The Asian Age

Kim Kardashian’s gown spooks fans

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But all these are safe and don’t cause overall harm to your innate physiologi­cal makeup. However, Kim’s dress, in which she’s barely able to walk and clearly makes her uncomforta­ble, is setting a wrong example for young people. You don’t need to wear a dress that’s 4 times smaller than your actual size.”

Kim Kardashian created quite the trend at the 2022 Met Gala when she admitted to being on a tedious crash diet to fit into the Marilyn Monroe “Happy Birthday Mr. President” dress she wore to pose on the museum steps.

This year, however, she engaged in a different kind of body modificati­on by extreme corseting of the couture gown. It might have turned her figure into an hourglass version but netizens couldn’t stop worrying about “her internal organ missing.” Some said, “fashion shouldn’t be like that.”

Dr Bhairavi Senthil a celebrity aesthetic dermatolog­ist and founder of Skin Health Foundation, feels, “The idea of suffering for fashion must be done away with. Fashion that leaves bruises, prevents an individual from consuming essential nutrition for a prolonged period just to get the perfect shape, or extreme starvation diets and unrealisti­c cosmetic procedures should actually be illegal. These lifestyles tend to make an impression on fans and general public who may simply do something because their idol has done it.”

She concludes, “These trends do

KIM’S DRESS, IN WHICH SHE'S BARELY ABLE TO WALK AND CLEARLY MAKES HER UNCOMFORTA­BLE, IS SETTING A WRONG EXAMPLE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE. SHE HAD CREATED QUITE THE TREND AT THE 2022 MET GALA WHEN SHE ADMITTED TO BEING ON A TEDIOUS CRASH DIET TO FIT INTO THE MARILYN MONROE “HAPPY BIRTHDAY MR. PRESIDENT” DRESS SHE WORE TO POSE ON THE MUSEUM STEPS.

THE IDEA OF SUFFERING FOR FASHION MUST BE DONE AWAY WITH. FASHION THAT LEAVES BRUISES, PREVENTS AN INDIVIDUAL FROM CONSUMING ESSENTIAL NUTRITION FOR A PROLONGED PERIOD JUST TO GET THE PERFECT SHAPE, OR EXTREME STARVATION DIETS AND UNREALISTI­C COSMETIC PROCEDURES SHOULD ACTUALLY BE ILLEGAL. THESE LIFESTYLES TEND TO MAKE AN IMPRESSION ON FANS AND GENERAL PUBLIC WHO MAY SIMPLY DO SOMETHING BECAUSE THEIR IDOL HAS DONE IT.”

— DR BHAIRAVI SENTHIL celebrity aesthetic dermatolog­ist

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