00:00From Marilyn Monroe's glittering gown to Princess Diana's cross pendant,
00:04Kim Kardashian's worn many iconic pieces plucked from other celebrities' closets.
00:08But this time, it's mom Kris Jenner's turn.
00:10On today's episode of Currently Trending,
00:12I'm breaking down the curious case of Elizabeth Taylor's Scorpio cape.
00:23At the Rome Film Festival over the weekend,
00:25the Momager attended the season two premiere of All's Fair
00:28wearing a dramatic black velvet cape
00:30embellished with a pair of sparkling scorpions.
00:32The very same piece Kim wears in a scene from the upcoming season.
00:36And as the Skims mogul shared on her Instagram story,
00:39the piece has a storied and starry history.
00:42Fun fact about the cape my mom is wearing.
00:44It belonged to Elizabeth Taylor, and my mom now owns it
00:46and graciously let me wear it in All's Fair, Kim wrote.
00:49After Ryan Murphy heard the story of Elizabeth Taylor
00:51wearing it to Grace Kelly's scorpion ball,
00:54naturally, he made sure to write an episode
00:56about a Laura Grant throwing her own scorpion ball.
00:58She continued, referring to her character
01:00on the Hulu legal drama, which returns November 4th.
01:03I'm the luckiest girl to have borrowed it from my mom.
01:06Designed by Tiziani Roma,
01:08the cloak sold at auction for $74,500 in 2011,
01:12presumably to Kris.
01:14For Grace Kelly's 40th birthday celebration in 1969,
01:17dubbed the scorpion ball as a nod to the princess's zodiac sign,
01:20Elizabeth Taylor styled it with two show-stopping pieces of jewelry,
01:24the 69.42 carat Taylor Burton diamond set in a custom Cartier necklace,
01:30along with her 33.19 carat Krupp diamond ring.
01:33Kris's look wasn't short on sparkle, either.
01:36The noted Scorpio paired the cape with a dazzling pear-cut diamond necklace
01:40finished with two gigantic pendants at either end,
01:42along with marquee-cut cluster earrings.
01:45Hollywood's so-called queen of diamonds would be proud.
01:47For more celebrity fashion, head to Page Six Style.
