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Liz Taylor's wedding dress auction

Elizabeth Taylor's first wedding dress consisted of 25 yards of shell-white satin, 15 yards of satin train, an inbuilt corset, 10 yards of silk veil and bugle beads and tiny seed pearls that adorned the gown. It is estimated to have taken 15 seamstresses two to three months to complete the dress, which is said to be so intricate that it could...

Fashion

Elizabeth Taylor's wardrobe fetched over £75m at auction

Elizabeth Taylor's wardrobe and jewellery fetched over £75m at auction in New York this week, with some items being sold 150 times over the reserve price. The late actress wardrobe had been on exhibition in the UK, Moscow, Los Angeles, Dubai, Geneva, Paris and Hong Kong as part of a three-month global tour ahead of the auction, which was held at...