently on Twitter, sharing sweet snaps and writing: “Year 1 – Riccardo Tisci for Givenchy – I was Kanye’s plus one & so nervous! I didn’t know anyone & I’m sure no one wanted me there lol.”
“I did my own lipstick & the color is so off. I went home & cried after of insecurity.”
She triumphantly concluded, however, as that number and her star power have aged well: “But this is one of my fave looks now.”
She and Ye share four kids: North, Chicago, four, and sons Saint, six, and Psalm, two.
2017 – ‘NO JEWELRY’
Kim’s runway of appearances continued as her status soared.
After a streak of wild looks including a silver chrome Balmain ensemble in 2016, a completely see-through Roberto Cavalli dress in 2015, and a Old Hollywood glam Lanvin number in 2014 – she pulled back in 2017.
Kim attended without Kanye, and even more shocking – without any other accessories for a traumatic reason.
Her stark white minimalist look designed by Vivienne Westwood, completed with sandals, was simple, elegant, and came months after the unspeakable 2016 Paris robbery.
Kim was held at gunpoint in a France hotel, $7.8M dollars in jewelry stolen from her.
“I never thought I’d need security staying outside my door, even though I have a lot of jewelry,” Kim once said on Keeping Up With The Kardashians.
“If you think about it, I should have had security outside my door 24/7 when I’m traveling. And I didn’t. Now I have several just so I can be able to sleep at night.”
The look was a nice change of pace, if for a serious reason.
2019 – ‘WET’ DRESS
2019 was a huge year for the Met Gala, with the theme, “Camp: Notes on Fashion” firing up many history-making looks.
Kim opted for the famed skin-tight ‘wet’ dress designed to appear as if she had just stepped out of the ocean, complete with a circus-evoking, on theme TIGHT corset.
Designer Theirry Mugler hadn’t designed a collection of his own since 2003, and he stepped out of retirement to create the gown for the reality star – clearly she was oceans away from her 2013 debut.
“He envisioned me as this California girl stepping out of the ocean, wet, dripping,” Kim said when interviewed by Vogue on the Met red carpet.
The dress, which was made out of latex and adorned with beads to resemble water droplets, took eight months to complete according to W Magazine.
Her hair was waved and laid with gel to further add to the ‘wetness’.
Fans and critics poured over the look as one wrote to Twitter: “I think about Kim Kardashian’s waist in that Mr Mugler’s dripping wet dress 24/7.”
However, Kanye’s opinion on his look was revealed on an episode of KUWTK soon after.
MASSIVE FIGHT
The night before the event, he told Kim that her look was “too sexy” and he felt negatively affected by “that vibe.”
“A corset is a form of underwear, it’s hot, for who though?” he reprimanded.
“You are my wife and it affects me when pictures are too sexy.”
“You’re giving me really bad anxiety,” Kim replied in a robe at home, visibly shaken.
“You built me up to be this sexy person and [have] confidence and all this stuff,” she continued in a clip that went viral on Reddit last month.
“And just because you’re on a journey and you’re on your transformation, doesn’t mean I’m in the same spot with you.
One user wrote: “She rightly called him out. He picked out and designed her entire style and image after they met, she lost a ton of weight, he wanted her taken seriously in the fashion world.
… She ends up being the look of the gala that year, it’s arguably her most iconic and remembered outfit.”
FANS ‘RIB’ KIM
The look was so wild, Kanye aside, that fans even shockingly wondered if she had removed a RIB to fit into it.
“It’s insulting to our intelligence to pretend this is from a plant based diet and not from getting actual ribs removed,” one Twitter user wrote.
Kim addressed the rumors and spoke on how she suffered for fashion that year: “I have never felt pain like that in my life,” Kim told WSJ. Magazine.
“I’ll have to show you pictures of the aftermath when I took it off — the indentations on my back and my stomach.” She added of the rumors, “I don’t even know if that’s possible.”
That night also saw Billy Porter be ushered in on a platter and Jared Leto use his third eye- quite literally – so it was a memorable one.
KYLIE & KENDALL GO TOO FEATHER
But two sisters at the fan-favorite year perhaps “over-stood the assignment.”
Interpreting camp, Kendall Jenner, 26, and Kylie Jenner, 24, also attended that year with feathery boa purple and orange looks, respectively.
On the red carpet, Kendall revealed to E! that they had designed their outfits with Donatella Versace and they really “went for it.”
The internet didn’t exactly go for it, however.
“I just saw Kendall and Kylie at the #MetGala and now my mind cant stop thinking about this movie,” one Twitter user captioned an image of two fish from the movie Shark Tale.
“Inspiration from [the film] white chicks,” bashed another – as many slammed the look for its ham-fisted version of “Camp.”
2021 – BANNED-LENCIAGA?
Finally, Kim’s Met Gala outfit last year was the shocking S&M-inspired Balenciaga ensemble that included a mask over her entire head.
The reality star paired a skin-tight black tee-shirt dress with matching gloves, leggings that stretched over pointed-toe heels, and a mask that covered her entire face, flowing back into a magnificent train.
She matched with rapper Kanye West, AFTER announcing their divorce – matching in masks.
But Khloe Kardashian’s history with the Met Gala has a slightly shorter train.
She is said to have not yet received an invite as of last year.
Sources revealed Khloe is “banned” from the glamorous celebration as Vogue’s Editor in Chief Anna Wintour was said to regard the reality TV favorite as “too C-list” for the red carpet -according to a Radar Online report.
The source added: “Khloe and Kourtney [Kardashian] have never been invited to the Met Gala, but Kourtney was invited to this one and chose to stay home with Khloe because she didn’t want to leave her alone.”
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Khloe tweeted in response to the rumors, though it’s unclear if she was invited this year either: “Absolutely NOT True.”
Meanwhile, it’s also currently unknown what wild look Kim, now a beloved attendee, will be wearing this year – but fans think it may be a $5M dress from her Florida trip – and she may just pair the look with one Pete Davidson.
