Kris Jenner Wears Elizabeth Taylor’s Scorpion Cape in Rome

Kris Jenner wore a black velvet cape embroidered with scorpions to an All’s Fair season-two event at the Rome Film Festival on October 24, bringing a garment associated with Elizabeth Taylor onto the red carpet. The cape’s history links it to a 1969 celebration for Princess Grace, while Jenner’s daughter, Kim Kardashian, has worn it onscreen in the series. The cape, designed by Tiziani Roma, has an ivory silk lining and embroidered scorpions. Taylor wore it to Princess Grace’s 40th-birthday celebration in Monte Carlo, known as the Scorpio Ball. The event took place on November 15, 1969. Kardashian said on Instagram Stories that her mother owns the cape and lent it to her for All’s Fair. She also said series creator Ryan Murphy heard the story of Taylor wearing it to the ball and wrote an episode in which her character, lawyer Allura Grant, hosts a Scorpion Ball. Kardashian appears wearing the cape in the season-two trailer. Whether the garment Jenner wore in Rome was Taylor’s original cape or a reproduction has not been confirmed. Kardashian’s statement supports her account of the family’s ownership and loan, but does not independently authenticate the red-carpet garment. The...