The 10 Most Expensive Red-Carpet Dresses Of All Time

The red Valentino gown that Anne Hathaway wore when she presented the 2011 Oscars cost $80,000 (£61,000), which she then teamed with a Tiffany & Co necklace worth $10 million (£770,000). Photo: Getty

Kate Winslet's young daughter, Mia, chose the mint green Valentino gown that her mother wore to the 2007 Oscars. Photo: Getty

Charlize Theron increased the value of her 2013 Oscars look by teaming her structured Dior gown with Harry Winston diamond cuffs, worth $4 million (£3.8 million). Photo: Getty

As you can imagine, a beaded Chanel gown doesn't come cheap - around £77,000 to be exact. Photo: Getty

Cate Blanchett's beautiful 2014 dress was adorned with hundreds of sparkling Swarovski crystals. Photo: Getty

Lupita Nyong'o's Calvin Klein gown, worth £115,000, was created using 6,000 pearls. Photo: Getty

The gunmetal gown Blanchett wore to the 2007 Oscars came fully embellished with Swarovski crystals. It was valued at a cool £154,000. Photo: Getty

Unsurprisingly, the velvet off-the-shoulder that Diana, Princess of Wales, wore to dance with John Travolta in at president Raegan's White House Dinner in 1995 was sold for huge amount at auction. In 1997, the gown was sold for £100,000, then again in 2013 at £240,000. Photo: Getty

Nicole Kidman was reportedly paid $2 million (£1.5 million) to wear this yellow, chinoiserie-embroidered Dior gown designed by John Galliano. Photo: Getty

Few dresses are as iconic as Marilyn Monroe's white pleated dress from The Seven Year Itch. In 2011, it sold for $4.6m (£2.8m) at an auction in Los Angeles. Photo: Getty