Fans are furious at Kim Kardashian for ‘disrespectfully’ wearing Princess Diana's iconic cross necklace.
‘The Kardashians’ star stepped into the 2024 LACMA Art + Film Gala wearing an extremely low-cut front dress, paired with the late Princess Diana’s antique amethyst ‘Attallah Cross’ necklace.
The ‘Attalah’ pendant is now owned by Kim after she bought it at Sotheby’s auction for approximately $200,000 USD ($333,186 NZD) last year.
This is the first time Kim has worn the piece, and it’s gone down terribly with fans of Princess Diana.
“This is highly disrespectful to the people's princess,” wrote one user on E! News’ Instagram.
“Oh my God, get that off of her,” said another. “I normally don’t say stuff…but lady Diana’s jewellery on Kim? Repulsive.”
A third agreed: “Just because you can…doesn’t mean you should.”
“I’m so tired of this woman trying to rewrite history. Marilyn Monroe was bad enough, but this takes the f***ing cake!!!!! This so disrespectful” added a fourth.
Kim’s controversial history with iconic fashion pieces is VERY well-documented.
How can we forget when Kim stirred major controversy after she borrowed Marilyn Monroe’s authentic "Happy Birthday Mr. President" dress from Ripley's Believe It Or Not Museum?
She received backlash not just for wearing the $4.8 million USD dress in the first place, but also for potentially damaging it while on the 2022 MET Gala red carpet.
Following that incident, many fans continue to question why Kim is consistently finding ways to repurpose already iconic and historic fashion pieces.
Princess Diana was famously pictured wearing the pendant on a string of pearls at the 1987 Birthright charity gala, after being lent the necklace by its original owner, Naim Attallah, throughout the ‘80s.
While the intention wasn’t likely to offend or disrespect, maybe this is a good lesson for Kim to leave these pieces alone and just appreciate them for what they were.
