The intricate gown worn by Elizabeth Taylor when she married her first husband Conrad Hilton will be auctioned at Christie's in London in June.
BY Bibby Sowray | 28 May 2013
The wedding dress Elizabeth Taylor wore to marry her first husband, Conrad Hilton, is to be sold at auction, and it's expected to fetch up to ?50,000.
The gown was created by legendary costume designer Helen Rose for the then-18-year-old bride as a gift from Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, the film studio under which Taylor was contracted.
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Formed of 25 yards of shell-white satin sprinkled with bugle beads and tiny seed pearls trailed by 15 yards of satin train, the dress has an inbuilt corset which cinched Taylor's waist to a tiny 20 inches on the wedding day. The matching veil is made of 10 yards of shimmering silk illusion net attached to a pearl-covered Juliet cap.
It is estimated to have taken 15 seamstresses two to three months to complete the gown, which is said to be so intricate that it could not be replicated. It will be sold at Christie's in London on June 26 as part of the auction house's 'Pop Culture' sale.
Elizabeth Taylor's first wedding dress. Photo: Christie's
The 1950 wedding was touted as the social event of the year with 700 guests invited. MGM, who said the wedding would see 'more stars than there are in heaven', even marketed Taylor's new film, Father of the Bride , to coincide with the much publicised real-life wedding.
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Photographs of the teenage Taylor wearing the dress were seen all over the world as it graced countless magazine covers.
Taylor and Hilton's marriage lasted only eight months and the actress went on to marry a further seven times, most memorably to Richard Burton twice. Rose went on to create Grace Kelly's iconic wedding dress for her marriage to Prince Rainier and is considered one of the finest costumiers of Hollywood's golden age.
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