Kim Kardashian reveals WHY she had to balance on her 'tiptoes' for the entirety ... trends now

As if rocking an extreme corset weren't enough, Kim Kardashian also had to walk around Monday's star-studded Met Gala on her 'tiptoes.'

Inviting "Vogue to her fitting two days before the soiree, Kardashian, 43, revealed that she would be wearing high heels with no heel under her Maison Margiela dress.

The SKIMS founder then explained the reason behind the 'clever' idea.

'It's clever because if I had a shoe with a heel, the heel gets stuck in the metal skirt,' she told the magazine. 'So that was our issue of walking.'

She then showed off the altered pair of clear platform heels that she'd be 'balancing' on for the duration of the event. 

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'So I'm going to have to put these on, and to wear these, you're on your tiptoes and you're balancing the whole time, flexing your calf muscles,' Kardashian explained.

She would be walking on her 'tippy toes' like a professional ballerina.

'But I think ballerinas do it and they probably have a lot of practice,' Kim said, adding that her pre-Met Gala fitting would be her 'only practice.'

Kardashian, who stands at 5foot2inches, was willing to sacrifice comfort because she felt that the look needed 'height.'

Giving the shoes a test drive, Kim told the cameras: 'We gotta do what we gotta do. I can't lean back and I'm on my toes from here on out.'

On Monday night, she wowed onlookers while displaying her impossibly slim waist in the silver custom Maison Margiela by John Galliano number at the annual soiree.

Despite landing on numerous 'Best Dressed' lists, the mother-of-four faced fierce concern from social media users - with one person predicting that she'd 'be in the hospital by the end of the night,' and another asking, 'How many ribs did she get removed?'