Naomi Campbell McQueen ensemble sold for $1.6 million at fashion auction
Fair Warning hosted its first fashion sale in an Upper East Side mansion yesterday evening.
McQueen record-breaking ensemble sells
The Alexander McQueen Plato's Atlantis collection from Spring 2010 achieved the top price of the night. Buyers paid $1,586,000 for the minidress with arced balloon sleeves and matching Armadillo heels. This amount represents the highest sum ever fetched by a McQueen piece at auction.
Other high-value items sell
Yves Saint Laurent's 1965 Mondrian dress sold for $750,000 to set another unprecedented record. A purple sleeveless Alaïa gown with sheer paneling fetched $175,000 during the event. The total sale of all twenty-three lots reached $3,931,000.
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