Kim Kardashian and her famous siblings may not be on the guest list for the upcoming 2023 Met Gala.
Vogue editor-in-chief Anna Wintour, who oversees the guest list for the annual fashion celebration, has apparently decided on a party free of the Kardashian-Jenners, a source told Page Six.
The 2022 event marked the first time that all the sisters – Kim, Kourtney, Khloé, Kendall and Kylie – had been invited, as well as their mother Kris Jenner.
Vogue initially did not comment on whether Kim and her sisters would walk the red carpet this year.
A source close to the family claimed that it was false that the reality stars were not invited to the Met Gala.
Despite claims that the Kardashian-Jenners had not been uninvited, sources said it was unclear whether anyone would choose to attend even with an invitation.
Last year was the first time Kim’s sisters Kourtney and Khloé had ever attended the ceremony, but Khloé has claimed she had other options to walk the red carpet.
Last November, the Revenge Body star claimed on her family’s Hulu reality show The Kardashians that she had been invited ‘before’ but she ‘just chose not to go’.
‘I’m not big on the red carpet. I think I’ve made that very clear,” she said.
At the time, she said it was Met Gala veteran Kim who had convinced her to join the rest of the family at the A-list shindig.
Wintour’s alleged new selectivity comes after the event has been criticized in recent years for inviting a lower cast of celebrities, including some influencers.
Kim first attended the Met Gala in 2013 with her then-husband Kanye West, and she later admitted that it was a miserable experience for her.
She arrived heavily pregnant in a jubilant floral dress, but she was savaged on social media for the look, which many users compared to an old fashioned sofa pattern.
She didn’t let that deter her, however, and has returned every year since as her public profile has only grown in stature.
Kim boasted the ‘first design in 20 years’ from the late fashion legend Thierry Mugler as she arrived at the 2019 ceremony in a shimmering flesh-coloured dress that hugged her curves and featured dangling crystals that resembled raindrops.
After skipping 2020 when the event was canceled due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, she returned in 2021 with her edgiest look yet: an all-black Balenciaga bodysuit with a long train and a full-covering black mask her head.
The bondage-style look was a far cry from the more traditional glamor she displayed at last year’s ceremony when she wore the dress Marilyn Monroe famously wore when she sang Happy Birthday to President John F. Kennedy.
But the move angered some conservationists who believed the dress would be damaged if she wore it, although there have since been full claims about whether it was damaged in any way.