10 Most Expensive Dresses Of All Time
#1 will shock you!
22 August 2017
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The fashion industry churns out billions of dollars year after year. However, whether it's haute coutre or prêt–à–porter, some pieces of clothing achieve cult status and become etched in the minds of fashion lovers forever.
Here, we enlist the 10 most expensive dresses ever worn. The list clearly showcases how a dress can appreciate in value because of its iconic wearer.
10. Charlize Theron
Charlize Theron wore a white Dior couture gown worth a whopping $100,000 to the 2013 Oscars.
If that was not enough, she accessorised her look with diamonds by Harry Winston elevating the value of her look to $4 million.
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9. Lupita Nyong’o
Lupita looked absolutely radiant in a Calvin Klein gown worth $150,000 that was made out of 6,000 pearls.
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8. Cate Blanchett
We at ewmoda are HUGE fans of Cate and her red carpet style. The Blue Jasmine actress wore an Armani Privé gown worth $200,000 covered completely in Swarovski crystals.
LOVE!
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7. Princess Diana
Princess Diana's wore a Victor Edelstein velvet gown at President Raegan's White House Dinner in 1985. No one can forget the moment she danced with John Travolta. The dress was auctioned off for an insane $362,424.
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6. Amal Clooney
Here's another reason for you to be envious of Amal. Apart from bagging the most illegible bachelor in Hollywood, the lawyer/Hollywood wife holds the record for wearing the second most expensive wedding gown ever.
Her gown was custom made by Oscar de la Renta for $380,000
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5. Kate Middleton
Kate Middleton beat Amal Clooney by $20,000 (or what we like to call rent for two years) to become the woman to wear the most expensive dress in the world.
Her $400,000 gown was designed by Alexander McQueen’s head designer Sarah Burton.
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4. Mary Joe Connolly
Mary Joe Connolly, a photographer for King Features, modeled a pearl wedding gown that would be worth $500,000 today.
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3. Audrey Hepburn
Unless you have been living in a cave, you recognize Audrey Hepburn's iconic black dress from her breakout movie, Breakfast At Tiffany's.
The Givenchy dress was auctioned and sold for $900,000 at Christie’s in New York.
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2. Nicole Kidman
Nicole donned a chartreuse Dior gown by John Galliano to the 1997 Oscars worth $2,000,000.
We hope she didn't spill wine on it. The dry cleaning would have been astronomical.
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1. Marilyn Monroe
Marilyn Monroe's iconic white William Travilla dress from "The Seven Year Itch" sold for $5.6 million in a Beverly Hills auction in 2011.
Excuse us while we go find a corner to cry in.
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