The Most Expensive Abaya
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An abaya is a long, flowing outer garment that covers the whole body except the face, hands and feet , worn by Islamic women belonging to elite and royal families. In the fashion scene, an abaya could be equivocal to a long caftan.
Recently, long-time British couturier Bruce Oldfield designed one of these traditional dresses using the finest black silk taffeta embellished by diamonds and embroidery. This particular abaya bears a staggering retail price of $365,000 and will be the highlight of the luxury Saudi Gulf Luxury Trade Fair which takes place in London in August to help boost British exports.
Oldfield is famous for designing royalty frocks for heiress brides including Jemima Khan, her mother Lady Annabel Goldsmith, Samantha Cameron, Lady Tamara Grosvenor and Queen Rania of Jordan. He also dresses some of Hollywood’s most glamorous women, including Sienna Miller, Angelica Houston, Barbra Streisand, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Melanie Griffith, Charlotte Rampling and Faye Dunaway.
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