Kim Kardashian talks tight Met Gala corset, 'innocent intentions' for her own shapewear brand

For fashion mogul Kim Kardashian, beauty sometimes hurts.

In a WSJ Magazine story published Monday, the reality star described the agony of fitting into her waist-cinching corset for this year's Met Gala — as well as the controversy surrounding her own shapewear line.

Kardashian donned a Thierry Mugler dress made of silk organza, crystals and silicone to the May Met Gala, describing her look to E! as "California girl, stepping out of the ocean onto the red carpet, wet and dripping."

Underneath, however, a punishing Mr Pearl corset wrapped her waist. The corset was so tight, Kardashian said she found marks on her torso after the gala was over.

“I have never felt pain like that in my life,” she said.

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“I’ll have to show you pictures of the aftermath when I took it off — the indentations on my back and my stomach," she told WSJ Magazine.

Kardashian's tiny waist at the gala had fans speculating whether she had ribs removed to squeeze into the corset. Although she admitted on Instagram to breathing lessons from the corset's designer in preparation for the event, Kardashian swore she still has all her ribs.

“I don’t even know if that’s possible," she said.

Although her own shapewear line has stirred controversy, Kardashian promises the pieces will at least be less painful than the corset she wore. 

"The feeling when I had to wear that corset, (the shapewear) is not that," she said. "It’s the second skin that makes me feel comfortable and cozy and all smoothed.”

Kardashian also restated her promise to rename her shapewear line, originally called Kimono Solutionwear, after the first title drew accusations of cultural appropriation.

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“You would think we would have obviously thought it through a little bit deeper,” she told WSJ Magazine. “I’m the first person to say, OK, of course, I can’t believe we didn’t think of this. I obviously had really innocent intentions. But, let’s listen. And I want to really listen. And I want to really take it all in.”

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