{"id":1089,"date":"2026-05-06T20:17:49","date_gmt":"2026-05-06T20:17:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/kim-kardashians-alternate-met-gala-2026-outfits-are-even-racier-than-her-red-carpet-look\/"},"modified":"2026-05-06T20:17:49","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T20:17:49","slug":"kim-kardashians-alternate-met-gala-2026-outfits-are-even-racier-than-her-red-carpet-look","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/kim-kardashians-alternate-met-gala-2026-outfits-are-even-racier-than-her-red-carpet-look\/","title":{"rendered":"Kim Kardashian\u2019s alternate Met Gala 2026 outfits are even racier than her red carpet look"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/05\/127128010.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>There\u2019s more where that breastplate came from.<\/p>\n<p>Kim Kardashian shared a carousel of behind-the-scenes photos on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/kimkardashian\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Instagram<\/a> Tuesday, revealing several alternate looks from the creative process behind her <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/05\/04\/style\/kim-kardashians-met-gala-2026-red-carpet-look-inspired-by-allen-jones-controversial-maitresse-artwork\/\">Met Gala 2026 outfit<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Among the images are two earlier versions of <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/05\/05\/style\/kim-kardashians-met-gala-2026-breastplate-has-a-kate-moss-connection\/\">the Allen Jones body cast<\/a> she eventually wore to the <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/05\/04\/style\/everything-to-know-about-the-met-gala-2026-theme-hosts-and-what-to-expect\/\">\u201cCostume Art\u201d-themed gala<\/a>. The team originally planned to paint the piece pink before settling on the orange hue, and also seemingly experimented with a dark version, as seen in a black-and-white shot of Kardashian posed atop a glass pedestal table.<\/p>\n<p>The earlier iterations are also fully backless, held on to the reality star\u2019s body with only leather straps.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Kim Kardashian shared behind-the-scenes photos from her Met Gala 2026 fitting process in photos by Nadia Lee Cohen. <span class=\"credit\">Instagram\/kimkardashian<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>The team originally planned to paint the fiberglass Allen Jones breastplate pink before going with orange. <span class=\"credit\">kimkardashian\/instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Kardashian posed in pale pink open-backed bloomers with a sky blue cropped turtleneck in another shot. <span class=\"credit\">Instagram\/kimkardashian<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The looks were photographed and creatively directed by Nadia Lee Cohen, who inspired the project via an Allen Jones-themed shoot she had done for Perfect magazine.<\/p>\n<p>That shoot featured pieces by leather artisans Whitaker Malem, who created the half-skirt Kardashian wore to the Met.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cKim\u2019s torso curves and silhouette were remarkably close to Allen\u2019s breastplate sculptures, which were never really intended to be worn,\u201d Whitaker Malem <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theperfectmagazine.com\/features\/kim-kardashians-day-out-in-dalston-with-whitaker-malem\">told Perfect<\/a>. \u201cWe\u2019d never seen an Allen Jones breastplate fit anyone as well as Kim!\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-instagram wp-block-embed-instagram\"\/>\n<p>Jones originally made the fiberglass body cast \u2014 a work entitled \u201cBody Armour\u201d \u2014 in the late 1960s as a prop for a film he\u2019d written that was never produced.<\/p>\n<p>A portrait of <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/05\/05\/style\/kim-kardashians-met-gala-2026-breastplate-has-a-kate-moss-connection\/\">Kate Moss wearing the piece<\/a> in 2013 sold for roughly $52,000 at Christie\u2019s.<\/p>\n<p>For Kardashian\u2019s version, the piece was repurposed from that same mold and finished in glossy orange at an auto body shop. The body plate started as a full-length piece \u2014 feet and all \u2014 before being chopped at the ankles, then cut high on the hips for the final look. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>The bodysuit started as a full-length piece before being cut high on the hips for the red carpet. <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images for The Met Museum\/Vogue<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Leather artisans Whitaker Malem created the skirt Kardashian eventually wore on the red carpet, molding directly on her form. <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images for The Met Museum\/Vogue<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Jones first created the fiberglass cast in the late 1960s for a film that was never produced. <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Kate Moss wore the same piece for a 2013 portrait that later sold for roughly $52,000 at Christie\u2019s. <span class=\"credit\">AFP via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In another shot, Kardashian wears pale pink silk Ilona bloomers with an open back to reveal her derri\u00e9re, styled with a sky blue cropped turtleneck, matching socks and pumps, and a padded bra with faux nipples. She grips a pool cue with billiard balls scattered at her feet, looking like a character from Jones\u2019 oeuvre of stylized, fetish-inflected female figures.<\/p>\n<p>Chloe and Chenelle Delgadillo styled the looks, with Kardashian\u2019s hair in a retro updo with short bangs for the earlier fittings. For the carpet, hairstylist Chris Appleton took a different approach, switching her to a loose, \u201ccashmere blond\u201d shade worn down.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe inspiration behind Kim\u2019s Met hair look was disheveled \u2014 a lived-in, undone glamour influenced by the provocative work of Allen Jones,\u201d Appleton posted <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DX-VoGrxMEs\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">on Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The entire look came together in just three weeks, with Kardashian traveling to Jones\u2019 studio in Oxfordshire and later to Whitaker Malem\u2019s space in Dalston, London, for a final fitting.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/05\/06\/style\/kim-kardashians-alternate-met-gala-2026-outfits-are-even-racier-than-her-red-carpet-look\/\" target=\"_blank\">Source link<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There\u2019s more where that breastplate came from. 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