The shirt worn by Colin Firth when he strides throughout fields dripping moist after a swim in a lake through the TV adaptation of the basic novel Pleasure and Prejudice is being in auctioned in London on Tuesday.
Cosprop, a dressing up home based in 1965 by theOscar and Bafta-winning designer John Vivid, and Kerry Taylor Auctions, will public sale the shirt, which has an estimate of between £7,000 and £10,000, together with greater than 60 costumes from movie and TV.
Oscar-winner Firth performed Fitzwilliam Darcy within the 1995 BBC adaptation of Jane Austen’s novel, reverse Jennifer Ehle as Elizabeth Bennet – who’s shocked when she visits his property, Pemberley, to search out him rising from the water partially clothed and dripping moist.
The second has been reimagined within the Netfl-x sequence Bridgerton, when British actor Jonathan Bailey steps out of a lake, and was additionally referenced in Bridget Jones’s Diary, which stars Firth as one other “Mr Darcy”, a nod to his portrayal by author Helen Fielding.
The largest ticket gadgets are a classic Nineteen Fifties Christian Dior taffeta ballgown, worn by Madonna within the 1996 fllm Evita, which may fetch between £40,000 and £60,000, and Johnny Depp’s Sleepy Hole costume, anticipated to promote for between £20,000 and £30,000.
Gadgets from Evita akin to a pink satin night coat, beaded taffeta ballgown, lyrics by Sir Tim Rice for Don’t Cry For Me Argentina, a Trifari brooch and earrings and a blue and purple silk costume, are additionally being offered.
The public sale additionally options costumes worn by Julie Andrews, Jude Legislation, Tom Hardy, Eddie Redmayne, Gwyneth Paltrow, Dame Judi Dench, Ralph Fiennes, Scarlett Johansson, Nicole Kidman, Keira Knightley, Daniel Radcliffe, Alan Rickman, Margot Robbie, Dame Elizabeth Taylor and Aidan Turner.
The costumes have been donated by Cosprop to lift funds for The Vivid Basis, an arts training charity based by Vivid, who gained an Oscar for his work on A Room With a View alongside fellow costume designer Jenny Beavan.
Vivid mentioned: “My life’s work has been dedicated to costume design for movie, TV and theatre and I really feel extremely lucky to have been capable of pursue this path.
“It’s my firmly held perception that the humanities and creativity can form happier and more healthy youngsters and allow younger individuals to succeed in their full potential.”
The reside Lights Digital camera Public sale occasion, specializing in costumes, can be hosted by Kerry Taylor Auctions in London.
