Dress worn by the late Queen's bridesmaid (and also Kate Moss) 始める，決める to fetch £50,000 at auction
- Lady Elizabeth Longman, who wore the dress, was a lifelong friend of the Queen
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One of the dresses worn the?Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip's bridesmaids is 始める，決める to go up for auction.
Lady Elizabeth Longman, who died in 2016 老年の 92, was? one of the 王室の couple's eight bridesmaids and a lifelong friend of the late Queen, wore the white, tulle dress at their Westminster Abbey wedding 儀式 on 20 November 1947 which is now 存在 put on sale by Christie's.
The dress, which is 推定する／予想するd to reach between £30,000 and £50,000 was later wore by Kate Moss when the supermodel was doing a photo shoot at a stately home where Lady Elizabeth was staying.
With a Bardot neckline, a ruched, silk bodice and a flowing tulle skirt embellished with flowers, the elegant dress remains in 近づく-perfect 条件 にもかかわらず the passage of time.
Speaking to The Telegraph, Benedict Winter of Christie's 述べるd the 76-year-old gown as 存在 in 'incredibly good 条件'.?
Lady Elizabeth Longman,?n?e Lambart, (支援する 列／漕ぐ／騒動, second from 権利) was one of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip's eight bridesmaids when they married in 1947. The white, tulle bridesmaid's dresses had a Bardot neckline, a ruched, silk bodice and a flowing tulle skirt embellished with flowers
Winter, who looks after the auction house's 私的な collections, 追加するd: 'The dress has been much-loved and the family feel it is time to give it to a wider audience.'
Lady Elizabeth was staying at Houghton Hall in 2012 at the same time that Kate was there for a photoshoot for British style magazine Love.
Although several pictures from the shoot were published in an 問題／発行する of Love - 含むing one of the then 87-year-old Lady Elizabeth in all her finery - the image of a beaming Kate wearing the bridesmaid' s dress was held 支援する.?
The 以前 unseen image of Kate and Lady Elizabeth has been 解放（する）d to support the sale of the dress, which will be auctioned on July 2 in The Exceptional Sale at Christie's.?
反映するing on the experience, Kate said: '会合 Lady Elizabeth and wearing her dress, that had such a wonderful 遺産, was a magical moment for me. I felt like I was wearing a piece of history'.?
事前の to the sale, it will be on public 陳列する，発揮する at the auction house's London 場所／位置.?
推定する／予想するd to fetch between £30,000 and £50,000, the dress is likely to attract a 抱擁する 量 of 利益／興味 from both UK and international 入札者s. Those those wanting to wear it will need supermodel 割合s, with the waist 測定 just 24 インチs.?
Winter 追加するd: 'Christie’s is 特権d to be 申し込む／申し出ing this evocative and rare example of 王室の fashion history.'
Supermode l Kate Moss (pictured in May 2024) had the chance to try on Lady Elizabeth's bridesmaid's dress in 2012 when she was doing a photo shoot at Houghton Hall for Love magazine?
He 追加するd: 'I love the photograph because it is the old world 会合 the new world ? Kate is wearing a remarkable piece of history.'?
It comes as?a number of the late Princes Diana's looks,?含むing a Catherine Walker skirt 控訴 and a hat designed by Philip Somerville, will also go up for auction.
Los Angeles-based Julien's Auctions will first 小旅行する the 衣料品s in an 展示, before selling them off at The Museum of Style Icons in Ireland.
Some of Diana's most famous and striking ensembles - for example, a Murray Arbeid gown worn twice in 1986, first at the Phantom of the オペラ 首相 and then to a dinner at Claridge's for King Constantine of Greece - will be on sale.?
Diana also wore the dress when she was photographed by Lord Snowdon in 1997 ahead of a Christie's charity auction. It has an 見積（る） of $200,000 - $400,000.
Also on 申し込む／申し出 is a pair of 有望な green satin evening pumps by Kurt Geiger, which the 王室の wore to a 明言する／公表する 祝宴 at the Dorchester Hotel in 1993 - and could bring in $2,000 - $4,000.
The late Princess Diana's Murray Arbeid gown, which she wore twice in 1986, will be auctioned on June 27
A multi-coloured wide-brim hat sported by Diana during her 1985 Australian 王室の Tou r is 推定する／予想するd to attract 申し込む／申し出s between $10,000 and $20,000.
A 部分 of the auction proceeds will go to Muscular Dystrophy UK, the 主要な charity for those living with one of more than 60 muscle-wasting and 弱めるing 条件s.
Julien's Auctions said: 'Diana may have been a princess, but her allure 競争相手d that of a Hollywood starlet.
'Though she left no films behind, her 遺産／遺物 lives on through the exquisite gowns and 従犯者s that continue to captivate audiences, 招待するing them to delve deeper into her enigmatic persona.'
