Kim Kardashian reveals WHY she had to balance on her ‘tiptoes’ for the entirety of the Met Gala
Like it’s rocking an extreme corset was not enough, Kim Kardashian also had to ‘tiptoe’ through the star-studded Met Gala on Monday.
Inviting Fashion At her fitting two days before the soiree, Kardashian, 43, revealed she would wear heelless high heels under her Maison Margiela dress.
The SKIMS founder then explained the reasoning behind the ‘smart’ idea.
“It’s clever because if I had a shoe with a heel, the heel would get stuck in the metal skirt,” she told the magazine. “So that was our walk.”
She then showed off the modified pair of clear platform heels she would be “balancing” on during the event.
As if rocking an extreme corset wasn’t enough, Kim Kardashian also had to ‘tiptoe’ around the star-studded Met Gala on Monday
When she invited Vogue two days before the soiree, Kardashian, 43, revealed she would be wearing heelless high heels under her Maison Margiela dress
“So I’m going to have to put these on, and to wear these you have to stand on your toes and balance the whole time, flexing your calf muscles,” Kardashian explained.
She would walk on her ‘tippy toes’ like a professional ballerina.
“But I think ballerinas do it and they probably have to practice a lot,” Kim said, adding that her pre-Met Gala fitting would be her “only practice.”
Kardashian, who is 6 feet tall, was willing to sacrifice comfort because she felt the look needed “height.”
Kim gave the shoes a test drive and told the cameras, “We gotta do what we gotta do. I can’t sit back anymore and from now on I’ll be standing on my toes.’
On Monday night, she wowed onlookers as she showed off her impossibly slim waist in the silver custom Maison Margiela by John Galliano number at the annual soiree.
Despite landing on numerous ‘Best Dressed’ lists, the mum-of-four faced intense concerns from social media users – with one person predicting she would ‘be in hospital by the end of the night’ , and another asked, “How many ribs were removed?”
“It’s clever because if I had a shoe with a heel, the heel would get stuck in the metal skirt,” she told the magazine. “So that was our walk.”
She wore a custom pair of clear platform heels
Kardashian, who is 6 feet tall, was willing to sacrifice comfort because she felt the look needed “height”
Others subscribed to the rib removal theory, as one said, “Did she have a rib removed? Good Lord.’
Another made references the body transformations the SKIMS founder has undergone at previous Met Galas.
They wrote: ‘Kim Kardashian does it again, I wonder how she breathes with that #MetGala’
They seemed to reference one of Kim’s most iconic looks at the gala when she looked impossibly thin to wear Marilyn Monroe’s classic 2022 dress.
Kim struggled to breathe during her 2024 Met Gala look in a Vogue video documenting her preparations for the soiree.
The video started with Kim exhaling long and slow as the director asked her, “How’s breathing going?”
‘It’s an art form. But I get it,” Kim replied.
Kim previously revealed she took corset breathing classes to fit into a Thierry Mugler corset dress for the 2019 Met Gala.
She gushed, “I learned so much about couture from this genius man [Thierry Mugler], it went beyond couture, it was art! 7 months making and editing in Montreal, Paris and LA.
“Breathing lessons for corsets from none other than Mr. Pearl. It was all worth it!!!’
Kim traveled straight to Europe after the fashion bash as she was scheduled to speak at the OMR Festival 2024 in Hamburg, Germany on May 7 and 8
“From there I went to the plane,” Kim — who also recently appeared at Tom Brady’s Roast — explained at the festival, according to People. ‘I slept on the plane and here I am’
Although Kim has not confirmed whether she has taken a refresher course in corset breathing, Mr Pearl has previously worked with John Galliano, who designed her Met Gala outfit this year.
Kim traveled straight to Europe after the fashion bash, as she was scheduled to speak at the 2024 OMR Festival in Hamburg, Germany on May 7 and 8.
“From there I went to the plane,” Kim — who also recently appeared at Tom Brady’s Roast — explained at the festival, according to People. “I slept on the plane and here I am.”
She added that partying wasn’t really her thing: ‘It was really good not to go to all the after-parties. It’s not really my thing to go out, so it was the perfect excuse because I really wanted to come here.’
Proving she can really do anything, Kim landed in Hamburg at 3pm on Tuesday after walking the red carpet on Monday evening around 7pm New York time.
Germany is six hours ahead of New York, making her two performances only thirteen hours apart. The flight time from New York to Hamburg is approximately nine hours.