The iconic shirt worn by Colin Firth in the TV series Pride And Prejudice is up for auction.
The shirt, which became famous when Mr Darcy, played by Firth, emerged from a lake, is expected to fetch between £7,000 and £10,000.
The auction also includes more than 60 costumes from film and TV. The classic scene has been referenced in other shows like Bridgerton and Bridget Jones’s Diary.
Also up for sale is Drew Barrymore’s gown from Ever After: A Cinderella Story, with an estimated price of £1,000 to £1,500. Oscar-winning costume designer Jenny Beavan has created some stunning pieces that are now up for grabs.
These include Helena Bonham Carter’s 1900s-style ivory silk dress from the 1985 film A Room With A View, and Heath Ledger and Sienna Miller’s costumes from the 2004 historical movie Casanova.
However, the star of the show is a vintage 1950s’ Christian Dior taffeta ball gown, worn by Madonna in 1996’s Evita, which could fetch between £40,000 and £60,000.
Other items from Evita, such as a pink satin evening coat, beaded taffeta ball gown, lyrics by Sir Tim Rice for Don’t Cry For Me Argentina, a Trifari brooch and earrings and a blue and purple silk dress, are also being sold.
A dress and hooded cape worn by Meryl Streep in 1981’s The French Lieutenant’s Woman is also being sold at the Lights Camera Auction event with an estimate of between £4,000 and £6,000.
These costumes have been donated by Cosprop to raise funds for The Bright Foundation, an arts education charity founded by Bright, who won an Oscar for his work on A Room With A View alongside Beavan.
Meryl Streep, an ambassador for The Bright Foundation, said: “I am so happy to help The Bright Foundation continue with the same exceptional care, imagination, precision and depth of knowledge that made your work stand out so singularly.”
