The Wildly Expensive Clothes That Broke Auction Records

Kate Middleton's see-through dress

Kate Middleton brought a new era of elegance to the British royal family. During a London fashion show in 2002, she walked the runway in a mesh dress that left little to the imagination.

The bid: US$125,000

Nine years after Middleton sported the dress on the runway, an anonymous British man coughed up six figures for the garment. The designer is photographed here with the dress.

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