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Lot 99
AN IVORY SILK TULLE EMPIRE LINE GOWN AND DAPHNE GUINNESS, A PHOTOGRAPH BY MAT COLLISHAW (B. 1966)
'THE GIRL WHO LIVED IN THE TREE', ALEXANDER MCQUEEN, AUTUMN/WINTER 2008-9, AND THE PHOTOGRAPH FOR HARPER'S BAZAAR UK, 2012
Closed27 June 2012
Price Realised
GBP 85,250
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Specialist note
This gown has been worn by Daphne on a number of shoots, notably when Bryan Adams shot her for Harpers Bazaar, as well as a recent Harpers shoot by Mat Collishaw. Although reluctant to part with it, she wanted to include a piece by McQueen in the sale and always thought it would make a most spectacular wedding dress.
McQueen's collection from which this gown comes, was inspired by a six hundred year old elm tree in his garden and a story he imagined about a girl emerging from the tree to meet a prince.
See the Metropolitan Museum for a similar gown from the same collection in black silk and leather.
The dress in this lot is worn by Daphne Guinness in the accompanying photograph. It is one of a series of four photographs shot by Mat Collishaw for Harper's Bazaar UK, June 2012.
McQueen's collection from which this gown comes, was inspired by a six hundred year old elm tree in his garden and a story he imagined about a girl emerging from the tree to meet a prince.
See the Metropolitan Museum for a similar gown from the same collection in black silk and leather.
The dress in this lot is worn by Daphne Guinness in the accompanying photograph. It is one of a series of four photographs shot by Mat Collishaw for Harper's Bazaar UK, June 2012.