Fans rip into ‘vulgar’ Kim Kardashian for wearing Princess Diana’s iconic cross necklace

Fans have ripped Kim Kardashian for wearing Princess Diana’s iconic cross necklace, calling the fashion move “vulgar.”

The reality star, 44, wore the symbolic piece to the 2024 LACMA Art + Film Gala in Los Angeles on Saturday.

She paired the antique amethyst necklace worn by the late royal princess at a charity event in 1987 with a plunging white dress that showed off her ample cleavage and other large jewelry.

The Keeping Up With The Kardashians alum purchased the Attallah Cross at a Sotheby’s auction for just under $200,000 in 2023, wearing it for the first time this weekend.

Critics were quick to brand the mother-of-four ‘sleazy’ and ‘tone deaf’ for her fashion choice.

“She turned it into something vulgar,” one user wrote on X.

‘She had the nerve to pull it off with this dress. Purely tone deaf, uneducated, narcissistic, unattractive brain,” wrote another.

The multimedia superstar would add an ivory coat to the ensemble, which she wore off-the-shoulder.

To complete her overall look for the event, Kardashian wore her dark locks in a sleek bob with a left parting, while her makeup consisted of winged eyeliner, brown eyeshadow and a nude lip.

The Palestinian-British businessman, named after its previous owner, Naim Attallah, lent the amethyst and diamond piece to Diana in the 1980s.

Diana, Princess of Wales, was pictured wearing the pendant on a string of pearls when she attended the Birthright charity gala in 1987, where she wore a purple velvet Catherine Walker dress.

The Attallah Cross was originally created by Garrand in the 1920s and consists of square-cut amethysts surrounded by 5.25 carats of circular-cut diamonds.

Featuring 900 pearls, the late Princess of Wales wore it to various events, including film and theater premieres over the years.

“She wants so badly to be connected to the royal family,” one person commented.

“Can Kim look sloppier? She is fake from head to toe,” wrote another.

Another user said: ‘Perfect example of class versus trash.’

‘If you’re going to wear such a sacred religious symbol, at least wear it with some class, like Diana did. Show some respect…’ someone said.

Another person, like many, noticed her plunging neckline, saying, “The boobs almost swinging out while wearing a giant cross necklace are so clingy.”

“Wearing a cross with your breasts showing is a strange choice, Kim,” said another.

“Kim desperately wants to be remembered like other famous women – Marilyn Monroe, Elizabeth Taylor, Princess Diana, etc., and she thinks she can buy her way to the top,” said another.

This isn’t the first time she’s worn a timeless garment that once belonged to a prominent woman, as she wore the ‘Happy Birthday Mr. President’ dress that Marilyn Monroe wore to the 2022 Met Gala.

Soon after, she was accused of damaging the nude dress by The Marilyn Monroe Collection, which said the dress was “missing crystals” while some were “left hanging by a thread.”

Princess Diana, born Diana Frances Spencer, whose activism and glamor helped make her an international icon with seemingly lasting popularity, was only 36 when she was tragically killed in a car accident at the Pont de l ‘Alma Tunnel in Paris, France, while her driver is on the run from the paparazzi on August 31, 1997.

Notables from the art, film, fashion and entertainment industries gathered for the 13th annual LACMA Art+Film Gala, sponsored by Gucci.

It supports the museum’s curatorial programming, exhibitions, acquisitions and more programs that explore the intersection of art and film.

This year’s event honored Elvis writer and director Baz Luhrmann and sculptor Simone Leigh, while LACMA trustee Eva Chow and actor Leonardo DiCaprio co-chaired the event for the 13th consecutive year.

Proceeds from the annual Art+Film Gala will support LACMA’s initiative to make film more central to the museum’s curatorial programming, while funding LACMA’s broader mission. This includes exhibitions, acquisitions and educational programming, in addition to screenings that explore the intersection of art and film.