At various points in history, various designers, both old and new, have come up with some stunning dresses, often encrusted with ornaments and expensive stones and metals, and these dresses have made it to the loss of some of the most expensive dresses of all time. Most of these are owned by famous personalities and are notable for their mind-blowing designs and intricate work of fabric that they comprise of.
Some of these dresses have been worn at various important red carpet events and have caught the attention of the media and the paparazzi immediately. This list also includes highly expensive wedding dresses, which have stunned everyone with their delicate designs.
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Why are these dresses so expensive?
All of these expensive dresses are designed using high-quality fabrics and consist of superior design. They are all creations of world-famous couturiers fashion designers and jewelry designers and this contributed to face value. These expensive dresses also contain objects such as pearls, diamonds, gold, and other embellishments and ornaments which contribute to the high price.
The 5 most expensive dresses of all time
Now, let us take a close look at the 5 most expensive dresses of all time.
Renée StraussX Martin Katz
Diamond Wedding Dress– Now, this stunning wedding gown, a dream brought to life by the superb combination of famous couturier Renée Strauss and the world-famous jewelry designer Martin Katz, and quite rightly, it has been hailed as a “match made in heaven”. The body of this enticing wedding gown contains 150 carats worth of diamonds throughout its body and was on display at the Ritz Carlton in California in 2006, the same year that it was made. It is valued at a mind-blowing $16.2 million.
Yumi Katsura : White Gold Diamond Dress
Another stunning wedding gown designed in 2006, this beauty is one of the best-known works of the Japanese maestro Yumi Katsura. This magnificent gown is not short on luxe finishes and fabric and is valued at a whopping $8.3 million. The most important aspect of this dress is that it is draped in more than 1000 pearls. And right at the waist of this dress is an8.8-carat green diamond and a 5-carat white gold diamond. A sight for sore eyes.
Vera Wang: Peacock Wedding Gown
Known originally for her extensive use of white lace and ruffles, which had made her one of the biggest names in fashion designing, worldwide, Vera Wang decided to do something offbeat and create a wedding gown by utilizing the beauty of peacock feathers. And she did! She came up with this magnificent dress, which was the result of more than 8 people working together to stitch together more than 2000 peacock feathers. It was displayed at a Wedding Expo in Nanjing, China. This is truly one of those dresses that have the ability to just take your breath away. It is valued at $ 2 million.
Danasha Luxury X JadGhandour
Danasha Luxury Wedding Gown – One of the most magnificent entries in this list, this beauty is valued at $ 2 million as well. Created in 2010, as teamwork between Danasha Luxury and the Lebanese couturier JadGhandour, this silhouette is not as stunning as the first entry of the lost and nowhere near as costly, it is still superb looking, with its embellishments and stylish design. It contains 200g of 18-karat gold, 75 carats of Belgian diamonds, and this results in a high price, even though it is lower than most of the others on this list.
Calvin Klein: Pearl Gown
Last but not the least, Calvin Klein’s Pearl Gown, valued at $1.6 million, was worn by the famous actress Lupita Nyongo at the 2015 Oscars. It was designed by the director of the Calvin Klein house, Francesco Costa, and there were more than 2000 all-natural pearls in this dress in total. More than half a decade later, it still continues to be discussed by fashion enthusiasts and there are no signs that people will forget this magnificent peace of beauty anytime soon.
Conclusion
Therefore, these are 5 of the most expensive dress in the world, and all of them are very well known for their superb designs and continue to be of interest to the fashion community. In spite of the high prices, these dresses have generated significant interest among the general public and hopefully will continue to do so for quite along.
