Um, Kim Kardashian's Gucci Thong Is Actually in a Museum

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If you're one of Kim Kardashian West's 116 million Instagram followers, you might have caught her newest lingerie-revealing photo, but her Gucci-logo thong isn't your average undergarment. It's actually a vintage bathing suit from Tom Ford's controversial S/S 97 collection, where some models walked the runway in nothing but a thong and a pair of shoes. And as W magazine pointed out, it made such a splash in the '90s that it's part of the Metropolitan Museum of Art's official collection—yes, really.

Not only is it Met-approved, but W magazine also uncovered an image from the Los Angeles County Museum of Art's 2016 exhibition on men's style, which also included the thong. Did you have any doubt that West could get her hands on her own version of a museum-worthy item? Scroll down to see the item in question and shop the Gucci logo for yourself.

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Erin Fitzpatrick
Erin Fitzpatrick
Associate Director, Fashion News

Erin got her start as a Who What Wear intern in 2011—back when the site only published a single story per day. (We have since increased that number twentyfold.) She graduated magna cum laude from USC and lives in Los Angeles. In college, she also interned at Refinery29, where she was promoted to editorial assistant and then assistant editor. After nearly three years at R29, she came back to WWW in 2015, where she is now the Associate Director of Fashion News. From the Oscars to the Met Gala, she leads the site's entire red carpet coverage strategy. She specializes in celebrity and fashion news but also enjoys writing travel features and runway reports. She frequently contributes to WWW's social accounts and has a sizable following on her personal TikTok.