When Princess Diana climbed the steps of the Dior-themed Met Gala in 1996, she tugged at her silk negligée. It was the Princess’s first and only appearance at the ball, and John Galliano’s very first commission for the house since being promoted there from Givenchy just weeks before. But Diana, newly divorced and free to dress beyond royal protocols, had made one last-minute adjustment while getting ready at the nearby Carlyle Hotel. “I couldn’t believe it,” Galliano recalled in the 2024 documentary series In Vogue: The 90s. It’s not beyond the realms to imagine that Kim, who resurrected one of Marilyn Monroe’s most iconic dresses in 2022, might return to this year’s Met Gala, devoted to John Galliano, wearing the same one he designed for Diana 30 years ago.