Live Auction 4175The Daphne Guinness Collection
A MAGNIFICENT BALL GOWN OF MIDNIGHT BLUE SATIN
Lot 98

A MAGNIFICENT BALL GOWN OF MIDNIGHT BLUE SATIN

CHRISTIAN LACROIX

Closed27 June 2012

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GBP 12,500

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A MAGNIFICENT BALL GOWN OF MIDNIGHT BLUE SATIN
CHRISTIAN LACROIX
The bodice pleated on the diagonal and trimmed with black, beaded silk bows and black paste trailing ribbons, with billowing, full skirts
Labelled 'CHRISTIAN LACROIX, PARIS' and with vacant canvas tag

Specialist note

This is the dress that Daphne Guinness and Mario Testino fell in love with for its 'gothic' qualities. They chose it for a 2008 Vogue shoot, because they thought it so 'regal'. Daphne chose to feature it in the exhibition at the Fashion Institute of Technology, flying the flag for ballgowns, and she donated it for sale to breathe new life into it.