Four years later, Kim Kardashian still keeps herself up at night with regrets about her Marilyn Monroe moment.<\/p>\n
Ahead of this year\u2019s Met Gala, the \u201cKardashians\u201d star filmed a vlog<\/a> for her final fitting, reflecting on first Mondays in May past.<\/p>\n \u201cIf someone\u2019s like, \u2018what\u2019s your biggest regret in life?\u2019 you\u2019d think a lot of other things \u2026\u201d Kardashian begins in recounting the story of her 2022 Met Gala look<\/a>.<\/p>\n While fans criticized the star for sourcing the exact dress<\/a> that Norma Jeane wore while singing \u201cHappy Birthday\u201d to then-president John F. Kennedy, the makeup mogul was unhappy with her glam.<\/p>\n Kim Kardashian\u2019s 2022 Met Gala look \u2014\u00a0where she wore Marilyn Monroe\u2019s dress and bleached her hair \u2014\u00a0is one of the ball\u2019s most memorable. Penske Media via Getty Images<\/p>\n Ahead of this year\u2019s Met Gala, Kim Kardashian shared her continuing regret over her 2022 Marilyn Monroe look. kim kardashian\/ tiktok<\/p>\n Four years ago, the Skims designer hit the Met stairs in Monroe\u2019s archival dress, her platinum blond hair slick back against her head. Patrick McMullan via Getty Images<\/p>\n She looked back at her own photos, declaring the decision keeps her up at night. \u201cEveryone f\u2014ked up here,\u201d she said. kim kardashian\/ tiktok<\/p>\n \u201cWe had too much going on. You were doing every family member,\u201d she admonished her team, hairstylist Chris Appleton<\/a> and makeup artist Mario Dedivanovic<\/a>. \u201cWe weren\u2019t focused.\u201d<\/p>\n Pulling up a photo, Kardashian deadpans, \u201cEveryone f\u2014ked up here. Let\u2019s just say that.\u201d<\/p>\n As Appleton and Dedivanovic make fun of each other\u2019s questionable choices \u2014 from eyeliner to hairstyle \u2014 Kardashian weighs in: \u201cIt was all about the hair. I\u2019ll fight you on that until the day I die.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cI think about it once a week,\u201d the Skims designer admitted.<\/p>\n \u201cIt was all about the hair. I\u2019ll fight you on that until the day I die,\u201d Kardashian said to her glam team, adding, \u201cI think about it once a week.\u201d Getty Images<\/p>\n Kardashian initially wanted a wavy blond bob like the late icon, though was cautioned against it at the time. Bettmann Archive<\/p>\n She pushed for a wig that would make her look exactly like the late actress, but was later convinced to actually dye her black hair platinum blond and pull it back into a bun.<\/p>\n \u201cEveryone was telling me, \u2018Don\u2019t do Marilyn hair because you\u2019ll look like a wax figure of her,\u2019\u201d she was cautioned.<\/p>\n Scrolling through her phone at photos of herself in September 2022, dressed in a more literal Monroe look<\/a> for Dolce & Gabbana, she sighed, \u201cThat would have been iconic.\u201d<\/p>\n This year, the reality star wore an Allen Jones breastplate \u2014\u00a0and a wig. kim kardashian\/ tiktok<\/p>\n Her 2026 Met Gala look was completed with a tousled honey blond hairstyle. David Fisher\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n The 45-year-old has previously admitted<\/a>, \u201cI\u2019ve actually photoshopped it 500 different ways after the fact \u2014\u00a0like, last year \u2014 to see,\u201d adding, \u201cShould it have been a Marilyn vibe hair in blond \u2026 should it have been more of a Jackie O dark? Either one of these would have worked.\u201d<\/p>\n Kardashian and Appleton previously revealed<\/a> that it took \u201c14 hours straight\u201d to lift the color of her typically jet-black locks.<\/p>\n As for 2026? She\u2019s learned to keep things temporary. Kardashian again went blond<\/a> \u2014\u00a0this time a warmer shade \u2014\u00a0but opted for a wig.<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t