See-through dress which snared a prince up for sale
The see-through dress which helped Kate Middleton
catch the eye of her husband-to-be Prince William is going under the
hammer, the auctioneers said Monday.
The transparent lace dress worn during a charity
fashion show at St Andrews University in Scotland is expected to fetch
up to 10,000 pounds ($16,000, 12,000 euros) when it goes on sale next
month.
Middleton, then aged 20, strode down the catwalk
wearing the knitted mesh slip-dress and black underwear during the
student show in 2002.
William, second in line to
the throne, paid 200 pounds for a front-row seat and soon afterwards
their friendship blossomed into romance. Some reports suggest he made
his first move on her at a party later that evening.
The
dress was designed by Charlotte Todd, who was a fashion and textile
design student in 2000 at the University of the West of England in
Bristol when she produced the garment for a project entitled "The Art of
Seduction".
It took around a week to make and was intended as a skirt.
Two
years later, she was invited to submit a garment for the annual St
Andrews fashion show. The piece was selected for Middleton, who wore it
as a dress.
"If it is true that my design helped
change the prince's interest in Kate from platonic to romantic as has
been reported, then I am pleased to have played a part - however minor,"
the 31-year-old said.
"I never would have imagined as I sat knitting this piece that one day it would be so important."
Todd did not pursue a career in fashion and is now a retail manager at an aquarium in Bristol, southwest England.
A
spokesman for Kerry Taylor Auctions said the dress, which was only ever
worn by Middleton, was expected to fetch between 8,000 and 10,000
pounds.
The auction, to be held in central
London on March 17, also includes two gowns worn by William's mother,
Diana, princess of Wales.
William and Kate will marry at Westminster Abbey in London on April 29.
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