A display of Elizabeth Taylor owned items opened on Saturday at Christie’s Auction House in New York City. The Taylor display features over 200 items that will be up for auction on December 12, including Taylor’s very first wedding dresses.
According to CBS News, a display of Elizabeth Taylor’s jewelry, clothing, and other memorabilia open on Saturday at Christie’s Auction House in New York where the public can view the items for a $30 fee donated to the Elizabeth Taylor Aids Foundation. The jewelry collection owned by Elizabeth Taylor includes a ruby and Cartier diamond set, a pearl and diamond necklace, and the Elizabeth Taylor Diamond, a thirty-three carat flawless gem.
Also up for auction will be several pieces of clothing worn by Elizabeth Taylor, including Taylor’s first wedding dress and costumes from the film Cleopatra.
12.02.2011
Pippa Middleton the inspiration behind Kristen Stewart’s wedding gown?
The wedding dress Kristen Stewart wears in Twilight Breaking Dawn caused almost as much of a stir as the gown Kate Middleton wore for the Royal Wedding, in April this year.
Twihards across the globe were desperate to know details of the dress Kristen would wear as Bella Swan married Edward Cullen in the vampire flick, so much so, the director went to great lengths to keep it a secret, not only from press and fans, but also cast and crew.
Now, as the movie breaks box office records, viewers have marvelled at the stunning gown in all its glory and many have noted that the elegant style is reminiscent of the Alexander McQueen bridesmaid dress Pippa Middleton donned for her big sister’s wedding.
The gorgeous gown, designed by Carolina Herrera, is made out of crepe satin and French Chantilly lace and the back features 152 covered buttons, similar to the button-down-the-back frock which saw Pippa, and her shapely bottom, hit the headlines.
Stephenie Meyer and Breaking Dawn director Bill Condon are said to have selected the final design out of ten sketches that Carolina submitted.
The handmade gown took six months to create and the iconic movie item is valued at approx $35,000.
Just like Pip’s, it is a classic, elegant, simple design, but the back is a little more detailed, with a ‘romantic’ surprise sheer panel with scrolled embroidery.
Speaking to STV showbiz reporter Grant Lauchlan, in an interview which aired on Friday November 18, the day Breaking Dawn went on general release, Bill Condon explained: “It’s Friday night now but up until today, nobody had seen that wedding dress and I can’t tell you how hard that is to keep a secret like that in the world we live in.
“It was kind of weird cause when Kristen first walked down the aisle, suddenly we heard this stuff and there was a helicopter high up, but it was paparazzi so we had this thing where we covered everything, we stopped it, I don’t know how we convinced them to move on.
“No one on set, on the location saw her till she took that walk down that aisle.
We had her in this room that was covered. It was this super secret thing.”
Twihards across the globe were desperate to know details of the dress Kristen would wear as Bella Swan married Edward Cullen in the vampire flick, so much so, the director went to great lengths to keep it a secret, not only from press and fans, but also cast and crew.
Now, as the movie breaks box office records, viewers have marvelled at the stunning gown in all its glory and many have noted that the elegant style is reminiscent of the Alexander McQueen bridesmaid dress Pippa Middleton donned for her big sister’s wedding.
The gorgeous gown, designed by Carolina Herrera, is made out of crepe satin and French Chantilly lace and the back features 152 covered buttons, similar to the button-down-the-back frock which saw Pippa, and her shapely bottom, hit the headlines.
Stephenie Meyer and Breaking Dawn director Bill Condon are said to have selected the final design out of ten sketches that Carolina submitted.
The handmade gown took six months to create and the iconic movie item is valued at approx $35,000.
Just like Pip’s, it is a classic, elegant, simple design, but the back is a little more detailed, with a ‘romantic’ surprise sheer panel with scrolled embroidery.
Speaking to STV showbiz reporter Grant Lauchlan, in an interview which aired on Friday November 18, the day Breaking Dawn went on general release, Bill Condon explained: “It’s Friday night now but up until today, nobody had seen that wedding dress and I can’t tell you how hard that is to keep a secret like that in the world we live in.
