10 most expensive dresses of all time and who wore them, from Kate Middleton to Princess Diana

Imagine the buyer's remorse you'd suffer after dropping £4.35 million on some white pleats
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Charlie Teather18 August 2017

We've all got that shopping wishlist that we're ready to bulldoze through as and when we win the EuroMillions, but until then the mere thought of splashing out on anything more than £50 in the local Zara is enough to warrant a brief self-imposed spending ban.

So imagine the buyer's remorse you'd suffer having dropped upwards of £4 million on an - albeit iconic - section of pleated white fabric. We shudder.

But that - in fact £4.35 million, more accurately - is how much one buyer handed over for a certain 'subway dress' in 2011.

In memory of such a moment, Getty Images this week compiled a list of the ten most expensive dresses of all time.

10. White Dior couture - £78,000

Worn by Charlize Theron to the 2013 Oscars ceremony

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9. Pearled Calvin Klein - £116,000

Worn by Lupita Nyong'o to the 2015 Oscars ceremony.

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8. Sole-shouldered Armani Privé - £155,000

Worn by Cate Blanchett to the 2007 Oscars ceremony.

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7. Black velvet Victor Edelstein - £240,000

Worn by Princess Diana to dance with John Travolta at President Raegan's White House Dinner in 1985.

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6. Lace-sleeved Alexander McQueen - £250,000

Worn by the Duchess of Cambridge for her wedding.

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5. Bardot-shoulderd Oscar de la Renta - £295,000

Worn by Amal Clooney for her wedding.

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4. Imperial pearl wedding dress - £388,000

Worn by Mary Joe Connolly, a photographer, who modelled the dress in the 1950s

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3. Black column Givenchy - £699,000

Worn by Audrey Hepburn in "Breakfast at Tiffany's"

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2. Chartreuse Christian Dior - £1.55 million

Worn by Nicole Kidman to the £1997 Oscars

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1. Pleated ivory "subway dress" - £4.35 million

Worn by Marilyn Monroe to the 1955 premiere of "The Seven Year Itch".

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We'll take the lot, thanks.

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