Princess Diana's wedding shoes join Audrey Hepburn's Oscar dress at auction
Dresses belonging to Liz Taylor, Audrey Hepburn and Amy Winehouse will join a pair of duplicate shoes made for Princess Diana's wedding at auction on Tuesday 29 November.
Kerry Taylor Auctions who are organising the Passion for Fashion sale also made the news earlier this year when Kate Middleton's see-through knitted dress went under the hammer back in March for £78,000.
This time the fashionable lots feature a Balanciaga sari dress and gold Chanel cocktail suit worn by Elizabeth Taylor, An Edith Head-designed lace dress worn by Audrey Hepburn in Roman Holiday and again as she collected an Academy Award for Best Actress, the Disaya dress worn by Amy Winehouse on the Back to Black album cover and a pair of duplicate wedding shoes worn by Princess Diana during her final wedding shoe fitting (the pair were made identical to those she donned for her wedding day in case of disaster).
To find out how much the lots are expected to fetch just click on the gallery below:
L-R: Liz Taylor's Chanel suit, Audrey Hepburn's ivory gown, Liz Taylor's Balenciaga sari. Photo: Empics
This time the fashionable lots feature a Balanciaga sari dress and gold Chanel cocktail suit worn by Elizabeth Taylor, An Edith Head-designed lace dress worn by Audrey Hepburn in Roman Holiday and again as she collected an Academy Award for Best Actress, the Disaya dress worn by Amy Winehouse on the Back to Black album cover and a pair of duplicate wedding shoes worn by Princess Diana during her final wedding shoe fitting (the pair were made identical to those she donned for her wedding day in case of disaster).
To find out how much the lots are expected to fetch just click on the gallery below:
- Audrey Hepburn's Oscar gown (est. £40,000 - £60,000)<p> "Audrey Hepburn's Edith Head-designed ivory lace gown from 'Roman Holiday', 1952 but also adapted and worn to collect her Oscar for the same film in 1954, of ivory guipure, the bodice cut high and straight at the front with slender organza shoulder straps, lightly boned rayon under-bodice with sweetheart neckline, the back cut low, over full, circle skirt with matching belt."</p>
- Elizabeth Taylor's Balenciaga sari dress
- Elizabeth Taylor's Balenciaga sari dress (est. £30,000-£50,000)<p> "Elizabeth Taylor's Balenciaga couture gold figured cloqué silk sari gown, Autumn-Winter, 1964, labelled and numbered 92934 ... Miss Taylor was photographed wearing this Balenciaga gown in the company of Richard Burton on December 2nd, 1964 to attend the premiere of the New Review Lido in Paris."</p>
- Princess Diana's bridal shoes
- Princess Diana's bridal shoes (est. £50,000-£70,000)<p> " The duplicate bridal shoes, designed and made by Clive Shilton, fitted to and worn by Princess Diana, 1981 ... Clive Shilton states 'Undecorated fitting samples were made but only two finished pairs of shoes were ever made - this pair and the pair now in the Althorp collection. They were not made of glass but they were real Cinderella slippers. H.R.H. Princess Diana wore both pairs for the final fitting and gave her approval. The two pairs of shoes are completely identical in every respect.'"</p>
- Amy Winehouse's Back to Black dress (est. £10,000-£20,000)<p> "Sold in aid of the Amy Winehouse Foundation The Disaya printed chiffon dress worn by Amy Winehouse for the cover of Back to Black, 2006, with engraved gilt metal Disaya label, the short dress printed with bands of graduated dark-red polka dots, the corset-like bodice with under-wiring and central lace bow insertion and waistband, elasticated puff-ball skirt."</p>
- Audrey Hepburn's ivory lace gown
