7 of the Most Expensive Movie Dresses of All Time Inline
Photo: Everett Collection1/7The Seven Year Itch
In 2011, Debbie Reynolds put her near-600-piece Hollywood prop collection up for auction. The highest-selling item was the iconic “subway” dress, worn by Marilyn Monroe in the 1955 film The Seven Year Itch. The white pleated dress was sold for $4.6 million.
Photo: Everett Collection2/7My Fair Lady
Eliza Doolittle’s rags-to-riches story became even more lavish years after _My Fair Lady’_s 1964 release. Audrey Hepburn’s festooned Ascot dress, designed by Cecil Beaton, fetched $3.7 million in 2011.
Photo: Everett Collection3/7The Sound of Music
While Fraulein Maria gave her worldly clothes to the poor, the dress that Julie Andrews wore while singing "Do-Re-Mi" would end up costing quite the schilling. In 2013, the pinafore sold for $1.56 million.
Photo: Everett Collection4/7Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
While its presale estimate was a few hundred thousand dollars, the red-sequined gown worn by Marilyn Monroe in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes ended up going for the bid of $1.2 million.
Photo: Everett Collection5/7Breakfast at Tiffany’s
In 1961, Hubert de Givenchy designed the famous black dress for Audrey Hepburn’s role of Holly Golightly. After Hepburn’s death in 1993, in the spirit of continuing her charity work, the designer began donating pieces from his collection in order to aid disadvantaged children. Givenchy donated the black satin gown to City of Joy Aid, and in 2006 the dress was auctioned off at Christie’s for over $900,000.
