11 most expensive dresses in the world: how much they cost and for whom they were made

2024 Author: Richard Flannagan | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-15 23:55

If for some women only how the dress sits on them plays a role, then it is important for others that it corresponds in status, and, if possible, enhances it. Of course, the ladies for whom dresses costing thousands of dollars are made are beautiful a priori. But what are these works of design art made of, that even if we discard the markup for the name of the eminent couturier, are they worth such crazy money?

Melania Trump in a dress for 200 thousand dollars

Here, just everything is clear. What else is there to marry a billionaire beauty model? The outfit was hand-sewn, especially for the future first lady of the United States, more than 10 meters of fabric, including 60 meters of satin, were used for the outfit.

The outfit is hand-embroidered with 1,500 pearls and is designed by Christian Dior. The best masters of the fashion house worked on the creation of the outfit, it took more than 500 hours to make it. But Melania herself stayed in it no longer than a couple of hours, after the photo session she changed into a more practical wedding dress, because even such a stately girl like her could not have been in such a heavy and massive dress for a long time.

Kate Middleton and royal chic for 400 thousand dollars

If Melania's dress was created according to the principle of "chic, shine, beauty", then for those who are preparing to enter the royal family, a completely different approach was assumed. Nobility and restraint, attention to detail and the best textures - this is what characterizes Kate Middleton's wedding dress. Creating a wedding dress for a royal person is the ultimate dream of any fashion house. For Kate, the dress was made by Sarah Burton Alexander McQueen.

As a rule, only one shade of white is used in the outfit, an exception was made here and boiling white goes well with ivory. There are a lot of lace on the dress, literally every detail is processed by them, and very delicately. The lace for the dress was made by hand using old Irish technology. Lacemakers had to wash their hands at least once every half hour to make the lace flawlessly white. The finished lace details were manually sewn onto the tulle. In addition, the dress has a corset base.

Marilyn Monroe and her "presidential" dress for $ 4.8 million

Monroe's dress, in which she performed the famous "Happy Birthday, Mr. President" and at that time not cheap, but really expensive, was made by Marilyn herself and the situation for which it was made. Monroe began preparing for the event a year in advance by ordering a dress for Jean Louis. She voiced her requirements, wishing it was a dress that no one else had and would fit only her.

The couturier approached the task responsibly and after reviewing the films with her participation, he realized that Marilyn had a very lively and mobile body and decided to make a second skin for her. Only one woman in the whole world could wear such a dress, but to a presidential reception. And she did it.

There are 2,500 crystals sewn onto the dress, but it was not about them. The most precious is the dress worn. In addition, the outfit did not imply reuse, the tailors connected it directly to Monroe, creating the effect of a second skin.

Nightingale of Kuala Lumpur for $ 30 million

If we talk about the market value, then this is by far the most expensive dress. Its author is the couturier Faisol Abdulla. The dress was not made for a specific woman, but for a fashion show in Malaysia.

It is a dark cherry burgundy shade made of natural silk and taffeta, but this is not the main thing. The price consists of 751 diamonds, which are scattered throughout the dress, including the hem. Their total weight is about a thousand carats. The most expensive stone, 70 carats, is used to decorate the upper part of the dress. Despite its wide popularity and quite reasonable cost (after all, diamonds are unlikely to depreciate), the dress has not yet found its owner. By the way, it is included in the Guinness Book of Records.

The creator of the dress was often criticized because he made it during the crisis, but his outfit became the personification of the fact that diamonds and female beauty are eternal.

Medieval dress for 127 thousand dollars

Of course, not diamonds, but Swarovski crystals, of which 150 thousand were spent on this dress, are also very expensive. The medieval-style dress was made by German designers in two weeks and was first presented in Munich 14 years ago.

The outfit participated only in shows and was not used anywhere else, it is more of a historical than aesthetic value.

Ginza Tanako and his dresses of gold

Why waste time on trifles if a dress can be made straight from gold? The Japanese designer created several of these at once. One of them, made of gold wire, costs 245 thousand dollars, however, it weighs more than a kilogram and clearly claims to be a work of art, and not a practical, albeit elegant, clothes for publication.

But that there is a kilogram of gold, in the assortment of this eminent designer there is a gold dress weighing 10 kg. It costs, for some reason, not much more expensive than the first - 268 thousand dollars. The outfit is decorated with Australian gold coins.

British brand and its $ 1.8 million dress

Unlike other dresses for fabulous money, it is quite possible to wear it for publication, however, such a dress will probably need not only a gentleman to match, but also a security guard. The dress was presented at a fashion show 20 years ago and then its price was set at no more than 500 thousand dollars. But in the end, the price soared more than threefold.

The dress from Maria Grachvogel is decorated with precious stones, there are more than 2 thousand of them. By the way, the stones are removable and removed from the outfit if necessary. It is understandable, it is much more convenient to store stones in a safe than a whole dress. By the way, who bought the outfit has remained a mystery, however, the person who spent such an amount on the dress clearly did not plan to wear it several times.

Debbie Wingham at $ 2.6 million

Also a British designer and also an elegant black dress embroidered with stones. The peculiarity of this outfit is that it is completely hand made of satin chiffon and crepe de Chine. The couturier personally made more than 50 thousand stitches in order to make this dress.

The outfit is adorned with white and black diamonds, some of them in gold. The weight of the dress is 13 kilograms, the master has been working on its creation for 6 months!

Scott Henshall, $ 9 million

It would be a stretch to call it a dress, because this outfit is more like a spider web, though embroidered with diamonds. In total, more than three thousand diamonds were spent on the creation of such a work of art (and, most likely, jewelry).

The outfit was made by order of the singer Samantha Mamba. In it, she appeared at the premiere of the movie "Spider-Man". Well, relevant, no options.

Peacock feather wedding dress for $ 1.5 million

To wear something like this to your own wedding, you need to be an extremely brave young lady. Still, peacock feathers look great on the peacock itself, but not always on girls. But nevertheless, such an outfit was made and put on and its cost is not small and amounts to millions of dollars. It is not surprising, peacock feathers are willingly dismantled for souvenirs even without designers.

The dress was made by a Chinese designer and presented at a wedding fair. It immediately attracted attention and caused a lot of controversial opinions. Many peoples believe that peacock feathers bring misfortune (rather, a belief was invented in order to protect the peacocks themselves), so the dress not only looks ambiguous, but also has a peculiar interpretation.

Abay for 17 million dollars

Debbie Wingham's outfit is a fairly loose cut Muslim outfit made by a British designer. The black dress, made in the form of a cape, is adorned with two thousand diamonds. In embroidery there are not only black and white stones, but also red ones, which are considered very rare and expensive. In addition, there are elements of gold threads.

Who is the owner of the outfit is not known, the public showed it only once, and then at a private show. The dress is considered the second most expensive in the world.

As can be judged from the above examples, even the most expensive dresses, with very few exceptions, are expensive not at all because of the unique design, the name of the designer or the history associated with him, but only because of the cost of the precious stones that were used to decorate them. Most of these outfits, at best, are worn once, and more often they simply decorate museums, including private ones, therefore, they have a very indirect relationship to fashion, in its philistine meaning. However, the desire of women to decorate themselves with clothes always takes up, even in the difficult war and post-war times, the beautiful half of humanity found ways to create fashion and follow it.