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Calling All Britney Fans: Now’s Your Chance to Own a Piece of the Pop Princess’ Wardrobe
Die hard Britney fans, this one’s for you. Last week, an eBay listing from Edmonton containing seven of the pop star’s most iconic music video and performance costumes went up for sale. Bidding has already reached $100,000 (USD). Some of the items available to buy include the outfit from Britney’s 2001 VMA Performance, one of the […]
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These Insanely Stunning Gems Are Going Up for Sale
Pull out your paddle and put your game face on. If you happen to be in the market for a few extremely large emeralds or star rubies, you’re in luck. Guernsey’s auction house in New York will be taking bids this spring for some of the most dazzling gems we’ve ever seen. In April, The […]
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Daphne Guinness’s McQueen (and Balenciaga and Lacroix and Kane) collection will go on the auction block tonight in London
A piece of fashion history could be yours as The Daphne Guinness Collection hits the auction block tonight. Daphne Guinness, the heiress-turned-fashion-icon, has put 102 pieces of haute couture and runway fashion from her personal wardrobe up for auction with Christie’s auction house. The collection — which includes pieces from Alexander McQueen, Balenciaga, Christian Lacroix and Christopher Kane — reflects the quirky sense of style that has made Guinness a muse and friend to some of the biggest names in fashion, including the late Alexander McQueen.
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Would you buy two nail polishes for $600? A rare set by Louis Vuitton is up for auction!
Fashionphile, an eBay vendor slash online consignment store, has just listed something that will have diehard nail polish fanatics salivating: a set of Louis Vuitton nail polishes. The colours are nothing remarkable—bright cherry red and pearly beige—but they’re significant because, well, Louis Vuitton doesn’t make nail polishes. Or at least not anymore. It’s unclear when […]
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Lady Gaga donates her exoskeleton for a good cause
Lady Gaga has donated a piece of her Monster Ball tour wardrobe to Charitybuzz’s Heal Haiti Auction. Bidding on the signed, spangled skeleton chest protector/shoulder armour/chastity belt, which looks cool for a stage show, but otherwise resembles a bedazzled medical device, is up to US$5,000 already.
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Fashion news: SJP is Halston’s new prez, Kate Moss probably engaged, and we want to take a nail cruise
It’s official: Sarah Jessica Parker has been named president and chief creative officer at Halston. It’s too early to judge, but Parker seems to have her head on straight with the position. She’s not interested in undermining creative director Marios Schwab, and is frank about her newbie status: “There is a huge amount I don’t know and I am very candid about that, and I am excited to learn.” [WWD]
Prada has created their own YouTube channel for screening fashion shows, campaign photos and short films. [YouTube, via Fashionista]
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A cache of Audrey Hepburn’s clothes is up for auction
A pristine collection of some of the most recognizable pieces worn by Audrey Hepburn during the 1950s and ’60s will be up for auction on December 8 in London. The curator of the Passion for Fashion sale, Kerry Taylor (kerrytaylorauctions.com), has some of the most elegant pieces on offer, many designed personally for Hepburn by couturier Hubert de Givenchy. Hepburn has often been regarded as Givenchy’s muse, though she is known to have worked alongside the famed designer, who credited her eye for selecting and sometimes toning down the detailing of his garments as the key ingredient in her timeless style. (Gallery after the jump)
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MTV’s Jessi Cruickshank wants you to shop her closet
Jessi Cruickshank is selling off the contents of her closet for This Is My Dress (mtv.ca/mydress), an auction the After Show co-host hopes will raise $8,500 to build a school in Kenya for the youth-helping-youth organization Free The Children (freethechildren.com). Bidding starts today on a cache of dresses that includes pieces from Canadian designers, a few international heavy-hitters and some sweet vintage finds. (There are even frocks from the wardrobes of Hills cast members.)
After the jump, we check out some of the dresses and chat with Cruickshank about living in a mud hut, Lauren Conrad’s contribution and what she wore when Brody Jenner sat in her lap.