Ralph Rucci: Dressing Kim Kardashian 'Bastardizing Yourself' As A Designer

What happens when three fashion powerhouses come together for an industry chat? You get lots of juicy insider info and a bit of trash talking.

Andre Leon Talley, The Daily Beast's Robin Givhan and fashion designer Ralph Rucci gathered down in Georgia this past weekend for a speaking engagement at the Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD). Our friends over at Fashionista.com attended the event and reported back on all the juiciest sound bytes from their talk.

After some chit chat on how the internet is affecting fashion, disrespectful Hollywood stylists and the overuse of the word "couture" -- the discussion turned to this year's Met Gala. This is when they get to the good stuff!

First of all, as perfectly magical as Beyonce looked her sheer body-hugging Givenchy gown at the Gala, it wasn't even suppose to happen.

"Beyonce was not slated to come," Andre revealed. "She decided to come last minute when the dress arrived at her house. She tried it on and then she said, ‘okay, I have to come.’ She did arrive at 8:55 and the ball had already started but it didn’t matter because she is Beyonce."

Obvi! And it's no wonder she was late, Andre said it took 350 hours (aka 14.5 days) to sew. Wowzas!

But if you think that's shocking, you haven't heard anything yet.

When Robin asked Ralph if he would ever dress reality star Kim Kardashian, he sharply replied:

"No, I think that’s bastardizing yourself [as a designer]."

Eek! That's gotta hurt. Plus, Kim didn't even get to attend the Met Gala with her new beau Kanye West thanks to Vogue's editrix Anna Wintour putting the kabosh on her invite. Double burn!

Check out the dazzling stars that were invited to the Met Gala in the slideshow below.

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• Solange Knowles and Rachel Roy in Rachel Roy and carrying Nancy Gonzalez

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• Cameron Diaz in Stella McCartney

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• Rosario Dawson in Calvin Klein

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• Rihanna in Tom Ford

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• Anna Wintour in Prada

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• Bee Shaffer in Erdem

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• Anna Wintour in Prada and Bee Shaffer in Erdem

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• Carey Mulligan in Prada

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• Grace Coddington in Prada

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• Coco Rocha in vintage Givenchy

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• LaLa Anthony in Zac Posen and Carmelo Anthony

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• Greta Gerwig in Prabal Gurung and carrying Nancy Gonzalez

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• Camilla Belle in Ralph Lauren

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• Tim Tebow in Ralph Lauren

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• Lana Del Rey in Altuzarra

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• Alicia Keys and Swizz Beats

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• Jessica Paré in L'Wren Scott

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• Jamie King

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• Solange Knowles and Rachel Roy in Rachel Roy

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• Elizabeth Banks in Mary Katrantzou

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• Zac Posen and Amber Heard in Zac Posen

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• Allison Williams in Ralph Lauren

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• Jessica Alba in Michael Kors

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• January Jones in Versace

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• Paula Patton in Vera Wang

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• Vera Wang in Vera Wang

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• Sofia Vergara in Marchesa and Harry Winston

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• Paula Patton, Vera Wang and Wendi Deng in Vera Wang

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• Vera Wang and Wendi Deng in Vera Wang

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• Lena Dunham in Wes Gordon and Hamish Bowles

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• M.I.A. in Stella McCartney

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• Cameron Diaz, Stella McCartney and M.I.A. in Stella McCartney

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• Ed Westwick in Prada

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• Chace Crawford in Kenneth Cole

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• Janelle Monae

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• Michelle Dockery in Ralph Lauren

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• Amy Poehler in Fotini

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• Debra Messing

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• Dee Ocleppo and Tommy Hilfiger in Tommy Hilfiger

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• Ivanka Trump in Peter Pilotto

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• Sandra Lee

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• Bruno Mars in Prada

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• Claire Danes in J. Mendel and Van Cleef & Arpels and Hugh Dancy in Prada

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• Lea Michele in Diane Von Furstenberg

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• Karolina Kurkova in Rachel Zoe

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• Rachel Zoe and Karolina Kurkova in Rachel Zoe

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• Hilary Swank in Michael Kors

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• Hilary Swank in Michael Kors and Michael Kors

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• Rooney Mara in Givenchy

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• Bianca Brandolini D'Adda in Dolce & Gabbana

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• Chloe Sevigny in Miu Miu

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Comments

[marier12239]

12:07 PM on 05/08/2013

Kim makes me sick on her show she is always playing the innocent sweet one. Maybe if she scraped some of the makeup off her face she might look like a real person instead of a statue. She has no talent , she can't act ,sing, dance, she walks around like she is some kind of a goddess . There are so many stars that are more beautiful than her and they don't flaunt it. The only one in that family that is real is kloe . I feel bad for Kim's baby I can't see getting her hands dirty changing diapers, she will be looking for her sisters to takeover a lot. To bad she couldn't have found a better looking daddy, he always has a sour looking face hope the baby doesn't look like him. Good luck Kim

[Teresa Cassity]

01:03 AM on 05/30/2012

Dressing Kim Kardashian, as a designer (not as one of her many conquests :) would only be a disaster because of the way she has treated designers. Not only has she taken their designs and IMO (they courts may rule) stolen them, but she also pissed all over Vera Wang and her very generous free "fairy tale" wedding gowns which Wang hoped to profit from thru her partnership with David's Bridal. Also, Kim Kardashian has a complaint from an up and coming jewelry designer who sent her a free necklace with the KK initials and which Kim reportedly copied for her signature perfume et al. Not to mention the (well I am mentioning it) numerous false advertising claims currently pending against her or the fraudulent marriage claim.....