“It was kind of weird cause when Kristen first walked down the aisle, suddenly we heard this stuff and there was a helicopter high up, but it was paparazzi so we had this thing where we covered everything, we stopped it, I don’t know how we convinced them to move on.
“No one on set, on the location saw her till she took that walk down that aisle.
We had her in this room that was covered. It was this super secret thing.”
Wedding dress Diana never wore sells for more than $75,000
One wedding dress is enough for most people. Not so for Lady Diana Spencer, who had two dresses and two pairs of shoes made for her big day.
Knowing that her wedding dress would generate world-wide interest, Diana asked designers Elizabeth and David Emmanuel to make another, similar version of her gown for wax museum Madame Tussauds. And while the wedding dresses that the future princess wore down the aisle in 1981 is currently on tour in the US, the replica was sold yesterday at auction for £48,000, or over $75,000, to a museum in Chile.
Slideshow: The wedding of Charles and Diana (on this page)
Crafted from the same specially made batch of English silk, this version had two small differences: The antique lace on the bodice front is similar but not identical to the lace used on the original, and the train and veil are around a third of the length of the original.
Slideshow: Princess Diana's life (on this page)
“I have sold a few of Diana’s dresses over the years, but this was special because it’s is the nearest I will ever get to auctioning the real thing,” said Kerry Taylor of Kerry Taylor Auctions in London. “The dress is magnificent, complete with the train, veil and tiara. It’s especially poignant when one looks back and sees how unhappy the marriage actually was, but the dress that signifies the hope that Diana had.”
Kelly Taylor Auctions
These replicas of Diana's wedding shoes sold for over $50,000.
Just in case Diana’s shoes got stained before her walk through St Paul’s Cathedral, cobbler Clive Shilton created an extra pair of wedding shoes, which were also sold at the auction to a private European buyer for £36,000, or over $56,000.
Diana's dressmaker to Kate: Guard your gown!
Created out of ivory satin, they are decorated with 542 individually hand-knotted mother of pearl sequins and 134 seed-pearl beads. The undersides are hand-painted in gold leaf with “CD” hearts and blossoms.
Click here for more Royals news
The sale marks the first payment that Shilton will receive for the shoes. Unhappy with the quoted price, Diana’s mother quibbled with the bill and never ended up paying.
Knowing that her wedding dress would generate world-wide interest, Diana asked designers Elizabeth and David Emmanuel to make another, similar version of her gown for wax museum Madame Tussauds. And while the wedding dresses that the future princess wore down the aisle in 1981 is currently on tour in the US, the replica was sold yesterday at auction for £48,000, or over $75,000, to a museum in Chile.
Slideshow: The wedding of Charles and Diana (on this page)
Crafted from the same specially made batch of English silk, this version had two small differences: The antique lace on the bodice front is similar but not identical to the lace used on the original, and the train and veil are around a third of the length of the original.
Slideshow: Princess Diana's life (on this page)
“I have sold a few of Diana’s dresses over the years, but this was special because it’s is the nearest I will ever get to auctioning the real thing,” said Kerry Taylor of Kerry Taylor Auctions in London. “The dress is magnificent, complete with the train, veil and tiara. It’s especially poignant when one looks back and sees how unhappy the marriage actually was, but the dress that signifies the hope that Diana had.”
Kelly Taylor Auctions
These replicas of Diana's wedding shoes sold for over $50,000.
Just in case Diana’s shoes got stained before her walk through St Paul’s Cathedral, cobbler Clive Shilton created an extra pair of wedding shoes, which were also sold at the auction to a private European buyer for £36,000, or over $56,000.
Diana's dressmaker to Kate: Guard your gown!
Created out of ivory satin, they are decorated with 542 individually hand-knotted mother of pearl sequins and 134 seed-pearl beads. The undersides are hand-painted in gold leaf with “CD” hearts and blossoms.
Click here for more Royals news
The sale marks the first payment that Shilton will receive for the shoes. Unhappy with the quoted price, Diana’s mother quibbled with the bill and never ended up paying.
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