Fans have torn into reality star, Kim Kardashian for wearing Princess Diana‘s iconic cross necklace, calling the fashion move ‘vulgar.’
The 44-year-old donned the symbolic piece at the 2024 LACMA Art + Film Gala on Saturday in Los Angeles.
She paired the antique amethyst necklace, worn by the late royal princess at a charity event in 1987, with a plunging white gown that showcased her ample cleavage, and other large jewelry pieces.
The Keeping Up With The Kardashians alum purchased the Attallah Cross at a Sotheby’s auction for just under $200,000 in 2023, as she wore it for the first time over the weekend.
FANS REACT
Critics quickly branded the mother-of-four as ‘sleazy’ and ‘tone deaf’ for her fashion decision.
‘She turned it into something vulgar,’ a user wrote on X.
Another wrote: ‘She had the audacity to put it on with this dress. Purely tone deaf, uneducated narcissistic unattractive brain.’
ABOUT THE ICONIC CROSS NECKLACE
Named for its previous owner, Naim Attallah, the Palestinian-British businessman lent the amethyst and diamond piece to Diana throughout the 1980s.
Diana, Princess Of Wales, was pictured wearing the pendant on a string of pearls when she attended the 1987 Birthright charity gala, where she donned a purple velvet Catherine Walker gown.
The Attallah Cross was originally made by Garrand in the 1920s, and features square-cut amethysts surrounded by 5.25 carats of circular-cut diamonds.