[ironchefjay2]

01:51 PM on 05/29/2012

Dear HP, Please quit reporting on the Kardashians. Not only are they not newsworthy but they are a waste of time and print. If you cannot understand this then please read the pages of complaints about these women that are posted each time you have a story about them.You do your readers no service when you keep reporting on these women.
Thnakyou.

[Letstalkaboutit]

04:41 PM on 05/29/2012

Totally agree with you

[Mailman]

11:53 AM on 05/29/2012

Huff Post, if you stop writing about these no talent hacks life would be alot better for the rest of the world.

[gnapsj]

12:41 PM on 05/29/2012

It's not like this story is taking up page real estate in a newspaper that would be better served by another story. Just don't click on anything that has the word Kim in it...

[hoofus42]

11:06 AM on 05/29/2012

Are you sure you've got the captions right on these photos? #12 doesn't look like Greta Gerwig at all, and I know Greta.

[mww1017]

10:06 AM on 05/29/2012

HA,HA,HA,HA,HA,HA,HA,HA,HA,HA,HA,HA,HA,HA,HA,HA,HA,HA,HA,HA,HA,HA,HA,HA!!!!

[kmcewan007]

09:59 AM on 05/29/2012

Its nice that people are starting to see her for what she really is especially in her own industry
This weeks episodes what was that all about? You can clearly see the show is going down hill fast . It was so boring. kims comment to her younger sisters about waring fake eyelashes like she never did before. Please see is the biggest insult to all women in this decade for many reasons what a phoney

[khuff70]

08:39 AM on 05/29/2012

OMG the article headline was mainly focused on Kim K and being "dissed" by a designer. Then when you read the article its ALL about Beyonce with the final excerpt about Kim K. lol tsk tsk gotta love HP reporting.

[ampm]

08:00 AM on 05/29/2012

Thank heavens ,someone spoke up !! Not everyone is a Miss K fan, or her little want to be man.
At least he respects him self enough. Miss K will do about anything to make money, as we have seen. Maybe she afraid to be poor ???

[Eric Bryce]

07:29 AM on 05/29/2012

If Kanye west can design women's clothes I suppose anybody could.

[pete2polly]

09:09 AM on 05/29/2012

Now don't be blaming the K for this. They barely scraped together that extra yard for "coochy" cover.

[mringals]

07:23 AM on 05/29/2012

Ralph is queer.

[JOKESANDQUOTES]

09:27 AM on 05/29/2012

Love your avatar:)Cute,cute, it even moves.....

[lisaamakyeansah]

01:14 AM on 05/29/2012

Lol

[avodroc]

01:12 AM on 05/29/2012

Sometimes I feel bad about the way people verbally defecate on Kim K., but then I remember that that's the risk you run when you're famous for simply being famous. It's not like an actor or a musician where you can say, "don't be so judgmental about their personality/personal lives. Judge them on their talent!"... she has no discernible talents... not that I'm aware of anyway.

[HappyJack13]

08:42 AM on 05/29/2012

Apparently you missed her famous movie, lets just say sword swallowing is a career move she always has as an option.

[Leilani lei]

10:03 AM on 05/27/2012

Ralph Rucci is now my favorite designer. I agree !!! I agree !!! I agree !!!

Kim is like a cheap knock off - fake !!!

[rbrxtn]

01:13 AM on 05/29/2012

Agreed!!

[GraceRicart]

03:31 AM on 05/27/2012

What people fail to understand is that yes, Kim K is gorgeous and was lucky enough to have build a multi million dollar empire for herself but that has nothing to do with what she's done with the platform given to her. I feel like she could've been a much better "personality" with what she was given. She sells sex basically, b/c she's truly famous for her beauty not for anything she's contributed to any industry. A designer's work is so special & dear to them & they envision what kind of women they would love to wear their designs & if Ralph Rucci didn't imagine Kim Kardashian while designing his clothes then that's OK. He's allowed to feel a certain way about others and about who inspires his designs. We don't know Kim personally so WE HAVE TO JUDGE HER BY WHAT SHE SHOWS THE WORLD. Maybe if Kim would have taken her fame to create charities and help others or form a company of some sort that doesn't involve her body instead of putting her face on everything she can, then the world would have another perspective of her. When you turn around & all you see is her face on a magazine cover, a store with pictures of HER hanging everywhere, a product with HER face on it..you begin to question if she wants to sell herself or the product. When you see a person's face EVERYWHERE for contributing absolutely nothing to society eventually people get tired

[Jessica Ann Stallings]

08:11 AM on 05/27/2012

If Kim showed up to a model call for one of the locally-produced shows in my area, I wouldn't pick her to wear my stuff.

[ChickEpoo]

07:36 AM on 05/29/2012

I could have sat all day and thought about it......but I don't think ANYONE could
put "it" as....."eloquently".....as YOU HAVE.......(two thumbs UP !!)

Just an added footnote.....

RE:....." for contributing absolutely nothing to society eventually people get tired. "

....................people get tired................

It is also very tiresome to listen to Kim talk about "how hard she works"....when
she FAILS to acknowledge that ALLLLL of her "opportunities" have come her
way.....NOT from "hard work" on HER part......BUT.....from the "leaked sex
tape".......

NO ONE was "knocking on her door" offering her ANYTHING ....BEFORE that
tape........No spokesperson gigs....no paid parties.....no clothing line.....no
perfume line.........................nothing.