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If diamonds are a girl's best friend, what about this made-to-order prom dress? Credit: dressgoddess
An online retailer based outside Philadelphia has already sold two of the floor-length metallic silver gowns, which have hundreds of diamonds hand-sewn onto the bodice. They're custom made and take three to four weeks to complete.
A form-fitting strapless number with a thigh-high slit, the gown also sells without diamonds for $398.
"The reaction has been fantastic," said Jon Liney, who sells the gown on his 3-year-old website DressGoddess.com.
The actual price is $13,997. "My lucky number is 13," Liney said.
The bejeweled frock is being billed as a prom gown, but Liney said he doesn't think the two purchases were for teenagers. He will only say that one of the orders is from Europe, and the other is from the U.S.
"Ladies are truly looking for something that's unique. This is ultra-sophisticated. It's extravagant," said Liney, whose bricks-and-mortar store in Bensalem, just outside Philadelphia, has been selling prom gowns since 1969.
He declined to give a total carat estimate for the dress or say where the diamonds are purchased. The sewing work is done by seamstresses in another location, which he wouldn't identify because of security reasons.
If you're ready to whip out your credit card or take out a bank loan to get yourself that special occasion showstopper, however, you'll have to be patient: The diamond-less version of the dress, which is used as the basis for its custom cousin, is currently out of stock.
Liney said they'll be ready to ship again in around a month.
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3-11-2011 @ 12:47AM
Char said...I wonder if the seamstresses making this dress are even making minimum wage... After all, we don't know where they are. It's sad how indulgent we have become on the backs of potentially unfair labor.
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3-14-2011 @ 11:04PM
Averagedancer said...I think if young women want a $14,000 dress, they should earn the money themselves. If I were a betting woman, I'd wager they'd find better things to do with that kind of money, if they had to earn it. Parents that buy their daughters $14,000 dresses, need to have their heads examined.
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