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13 or 16 carat diamond ring costing 300 some thousand.
PR: Bride to Wear $300,000 Diamond Gown
Parakeet <ab...@spamabuse.org>
7/19/2003 12:19:10 AM
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=573&ncid=757&e=9&u=/nm/20030718/od_nm/life_gown_dc
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A Syrian–Jewish bride from Brooklyn will this
summer wear what could be America's most expensive wedding gown, a
white dress adorned with 1,100 glittering diamonds and worth $300,000,
an assistant to the designer said on Thursday.
The gown has diamonds totaling 300 carats individually hand stitched
onto the silk material made for the 23–year–old woman, who immigrated
to New York three years ago.
The mystery bride did not want her name or the wedding date
publicized, said designer Anthony La Bate's assistant, John D'Agostino
of Francesca Custom Apparel shop in Brooklyn.
The woman's father paid for the dress.
D'Agostino said La Bate's wedding gowns usually run between $1,000 and
$10,000. "This is well above and beyond the usual," he said.
Mindy Woon, buyer and assistant manager of the bridal salon at the
upscale department store Bergdorf Goodman, said the most expensive
gown it sells is for about $40,000.
"I've never heard of a gown that high," Woon said. "That's probably
three times what most people spend on their entire wedding."
The dress is in two pieces. The bottom part, a ballgown, can be
removed for a more form–fitting, sleek look.
La Bate designs between 300 and 400 wedding gowns a year, D'Agostino
said. He has also designed ornate Rabbinical robes and dresses for
Miss America (news – web sites) contestants.
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A Syrian–Jewish bride from Brooklyn will this
summer wear what could be America's most expensive wedding gown, a
white dress adorned with 1,100 glittering diamonds and worth $300,000,
an assistant to the designer said on Thursday.
The gown has diamonds totaling 300 carats individually hand stitched
onto the silk material made for the 23–year–old woman, who immigrated
to New York three years ago.
The mystery bride did not want her name or the wedding date
publicized, said designer Anthony La Bate's assistant, John D'Agostino
of Francesca Custom Apparel shop in Brooklyn.
The woman's father paid for the dress.
D'Agostino said La Bate's wedding gowns usually run between $1,000 and
$10,000. "This is well above and beyond the usual," he said.
Mindy Woon, buyer and assistant manager of the bridal salon at the
upscale department store Bergdorf Goodman, said the most expensive
gown it sells is for about $40,000.
"I've never heard of a gown that high," Woon said. "That's probably
three times what most people spend on their entire wedding."
The dress is in two pieces. The bottom part, a ballgown, can be
removed for a more form–fitting, sleek look.
La Bate designs between 300 and 400 wedding gowns a year, D'Agostino
said. He has also designed ornate Rabbinical robes and dresses for
Miss America (news – web sites) contestants.
"K" <Kthyn...@aol.com>
7/19/2003 1:12:26 AM
"Parakeet" <ab...@spamabuse.org> wrote in message
news:16shhvgip1kprvsl88d2bvsrurtkjlt...@4ax.com...
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A Syrian–Jewish bride from Brooklyn will this
summer wear what could be America's most expensive wedding gown, a
white dress adorned with 1,100 glittering diamonds and worth $300,000,
an assistant to the designer said on Thursday.
The gown has diamonds totaling 300 carats individually hand stitched
onto the silk material made for the 23–year–old woman, who immigrated
to New York three years ago.
The mystery bride did not want her name or the wedding date
publicized, said designer Anthony La Bate's assistant, John D'Agostino
of Francesca Custom Apparel shop in Brooklyn.
The woman's father paid for the dress.
D'Agostino said La Bate's wedding gowns usually run between $1,000 and
$10,000. "This is well above and beyond the usual," he said.
Mindy Woon, buyer and assistant manager of the bridal salon at the
upscale department store Bergdorf Goodman, said the most expensive
gown it sells is for about $40,000.
"I've never heard of a gown that high," Woon said. "That's probably
three times what most people spend on their entire wedding."
The dress is in two pieces. The bottom part, a ballgown, can be
removed for a more form–fitting, sleek look.
La Bate designs between 300 and 400 wedding gowns a year, D'Agostino
said. He has also designed ornate Rabbinical robes and dresses for
Miss America (news – web sites) contestants.
I saw the gown. It has a detachable skirt. She is also getting I believe a summer wear what could be America's most expensive wedding gown, a
white dress adorned with 1,100 glittering diamonds and worth $300,000,
an assistant to the designer said on Thursday.
The gown has diamonds totaling 300 carats individually hand stitched
onto the silk material made for the 23–year–old woman, who immigrated
to New York three years ago.
The mystery bride did not want her name or the wedding date
publicized, said designer Anthony La Bate's assistant, John D'Agostino
of Francesca Custom Apparel shop in Brooklyn.
The woman's father paid for the dress.
D'Agostino said La Bate's wedding gowns usually run between $1,000 and
$10,000. "This is well above and beyond the usual," he said.
Mindy Woon, buyer and assistant manager of the bridal salon at the
upscale department store Bergdorf Goodman, said the most expensive
gown it sells is for about $40,000.
"I've never heard of a gown that high," Woon said. "That's probably
three times what most people spend on their entire wedding."
The dress is in two pieces. The bottom part, a ballgown, can be
removed for a more form–fitting, sleek look.
La Bate designs between 300 and 400 wedding gowns a year, D'Agostino
said. He has also designed ornate Rabbinical robes and dresses for
Miss America (news – web sites) contestants.
13 or 16 carat diamond ring costing 300 some thousand.