“I have different energy when I’m blonde,” SKIMS founder Kim Kardashian tells Allure Magazine’s August 2022 interview with Danielle Pergament. Kim has been blonde for about four months now, after spending 14 hours dying her hair platinum blonde in advance of wearing the infamous Marilyn Monroe sequined dress to the 2022 Met Gala.

Photographer Danielle Levitt [IG]captures Kim in ‘Formula K’, saying that even though she had previously lensed a less well-known influencer, she literally screamed to photograph the blonde beauty now. Cooper Vasquez worked very hard on the set, which is beautiful and intellectual at the same time, with styling by Kyle Lu.

At the actual event, Kardashian wore her hair in a bun, a look never reflected in Marilyn Monroe’s images. Hairdresser Chris Appleton explained that the bun appeared to be sure that the focus was 110% on the dress, best known for being the one Monroe wore in 1962 when she sang a sensually-arousing version of “Happy Birthday” to the president of the United States.

After receiving days of online-rage abuse my critics who accused Kim of damaging the dress — which she admittedly dieted strenuously to fit into — Ripley’s Believe It or Not stepped in to douse the fires. The 2017 report on the dress’s condition at the time Ripley’s acquired the dress confirmed the identical ‘flaws’.

“From the bottom of the Met steps, where Kim got into the dress, to the top where it was returned, the dress was in the same condition it started in,” Ripley’s executive Amanda Joiner, vice president of publishing and licensing, added in a statement.

Critics also had fits over the rapidity of Kardashian’s weight loss, which continued after the Met Gala and into this Allure photo shoot. Kim Kardashian doesn’t care — although she is now focused on keeping her weight stable.

At the end of June, the mogul mom had shed 21 pounds, with Kardashian saying she is filled with more energy than ever. Despite all the trials and tribulations with Kanye and a friendly split with Pete Davidson over Kim needing to prioritize her kids and business, Kim Kardashian looks like she’s thriving in this recent IG driving around town video.