Amy Winehouse's Dress Sold For $68,000 At Auction

December 1, 2011

By Stephanie Oduenyi

Amy Winehouse

 

Late Singer Amy Winehouse's chiffon dress worn for the cover of her chart-topping album 'Back to Black' has sold for $68,000 at Kerry Taylor Auction House in London.

 

Proceeds from the Disaya-designed dress sale, which exceeded initial pre-sale estimates of a maximum $31,454 will go to the Amy Winehouse Foundation, a charity set by

 

father to the 27-year-old singer, Mitchell Winehouse, which seeks to provide help and relief to young people struggling with ill health, disability, poverty or drug addiction.

 

The dress will go on display at the Museo De La Moda, a South American fashion museum in Santiago, Chile which acquired the iconic property.

 

The English singer songwriter, who died in July of 2011 due to alcohol poisoning, is best remembered for her powerful deep contralto vocals and her eclectic mix of musical genres

 

including R&B, soul and jazz as well as her sometimes eccentric behaviour.

 

RIP Amy Winehouse..