#8298 • Elizabeth Taylor's Personally Owned Dress

Part of Legends of Hollywood & Music Auction (timed auction by GWS Auctions)

Starting at $1.00

Status: Sold

Est. $12,000-$15,000 Elizabeth Taylor's Personally Owned Lavender & Ivory "Victor Costa Ltd." Full Length Dress W/Copy of Receipt - This beautiful dress was personally owned by the Queen of Hollywood, actress Elizabeth Taylor. The full length, long-sleeved dress is constructed of a sheer lavender bodice, puffed long sleeves, and full ivory skirt with bouquets of violets. An interior label reads "Victor Costa Ltd.", and there is no size present. The dress was previously sold at auction, and will be accompanied by a copy of the previous auction receipt. Elizabeth Taylor (1932-2011) was a British-American actress, businesswoman, and humanitarian. She began her career as a child actress in the 1940s, and went on to become one of the most popular stars of classical Hollywood cinema in the 1950s. She had a successful career into the 1960s, and remained a well-known public figure for the rest of her life. She has had three films in which she starred, "National Velvet", "Giant", and "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" which have been preserved in the National Film Registry, and the American Film Institute has named her the seventh greatest female screen legend of classical Hollywood cinema. Elizabeth Taylor's legacy remains as a cultural icon, who was one of the last stars of classical Hollywood cinema, and also one of the first modern celebrities.