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    Would you spend £500,000 to get your hands on a suit worn by one of your favourite celebrities? It may seem like a lot of cash to splash but fans of the world’s biggest names are willing to spend a small fortune to own a piece of celebrity fashion history. 

    Top 10 most expensive celebrity suits sold at auction, with original illustrationsFrom John Lennon’s 1960s Douglas Millings suit to Daniel Craig’s custom-made suit from 2015’s James Bond: Spectre, luxury menswear tailor and retailer, Savile Row Company, has analysed suit sales from the world’s leading auction houses to reveal the 10 most expensive celebrity suits to ever sell under the hammer.

    10. Orson Welles

    Coming in at number 10 is this uber-cool, 3-piece, chalk stripe suit that was worn by esteemed American actor, director, screenwriter and producer Orson Welles during the final scenes of Citizen Kane in 1941. It sold at an auction in 2015 to an anonymous buyer for £18,794.62. The classic, 1930’s style suit was designed by Edward Stevenson who was the head designer at RKO Pictures at the time and featured a jacket with a notched lapel, three flap lower pockets, a four-button front closure and a Western Costume label which had ‘O.Welles’ inscribed on it. 

    9. Phoebe Waller-Bridge

    Phoebe Waller-Bridge, star of the popular TV show Fleabag, decided to auction off her fabulous, custom made suit she wore to the Golden Globes in 2020 on eBay to raise money for the devastating Australian bushfires. The glittering couture suit designed by Ralph and Russo featured a black silk lapel and geometric black and gold ribbon appliqué and was bought by an anonymous buyer for £21,000.

    8. Daniel Craig

    In 2016, a 2-piece dinner suit designed by Tom Ford and worn by Daniel Craig as James Bond in Spectre, sold at auction for £27,500 to an anonymous buyer. This instantly recognisable suit was worn in the promo shots and during the scene where Bond has dinner on the train in Morocco and during the following fight. The single-breasted cream silk jacket featured the Tom Ford label as well as the words ‘Daniel Craig, Bond 24’ embroidered inside.

    7. His Royal Highness Duke of Windsor

    Originally made for King George in 1897 and then passed down to his son King Edward in 1936 and then again to Prince Charles, the fabulous 2-piece, wool, Rothesay Hunting Tartan suit in forest green, deep red, and pale yellow is an extraordinary piece of Royal fashion history. In 2017 the tartan suit went on auction and sold for £29,825.45. Not only does this suit boast of thread adorned by royalty, but it also comes with a white cotton shirt sporting a W and crown, along with three silk bow ties and a deep green silk cummerbund.

    6. John Lennon

    The Beatles are know for their iconic music and their iconic suits so it’s no surprise they made it onto our list. Custom made for John Lennon, the skinny, grey wool 2-piece suit with narrow lapels sold for £31,424.46 in 2017, presumably to a music collector. It was designed by Douglas Millings who was know as ‘the Beatles tailor’  and even has ‘John’ handwritten twice on the breast pocket and underneath the trouser zipper.

    5. Rudolph Valentino

    One of the most important costumes in film history is this exquisite silk ‘suit of lights’ matador costume designed by Travis Banton for Rudolph Valentino to wear as Juan Gallardo in the 1922 silent drama movie Blood and Sand. Consisting of a jacket and trousers decorated with intricate silver bullion, red faceted stones, sequins and beaded silver tone bullion fringe, both garments have the words ‘Paramount Wardrobe – 11’ and ‘M3168’ inscribed inside. The impressive suit sold at an auction in 2015 for £37,589.25 by an anonymous buyer.

    4. Gene Kelly

    The belted 2-piece suit worn by Gene Kelly in the classic movie musical Singin’ in the Rain was sold at an auction for £65,000. The buyer, Robert Earl, who founded the restaurant chain Planet Hollywood had been after the suit for years and when it finally resurfaced he snapped it up! The suit was made specifically for Gene Kelly by Walter Plunkett and still has water stains inside from where Kelly was repeatedly soaked through during takes. Even his name on the label is smudged. In an interview, Robert Earl said that he planned to put the suit on display in one of his restaurants although had not decided which one.

    3. John Travolta

    Arguably, one of John Travolta’s most iconic looks was this 3-piece white suit worn in Saturday Night Fever and was ultimately bought in a charity auction for around £1,440 by film critic Gene Siskel who was known for collecting film and sports memorabilia. After Gene’s passing in 1995, the suit went to auction and was sold to an anonymous bidder for £106,821.01.

    2. The Beatles (all four suits)

    In 2008, four Douglas Millings suits worn by each member of The Beatles during a pre-promotion of A Hard Days Night, was sold at an auction for £110,187.75. The grey, wool suits with black velvet collars and blue lining included the designer’s tag noting which Beatle wore which suit. While no information is publicly available on who bought the suits, obtaining this highly valuable collection was sure to thrill any hardcore Beatles fan. 

    1. Indian Prime Minister, Narendra Damodardas Modi 

    Coming in at number one is India’s Prime Minister Narendra Damodardas Modi’s suit, which sold at auction for a staggering £508,904.09 – landing it in the Guinness Book of World Records. He was photographed wearing the immaculate suit at his meeting with former US President Barack Obama in 2015. The somewhat controversial suit intricately spells out his name in what looks like a pinstripe pattern. Ultimately, the suit was sold to a man from Surat and the proceeds went to the Namaami Gange Trust fund, an initiative of the Modi cabinet. 

     

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