The heartbreak behind this Amy Winehouse dress up for auction
For her very last stay efficiency in 2011, Amy Winehouse took the phase in Belgrade, Serbia, sporting a bamboo-print halter dress designed by her stylist and close friend Naomi Parry.
The pair had collaborated on a selection of 11 frocks to be worn by the “Rehab” singer for her approaching European tour. But that evening in June 2011 was a disaster, with the Grammy winner slurring and wandering off phase. Her tour was cancelled as a consequence, and the stunning outfits ended up rarely worn.
“I sense an huge quantity of unhappiness when I glimpse at that gown,” Parry advised The Submit, noting that, all through the time, Winehouse, who struggled with habit, had just been to rehab. “[The dress] was supposed to be the commence of a little something new and transferring forward. She experienced been carrying out so well.”
As a substitute, Winehouse died of liquor poisoning a month later on. She was only 27.
“[The dress] went from symbolizing something new and thrilling to absolute devastation,” said Parry.
The bamboo quantity is one particular of hundreds of merchandise from the soulful singer’s wardrobe that will be up for bid at Julien’s Auction in Beverly Hills Saturday and Sunday, with proceeds benefitting the Amy Winehouse Foundation, which helps youthful people today who are battling addiction. It’s predicted to increase between $15,000 and $17,000.
Also on offer are extras from Miu Miu, a pair of Freed ballet flats donned on stage with Mick Jagger, a Dolce & Gabbana cardigan and a heart-formed Moschino bag — believed to fetch $15,000 to $20,000 — that Winehouse wore to the BRIT Awards in 2007.
That visual appearance was a turning level for Winehouse. She would before long become a family identify, with designers sending her boatloads of luxe outfits. (As soon as Winehouse’s dependancy started to spin out of control, Parry reported some trend residences distanced them selves, but “Dolce & Gabbana constantly looked after us.”)
Adhering to her tragic death, Winehouse’s belongings went in storage for virtually a 10 years till her spouse and children decided to exhibit and auction off her individual outcomes for a superior lead to.
“It was costing [her family] an arm and a leg and it was just depressing to see this stuff sat listed here. We all agreed, there was just so much of it,” Parry claimed. “What is the stage of possessing it in the locker when it could make money for the basis and elevate recognition? And do an exhibition with it at the similar time?”
In January 2020, the Grammy Museum released “Beyond Black: The Design and style of Amy Winehouse” to showcase the merchandise. Later this month, a lot of of the content of apparel will be moved to London’s Style Museum for “Amy: Over and above the Stage.” Potential buyers will acquire their objects right after the show closes.
Looking at the wardrobe on show introduced Parry “comfort.” Right after all, it was the London-based innovative director who served transform Winehouse, with her signature beehive and retro aptitude, into a fashion icon.
“She wasn’t rockabilly even even though that’s how her appear was manifesting,” said Parry, who introduced a modern eye to Winehouse’s trademark vintage appear, dressing her in modern day designers.
“I streamlined it as substantially as you can with someone who was as inclined as Amy to distress nearly anything she was sporting.”
And Parry, who lately produced a guide about her pal, “Amy Winehouse: Further than Black,” stated the displays and the auction have been cathartic.
“They’ve acquired very a couple difficult memories,” she explained. “I want something extra optimistic to come from them.”
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