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The 15 most expensive dresses in the world

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The 15 most expensive dresses in the world

Estimate: $150,000

Where: At the 2015 Academy Awards

Here it is: The custom Calvin Klein dress is embellished with 6,000 pearls, embroidered on the body

Accompanying: Matching jewelry

The 15 most expensive dresses in the world

Estimate: $200,000

Where: At the 2007 Academy Awards

Here it is: Swarovski crystal-encrusted Armani Prive dress

The 15 most expensive dresses in the world

Estimate: £250,000 (at the time it was about $390,000), although the royal family denied this claim at the time

Where: Wedding to William, Duke of Cambridge, in April 2011

Here it is: a wedding dress designed by Sarah Burton, creative director of fashion brand Alexander McQueen

Accompanying: Cartier Halo Headdress, designed and made for Queen Elizabeth in 1936

The 15 most expensive dresses in the world

Estimate: Auctioned in London in 2016 for $923,000

In: Tiffany & Co at the opening ceremony of the "Tiffany Breakfast Restaurant" (1961) on Fifth Avenue

It is: Hubert de Givenchy's "Little Black Dress"

Accompanying: Classic Holly Golightly accessories, mouthpiece, string of pearls, black hat and opera gloves

The 15 most expensive dresses in the world

Estimate: $2 million

In: At the 1997 Academy Awards

Here it is: Christian Dior's John Galliano dress

The 15 most expensive dresses in the world

Estimate: $4 million

In: At the 2013 Academy Awards

Here it is: A Dior Couture dress

The 15 most expensive dresses in the world

Estimate: Around $3.5 million

In: At the 2009 Academy Awards

Here it is: an Elie Saab dress

Accompanying: Lorraine Schwartz's emerald pendant earrings with a ring

The 15 most expensive dresses in the world

Estimate: $100,000

Here it is: A Christian Dior Couture dress

Accompanying: Vintage Harry Winston jewelry, including emerald cut diamond stud earrings, platinum diamond plaid bracelet and olive-pointed cut diamond cluster ring

The 15 most expensive dresses in the world

In: At the 2014 Academy Awards

Here it is: An Armani Prive dress

Accompanying: Chopard jewelry, including opal earrings and diamond bracelets and rings

The 15 most expensive dresses in the world

Estimate: Princess Diana was originally auctioning off the dress for charity before her death, which was bought by a businesswoman for £100,000. It was later sold again in 2011 for £240,000.

In: White House in Washington, D.C., 1985

Here it is: a Victor Edelstein dress

Accompanying: Sapphire brooch necklace

The 15 most expensive dresses in the world

Estimate: Sold at auction for $4.6 million in 2011

In: In the 1955 film The Seven Year Itch

Here it is: a dress designed by costume designer William Travilla

The 15 most expensive dresses in the world

In: At the 2007 Academy Awards

Here it is: A mint green Valentino dress

The 15 most expensive dresses in the world

In: At the 2014 Academy Awards

Here it is: A Chanel dress

Accompanying: Tiffany & Co's Blue Book Collection Jewelry Emma Roberts

The 15 most expensive dresses in the world

Estimate: $95,000

In: At the 2001 Academy Awards

Here it is: A Valentino skirt

Accompanying: Van Cleef & Arpels jewelry

The 15 most expensive dresses in the world

Estimate: $80,000

In: At the 2011 Academy Awards

Here it is: A Valentino dress

Accompanying: Tiffany & Co.'s 'Lucinda' necklace

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