MOST COSTLY DRESS IN THE WORLD.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 283, 24 August 1908, Page 5

MOST COSTLY DRESS IN THE WORLD.

The Queen of Slam is tho possessor of the most costly dress owned by any woman in tho world, according to a. writer in a Berlin newspaper. It is a silken robo of Stato, in which the fabric is entirely hidden under an embroidery of diamonds, emeralds, rubies, and sapphires. A rough estimate of tho valuo of tho garment is about £1,000,000, says the Philadelphia "Press." Next in valuo to this costume is ono owned by one of the Tsar's sisters, ZeniaAlexandrovna, the wife of tho Grand Duke Alexander Michaelovitch. It is a traditional Russian national dress, but is embroidered from the points-of tho three-homed cap down to tho toes of tho' shoes with precious stones. . Tho cap and bodice are covered with jewels.. Tho weight of the rig is so great that it is almost unwearable.

Among the dresses in the tens of thousands of dollars is said to be one made entirely of Brussels laco and pearls, and owned by an American woman. The fichu alono is appraised at £4000, or about 200 times its weight in gold. Then there is a Russian princess. who owns a fortune in the shape of a silver fox pelisse. The collar alone cost £400, and the wholo garment is described as worth its weight in gold. The widow of Li Hung Chang is also rich in furs. Slio has 500 fur garments of every description, some of them of enormous valuo.