A dress Winehouse wore for her final stage performance before her death in 2011 sold for 243,200. Other items that sold at the Julien's auction include a custom red-leather heart-shaped Moschino purse, for nearly $205,000 a floral Dolce & Gabbana dress Winehouse wore on stage, for $150,000 and a black and tan Temperley London jumpsuit she donned for a 2008 photo shoot with the Sunday Times, which went for just over $120,000. A large selection of Amy Winehouse's personal items were auctioned off for around 4 million. exciting to absolute devastation," Parry notes. She had been doing so well."Īfter that concert, the tour ended up being nixed, and a little more than a month later, Winehouse was dead. AmyWinehouse LivePerformance FirstTimeHearingThanks for watching the video and subscribing to the channel you are officially apart of the crew. Parry adds that Winehouse had just completed a stint in rehab at the time and that the dress, one of nearly a dozen Parry had helped design for the singer's upcoming European tour, "was supposed to be the start of something new and moving forward.
Recreating celebrities posthumously using their actual image and vocals appropriates their legacies without their consent in ethically contentious ways, says Thomas. Multi-Grammy-winning Winehouse, whose seminal and intensely soulful 2006 album "Back to Black," is counted as a modern classic, often spoke of her personal experiences battling alcohol and drug addiction."I feel an immense amount of sadness when I look at that dress," Parry tells the New York Post, which notes that June 2011 concert had been a "disaster," helmed by an apparently intoxicated Winehouse. A Whitney Houston hologram is about us, not her, writes Holly Thomas - and the same is true of AI renderings of other dead celebrities like Anthony Bourdain, Amy Winehouse and Michael Jackson. Amy Jade Winehouse was born on Septemin Southgate, London, England to Janis Holly Collins (née Seaton), a pharmacist & Mitchell 'Mitch' Winehouse, a taxi driver. The proceeds will go to the Amy Winehouse Foundation, which supports vulnerable young adults battling addiction.
"Of course, there are fans and museums and collectors all over the world that will want to own some of these items, care for them, show them at museums, keep her legacy and her memory alive and at the same time raise some money for the foundation," he added. "It took them a long time to actually come to terms and decide to let go," said Martin Nolan of auction house Julien's, which is managing the sale. The dress singer Amy Winehouse wore for her final performance sold on Nov. Winehouse wore the green and black bamboo print dress at a concert in Belgrade in 2011. The dress singer Amy Winehouse wore for her final performance sold Sunday for 243,200, 16 times its estimated value, as part of a trove of memorabilia from the late diva’s life auctioned in California.
The dress is the highlight of an 800-item collection of personal effects, ranging from bras and DVDs to books and make-up that are being sold by Winehouse's parents Mitch and Janis. Amy Winehouse’s last concert dress sells for 243,200 LOS ANGELES-Agence France-Presse. Amy Winehouse’s last concert dress sells for 243,200. Her tragic death was the culmination of a lengthy - and often very public - struggle with alcohol and drugs. Amy Winehouse English singer and songwriter The dress singer Amy Winehouse wore for her final performance sold Sunday for 243,200, 16 times its estimated value, as part of a trove of memorabilia from the late divas life auctioned in California. Winehouse wore the green and black bamboo print at a concert in Belgrade in 2011.Ī month later, on July 23, she was dead from acute alcohol poisoning. The dress that singer Amy Winehouse wore for her final performance will be auctioned this weekend in California, as part of a trove of memorabilia from the soul diva's life.