Friday 31 May 2013

Elizabeth Taylor’s First Wedding Gown Could Fetch $75,000 at Auction

Elizabeth Taylor’s First Wedding Gown Could Fetch $75,000 at Auction

It is expected that the first wedding dress Elizabeth Taylor wore when she married Conrad Hilton Jr. in 1950 to bring up to $ 75,500 Christie's auction in London on June 26

The silk satin wedding dress designed by MGM oyster costume designer Helen Rose has 25 meters of satin with a train of 15 feet. Stunning dress also features a built-in corset that accentuated smaller than 20 inches from the star, a fine silk chiffon illusion off the shoulder neckline and long silk tulle veil was attached to a pearl Juliet cap covered .

The suit is accompanied by a statement of the source and supplier with a picture of the dress on her big day.

Christie also plans to auction a major part of the wardrobe of fashion critic Suzy Menkes this summer in an online sale July 11 to 22. The sale includes the design dates back to the 1960s, because, says Menkes objects that never had anything since she went to college.

Elizabeth Taylor has surpassed Michael Jackson as a high gain celebrity died in a survey published by Forbes magazine in October 2012, with his successor, pulling $ 210 million, largely as a 2011 auction jewelry, costumes and works art. The auction jewelry auction took in $ 116 million, more than double the record for a single collection, and set new marks for pearls, colorless diamonds and Indian jewels.

Elizabeth Taylor’s First Wedding Gown Could Fetch $75,000 at Auction
Elizabeth Taylor’s First Wedding Gown Could Fetch $75,000 at Auction

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