Amy Winehouse's Back to Black dress sold for charity
The dress Amy Winehouse wore on the cover of her Grammy-winning 2006 album Back To Black has sold for $57,600 at auction.
Disaya Sorakraikitikul, the designer of the printed white chiffon gown, put the dress up for sale to raise funds for the charity foundation set up in the singer's name.
The dress was expected to fetch up to $32,000 when it went under
the hammer at London's La Galleria on Tuesday (29Nov11), but
interest in the lot was higher than anticipated and bids soared way
past the estimate, much to the delight of the late star's father,
Mitch Winehouse.
In a post on his Twitter.com blog, he writes, "We raised £36,000
for Amy's back 2 black dress. Lots of kids will benefit."
The singer's father launched the Amy Winehouse Foundation to
benefit organisations supporting vulnerable young people following
the star's tragic death in July (11).