Winehouse cover dress sells for £43K

The Disaya dress that Amy Winehouse wore on the cover of her multi-platinum Back to Black album sold at auction for £43,200 yesterday, more than quadrupling its pre-sale estimate.

By ELLE UK and NonePublished: 30 November 2011

<p>Amy Winehouse in the Disaya dress</p>

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The polka-dotted chiffon dress was acquired by the Fundacion Museo de la Moda, a Chilean fashion museum, at a Kerry Taylor Auctions event.

Designer Disaya, a 2006 Central Saint Martins graduate, donated the dress to the auction house in early November to benefit the Amy Winehouse Foundation. Mitch Winehouse, the late singers father, said the funds raised in the auction would be directed to aiding vulnerable youth as soon as possible.

I cant put into words how grateful I am to Kerry and Disaya for their support and hard work, Winehouse said. We are just over the moon, and this is a wonderful start to the foundation. We are off to visit a homeless charity in Euston tomorrow and so the money will go to a good cause straight away.

Also sold in the auction was Cristobal Balenciagas gold silk sari-style gown, created for newlywed Elizabeth Taylor in 1964. The landmark piece sold for £31,200, within the £30,000 to £50,000 estimates.

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