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Elizabeth Taylor’s Weeding Dress to be Auctioned at Christie’s

  Few of us can afford to bid on Elizabeth Taylor’s prized possessions up for auction this month at Christie’s. But fans with $30 can look in on the upscale garage sale before the film legend’s goods to on the block. “The Collection of Elizabeth Taylor,” running Saturday through Dec. 12, features everything from film memorabilia to paintings, jewelry, accessories and decorative items. The collection is expected to fetch more than $50 million when Lizophiles get a chance to bid on everything Dec. 13. “I think two of the most interesting things are the leather bound scripts from ‘Cat on a Hot Tin Roof’ and ‘National Velvet,’” said Heather Barnhart, Christie’s project director for the collection. “As a present for her, [husband] Eddie Fisher bound all of her scripts in lilac leather with gold embossing and he added movie stills in the back of them.”   The bound “National Velvet” script is expected to sell for between $2,000 and $3,000, while “Tin Roof” should pull in between $3,000 and $5,000.Among the highest-priced possessions is the Elizabeth Taylor Diamond, formerly known as the Krupp Diamond. It’s expected to sell for between $2.5 and $3.5 million, and was given to her as a gift by another husband, … Continue reading

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David’s Bridal to make a copy of Kim Kardashian’s Vera Wang wedding dress

  David’s Bridal is to recreate Kim Kardashian’s custom made Vera Wang wedding dress Well, of course it’s not such a surprise. After all it didn’t take long before Kate Middleton’s Alexander McQueen’s wedding dress by Sarah Burton when Allen Schwartz had started working on a replica of the royal wedding dress.   Similarly, Pippa Middleton’s maid-of-honour’s Alexander McQueen was copied just a few days after the Royal Wedding was on sale in Sydney. Vera Wang will work in collaboration with David’s Bridal to recreate two of the three wedding dresses that Kim Kardashian wore on her wedding on August 20th.   She (Vera Wang) already has a partnership with the bridal wear giant on a lower priced line of wedding dresses – White by Vera Wang.   The wedding gowns are to go on sale in February. ResellYourWedding.com – buy & sell used wedding dresses.

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Kim Kardashian’s Royal Hollywood Wedding to Kris Humphrey

Kim Kardashian and Kris Humphries are to splash out on a $10 million extravaganza that thay hope will be the Hollywood’s answer to the Royal Wedding of Kate Middleton and Prince William. Together with a huge array of stars from the music, film and entertainment industry, the New Jersey Nets will also attend the wedding. Kim Kardashian and Kris Humphries have reportedly been dating since December 2010. The basketball star popped the question by scattering 20,000 rose petals spelling out the message ‘Will You Marry Me?’ on her bedroom floor and handing her a massive $2 million engagement ring. Humphries will become the second NBA star to join the wealthy family famous for its TV reality show. Kim Kardashian has confirmed that her wedding dress designer will be Vera Wang.  

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