Kate's Dress

Has so much fuss ever been made about a dress that was made by a student, worn by another student that caused a male student to exclaim, "Phwoar, she is a bit of alright!"?

The dress that Charlotte Todd designed for a charity auction in St Andrews cost just £30 to make and was worn by none other than Kate Middleton who apparently caught the eye of a Prince.

Yesterday it was sold in auction for the sum of £78 000, far surpassing the other auctions of actual proper dresses by reknowned designers Zanda Rhodes and Catherine Walker, worn by Princess Diana.

Now, I am enjoying the whole Royal Wedding hype and feel it is time to make it clear (in case it isn't already) that my buying of memorabilia is not because I admire and adore Kate Middleton, but just a bit of a laugh. I am not a sad cat lady, surrounded by Royal tat. Honest.

And so it is mind-boggling for me to read that someone spent the amount of money that could buy small ex-coucil house in Scotland on a dress that was made of lace and a few ribbons.


I can see the point of buying the Zandra Rhodes or the Catherine Walker - although perhaps not iconic "Diana" dresses in the sense that we remember her wearing them, they are at least  wearable - if you fancied wearing the dress of a dead Princess, which to be honest is a bit creepy. What do people do when with the dresses? Are they admired in a museum, or added to a private collection?

The Zandra Rhodes was sold for £30k and the Catherine Walker for £36k.