Could you imagine a dress that cost $17.7 million? Well that's how much this dress, supposedly the most expensive dress in the world, cost. Considering I buy most of my dresses at H&M and the sale section of Asos.com, I can't even understand why a gown would even cost this much … unless it was made out of diamonds or something, right? Well, it turns out it is!
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British designer Debbie Wingham created the pricey garment using (gasp!) 14-carat gold threading, black and white diamonds along with a rare red diamond that was appraised at around $7.4 million. That would explain the chunky price tag. It's called "Abaya" and it features an over-sized caftan silhouette inspired by a trip the designer made to Dubai last fall. The dress might be the talk of the season, but can anyone actually buy it? Nope. Wingham created the dress as more of a show piece and doesn't plan on EVER selling it.
"The red diamond is borrowed, and they are so rare I could never get another one, nor would the private collector ever want to sell," she told Today.com.
That's a pretty expensive dress just to have on display, no? And I hate to say this, but I don't even find it all that cute. Seriously, if I even had the money to buy a dress like this, it better change my life forever. It better transform me into the most beautiful woman in the world and I better be able to wear it to every possible occasion. But no, this dress does NONE of that.
But if you actually like it, it might interest you to know that the designer does plan on creating more dresses in this style sometime in the near future. Just don't expect to find any red diamonds on them.
I'm a pretty big dress lover myself. In fact, I actually collect them (LBDs especially). Every month I try to treat myself to one (very affordable) dress, because let's face it–nothing really says glamour quite like a beautiful dress. But even so, as much as I appreciate dresses and design, I kind of can't understand why SO much money needs to put on one single dress that's not even going up for sale. With $17.7 million dollars I could feed all the starving children in Latino America. Just think about that.
Image via Debbiewingham.com
