Kim Kardashian’s Met Gala outfit spray-painted in KENT as ‘proud’ garage owner tells all about ‘top secret’ 13-hour job
KIM Kardashian’s Met Gala megaboobs were spray-painted at an auto repair shop in Kent — and its owner said tonight it was an “honour”.
Martyn Smith, 55, spent 13 hours on the orange fibreglass creation at his garage in Lydd on Romney Marsh.
He felt “very proud” at seeing reality star Kim, 45, wear it in New York this week.
The Brit garage owner was asked to do the “top-secret” breastplate paint job — and was only told it was for Kim when he finished.
He said he agreed to drop work after being approached at his auto repair shop on a Kent industrial estate by two local artists.
Against the clock, he spent 13 hours prepping and spraying the orange fibreglass piece, worn two weeks later by Kim at the Met Gala.
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Martyn, who runs MPS Body & Paint, would not say what he charged — but it was “in the hundreds not the thousands”.
He added: “When I saw it, I felt very proud and honoured. I only had 24 hours to do it.”
The breastplate was co-created by Kent artists Patrick Whitaker and Keir Malem, who then went to Martyn after he had repaired their car a few years earlier.
The dad of two, who works at the auto business with sister Nicki Hill, 50, said: “It looked great, but it had imperfections and tiny air holes which I had to fill with stopper.
“It had mould lines which I had to smooth out, before re-priming it and rubbing it down. It then needed a base coat and a lacquer top coat.
“With drying times, it was a lengthy process, but I knew it had to be perfect. I worked all day on it until 8.30pm.
“It was kept hush-hush as they told me it was top secret.
“I thought it might be for Madonna or Gal Gadot given the design.
“When they collected it they finally told me it was for Kim Kardashian.”
Martyn said he knew the name but was more of a fan of her boyfriend, F1 great Sir Lewis Hamilton.
Meanwhile, Nicki discovered Kim would be at the Met Gala on Monday night — her daughter Elli-Jane’s 20th birthday.
“She stayed up to watch it and said: “I was falling asleep as it was late and Elli-Jane shouted, ‘Mum, mum she’s wearing it’.
“She was bouncing up and down with excitement and then I was quite emotional.”
Martyn, who had gone to bed, said his paint job looked “fantastic” when he saw photos the next day, and the reaction since has been “crazy”.
He would welcome similar work but added: “I don’t know many people who have got a breastplate really.”