The most expensive and beautiful dresses in the world - TOP 10
A dress for a woman is like a diamond for precious jewelry - it is the main confirmation of her style, proof of her status and the personification of beauty. And in order for a diamond to sparkle in the light with many facets, it needs a decent cut, which requires a lot of effort and money.
The best designers of the world, like skilled jewelers, are trying to create dresses that can compete with the most exquisite precious stones in beauty. Their cost sometimes exceeds the price of elite jewelry, but perfection is truly priceless. Only the powerful can afford to wear such dresses, and we will only try to touch on perfection a little and consider the top ten most expensive and beautiful dresses in the world.
10th place - Oscar-winning dress for 1.5 million
Famous actress Naomi Watts bought an expensive outfit for the Oscar ceremony. The creators of a luxurious masterpiece are the designers of the fashion house Armani. The cut of the dress is both simple and extraordinary.
A fitted cut and a narrow floor-length skirt with a train allowed the actress to demonstrate her chic silhouette. There is an oval neckline at the back, which allows you to almost completely bare your back, but the main highlight of the dress is the neckline. The right shoulder of the girl is covered with a small sleeve, and the left is completely bare to the very bodice. As a result, a very unusual visual pattern is formed, framing the neckline.The outfit is distinguished by its gray color, and the diamonds, the scattering of which is dotted with the entire dress, allow you to enjoy the splendor of multi-colored sparkles in the light.
9th place - Marilyn's dress for 1.6 million dollars.
The very outfit in which the legendary Monroe sang “Happy Birthday Mr President” was created by American designer Jean Louis on a special order from the actress. Inspired by the films of the famous diva, the fashion designer decided to sew a dress that would best emphasize her charms. Incredibly thin flesh-colored silk hugged the figure of the actress from chest to toe, like a second skin. The luxurious lines of the silhouette shimmered in the light, as the fabric was studded with 6,000 diamond particles. The starting price of the outfit was 12 thousand dollars, which in 1961 was an incredibly expensive pleasure.
8th place - elegant frankness for 1.8 million dollars.
A black translucent floor-length dress from Maria Grachvogel has several original features. The central slit in the front of the dress, which exposes the legs to the very hips. A long skirt at the back of the outfit that flares out from the hip to create a fishtail effect. A revealing neckline, which is a V-shaped bodice that covers only the chest, as well as a completely bare back. The dress is embellished with a precious white pattern that harmonizes perfectly with the translucent background of the dress. The highlight of the dress is a silk corset, which is decorated with a scattering of two thousand diamonds.
7th place - Marilyn's evolving dress for $4.6 million
This dress became so popular that Merlin dressed in it was decided to be immortalized in the form of a monument in Chicago. A shot from the film "The Seven Year Itch", where the pleated skirt of the outfit develops from the flow of air from the ventilation system, was watched by millions of people.The dress itself is distinguished by a rather simple cut - a V-shaped neckline, emphasizing luxurious forms, as well as straps wrapping around the neck. The length of the dress made it possible to demonstrate the luxury of the actress's ankles.
6th place - heavy luxury for 5.6 million dollars.
The outfit, the weight of which not every fragile lady can withstand, was created by British fashion designer Debbie Wingham. The 13 kg dress is made of black crepe de chine, satin and chiffon and is handmade. The outfit is decorated with a precious pattern consisting of black and white diamonds sewn with gold threads. The dress has an original cut. It is strapless, with a peplum, and the skirt has a small slit that exposes the leg to the knee.
5th place - wedding splendor for 8.5 million dollars.
The wedding dress, which is recognized as one of the most expensive in the world, was revealed to the world by the famous Japanese designer Ginza Tanaka. The fitted cut of the dress with thin straps is enriched by the unusual texture of the neckline and sleeves. A translucent fabric adorns the neck and arms, and this splendor is framed by a scattering of the rarest diamonds and pearls. The skirt of the dress is also unusual. It is decorated with thin down and gives the image of weightlessness. The skirt itself is fluffy, but not too big.
4th place - a beautiful web for 9 million dollars.
Incredibly frank and original dress from English designer Scott Henshall put on the premiere of the film "Spider-Man 3" unsurpassed Samantha Mamba. It happened back in 2004, but the outfit still amazes the imagination of fashion critics and the public. Still, because in terms of cut it looks more like not even a dress, but an ordinary cobweb.It is really strewn with a scattering of three thousand black diamonds, which are woven into the white threads of the dress, like a web, and fully justify its cost. According to Mamba herself, the dress, despite its frankness, was incredibly comfortable to wear.
3rd place - wedding dress for 12 million dollars.
The top three is closed by a truly precious wedding dress. For the first time, an expensive outfit was shown to the world at a wedding fashion show, which took place in Los Angeles in 2006. The creators of the dress, jeweler Martin Katz and designer Rene Strauss, did not spare diamonds for their masterpiece, the total weight of which was 150 carats. The snow-white dress has no straps, seductively fits the figure and expands at the hips, creating a now fashionable silhouette like a fish. This dress is exclusive in its kind, but despite the ten-year age has not yet found a buyer. It goes well with a chic veil, which has a rather large width and length.
2nd place - an unsurpassed abaya dress for 17.6 million dollars.
The national Muslim dress, striking in luxury in every way, was created by British designer Debbie Wingham.
The radical blackness of the floor-length dress is diluted with rows of precious flowers framing it along the edge. The designer spent 2,000 diamonds to create them, including white, black and the rarest red ones.
V-neckline, fitted cut, straight flowing skirt and long cape with translucent sleeves create a rather strict, but still very elegant look. The cost of the outfit is also made heavier by the fact that it is sewn with real gold threads.
1st place - "Nightingale" worth 30 million dollars.
The dress, which is recognized as the most expensive in the world, was sewn from silk and taffeta by Malaysian fashion designer Faizali Abdullah. A chic dark red outfit with a long train is distinguished by a pleated waist and hips.
The strapless dress beautifully exposes the décolleté line, and the luxurious skirt is studded with 751 diamonds, the total weight of which is a thousand carats. But the real highlight of a truly luxurious outfit is a huge pear-shaped diamond, which weighs 70 carats. The dress was named "The Nightingale of Kuala Lumpur" and the model who presented it at the show spent a lot of time practicing to best emphasize the beauty of the gems.