Kim Kardashian Breaks Down Her Academy Museum Gala Face Mask Look

Kim Kardashian couldn’t see a thing when she arrived at the Academy Museum Gala on Saturday night in Los Angeles – for good reason.

Her head was entirely covered by a face mask.

“Margiela couture,” Kardashian told me exclusively on the red carpet. “[Designer] Glenn Martens. You know, I love Margiela. I flew in my favorite makeup artist Mario from New York, and this is kind of a last-minute thing, so I’m sure he’s not so happy with it.”

She says she was in “full hair and makeup” underneath the mask, which she was planning on taking off once inside the gala.

“It does look very Skims-y,” Kardashian said, referring to her underwear line. “That’s why I was drawn to it when the Margiela couture show came out. I saw this look and I was like, ‘That is so Skims to me.’”

Speaking of Skims, I asked Kardashian about her new limited line of $32 merkins. Officially called “faux hair micro string thongs,” they sold out within minutes of going on sale. “That was just a fun idea that I had. There was a shoot, and someone wanted to, like, have hair down there once. And I was like, ‘Couldn’t this just be easy and have it on a thong?’ And so we made that happen. I had no idea that it would get that reaction and sell out in a few minutes.”

It’s not known yet if Kardashian took off the mask for the night’s dinner and program.

This year’s gale honorees included Penélope Cruz, Walter Salles, Bruce Springsteen and Bowen Yang  Presented by Rolex, the star-studded evening raises vital support for the museum’s exhibitions, screenings, and educational programming.

The 2025 Gala Host Committee included Amy Adams, Judd Apatow, Gael García Bernal, Laura Dern, Colman Domingo, Willem Dafoe, Goldie Hawn, Oscar Isaac, Zoë Kravitz, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Lupita Nyong’o, Jenna Ortega, Winona Ryder, Chloë Sevigny, Tessa Thompson, Rachel Zegler and many more.