London, November 30 (ANI): A dress worn by Amy Winehouse has sold at an auction for 43,200 pounds, which was four times its estimated price.
The dress, in which she had featured on the cover of her album 'Back To Black', was bought by the Fundacion Museo De La Moda, a private fashion museum based in Chile, after competition between several phone bidders and a bidder in the room.
Designed in 2006 by Central Saint Martins graduate Disaya, the dress was loaned for the cover shoot and then archived. It was donated to Kerry Taylor Auctions earlier in November.
The proceeds from the sale will go to the Amy Winehouse Foundation, a charity set up in the her memory to help vulnerable young people.
"I can't put into words how grateful I am to Kerry and Disaya for their support and hard work," the Telegraph quoted the late singer's father, Mitch Winehouse, as saying.
"We are just over the moon, and this is a wonderful start to the foundation," he said.
"We are off to visit a homeless charity in Euston tomorrow and so the money will go to a good cause straight away," he added.
The auction also saw a 1964 dress designed by Cristobal Balenciaga for Elizabeth Taylor being auctioned off for 31,200 pounds.
Duplicates of the Emanuel wedding gown and Clive Shilton bridal shoes created for Diana, Princess of Wales, were also sold for 48,000 and 36,000 pounds respectively. (ANI)
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