Yahoo News Kim Kardashian’s Met Gala Look Had 1 Detail So Extreme It Made People Uncomfortable
Just imagine how many Skims bodysuits must have been involved.
Kim Kardashian courted controversy at Monday’s Met Gala due to a very uncomfortable-looking aspect of her wardrobe.
The reality TV star wore a custom Maison Margiela Artisanal gown by John Galliano with a metal corset so extreme, it basically snatched her waist to oblivion.
Kardashian’s practically nonexistent waist rattled people on X, formerly Twitter, for a variety of reasons. Some felt the shapewear line co-founder was once again reinforcing the same kind of unhealthy and impossible female beauty standards with which she has long been associated. Other people just wondered how she could possibly breathe.
Looking at this video of Kim Kardashian at the #MetGala makes me want to call 911. This woman’s organs are not doing ok. pic.twitter.com/QRWN7msyJb
— Erika (@erikaxtc) May 7, 2024
I don’t follow the Kardashians, but when I saw this last night I had to comment on how scary it was. Having a corset on that tight can’t be healthy. It actually made me uncomfortable. I hope she’s okay today. No joke.😫😮#MetGala2024#KimKardashianpic.twitter.com/VlzmVWdBJA
— Adrienne Leigh (@OolaFanForever) May 7, 2024
She looks like she’s in pain and about to pass out
Corsetting, like foot binding, is an archaic fundamentally misogynistic practice that forces the reshaping of women’s bodies into sone weird fetish of supposed feminine ideal (but no such torture is ever practiced on men!)— (((Mia Bloom)))🌈🦄🏳️🌈🇺🇦 (@MiaMBloom) May 7, 2024
Kim Kardashian at the Met Gala, is practically gasping for air not being able to breath in that ridiculous corset 😂 pic.twitter.com/4GiIJraPPz
— Sara Rose 🇺🇸🌹 (@saras76) May 7, 2024
Does anyone else feel a bit sad for Kim Kardashian? She looks like she's struggling in that ridiculous corset. https://t.co/BaPfbzx4uf
— Lucie Fur (@Lucie_Fur99) May 7, 2024
To my fellow women & to all the young girls out there.
What Kim Kardashian 'wore' to the Met Gala isn't fashion.
It's self-mutilation.
It's not sexy. It's not natural.
It's dangerous.
I beg of you, don't think for a moment that's normal. It's not.— Anne C 💕Love is Love💕 Keep on keepin' on! (@annedeuceofcups) May 7, 2024
I can't stop thinking of Kim Kardashian in that freaking corset, c'mon girl, we're not living in the gilded age are we? If we are, I'm out.
— ☮𝑱𝒂𝒄𝒒𝒖𝒊 𝑩𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒏/𝑯𝒂𝒓𝒓𝒊𝒔 ☮ (@JacquiVotes) May 7, 2024
This is by no means the first time one of Kardashian’s Met Gala looks has received backlash. In 2022, she described having gone on a strict diet to lose 16 pounds in three weeks so she’d be able to fit into one of Marilyn Monroe’s vintage gowns at that year’s event.
The look caused her a few serious health issues, including a psoriasis breakout due to the extreme diet.
“Psoriasis broke out over my body and I got psoriatic arthritis so I couldn’t really move my hands,” Kardashian told Allure in 2022. “It was really painful, and I had to go to a rheumatologist who put me on a steroid. I was freaking out.”
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