Value of Kate Middleton's Fateful Sheer Dress is Skyrocketing

It's the stuff of royal legend: A young university coed catwalks past a handsome prince in a sheer slip-dress and steals his heart.
The young prince-on-campus,
Prince William, cranes his neck to get a glimpse of the brunette beauty,
Kate Middleton, and their fairytale romance begins.
The $45 silk lingerie-dress famously worn by Middleton and created by young design student Charlotte Todd in 2000 is now a royal artifact worth at least $15,000, British auctioneer Greasbys told
the Daily Mail.
The auction house predicts its value could exceed $160,000 when Middleton becomes a princess following her April 29 wedding.
Todd, who now works at an aquarium, recently retrieved the stashed dress from her mother's closet, where it has been stored since the fateful fashion show.
Todd told the Daily Mail there's little chance she'll part with the dress. "If it hadn't been see-through, William might not have noticed her. I definitely think it played a part in the royal love story," she said.
Todd made the dress from black and gold silks for a design school project dubbed "the art of seduction." It took her about a week to knit the two fabrics together and add blue ribbon trim, she told the paper.
In 2002, St. Andrew's University, where both Middleton and the prince were students, asked to borrow the racy frock for a fundraiser fashion show. Middleton was dating someone else when she strutted past the prince, her hair set off by a slender side braid and her black undies and bandeau bra-top clearly visible.
Todd said the piece was actually a skirt, but Middleton opted to wear it as a dress.
"Kate was a great clothes horse to show off my design," Todd recalled. "Her body was the exact right shape to pull it off."
As for offers to part with it, Todd told the newspaper, "The only person I would probably give it to is her, maybe in exchange for a wedding invitation."
Todd also sketched up her own version of a wedding dress, which she shared with a U.K. newswire service, but she's stepping on a few designer trains with that offer. Read More
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Oh please, That "dress" looks like it was designed by a 14 year old. Horrible.
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The young prince-on-campus, Prince William, cranes his neck to get a glimpse of the brunette beauty, Kate Middleton, and their fairytale romance begins.I love this , So does My boyfriend .he is almost 11year older than me .i met him via age'lessmate.c'om a nice place for seeking age le ss love.which gives you a chance to make your life better and open opportunities for you to meet the attractive young girls and treat you like a king. Maybe you wanna check it out or tell your friends..
Lovely dress. Every woman under twenty five and under one hundred, twenty five pounds should own one.
Yes, girls. You, too, cpi;d marry a wussy twit full of genetic flaws
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They should loan it to the Madame Trudeseau Wax Museum for a display. It would be a hit.
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An insult to 14-year-olds everywhere.
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Why do people want to make fun of things that mean so much to someone else? People, lets get happy with ourselves first, then you can point fingers!
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"Kate was a great clothes horse to show off my design," Todd recalled. "Her body was the exact right shape to pull it off."
So to speak.
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Already sick of hearing about Kate Middleton. I can't imagine what it will be like by next April.
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My mother used to say, "If you can't say anything nice, don't say anything at all." What is the point of bashing this lovely young lady? Isn't there enough hate and ugliness in the world?
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Otherwise she is a very beautiful woman. It was a fashion show and I'm not sure she had a choice in the dress she had to wear. Quit trying to destroy the next queen of England.
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