Auction record for Mouna ayoub private collection of Dior and galliano Masterpieces

Vogue calls it ‘The Sale of the 21st Century’

Galliano’s painted silk evening gown from the “Clochards” or “Homeless” collection for the Spring/Summer 2000 collection went for €510,000, minus fees. Another highlight was the black taffeta evening gown from the same collection, which went for €420,000, also minus fees. “The Clochards collection created a big uproar. Everybody hated it. I bought the whole collection,” Ayoub said to Vogue.

​On Thursday, one of Dior couture’s most robust collections went under the gavel in a three-hour-long auction at Le Bristol Hotel in Paris. “Dior Masterpieces: The Mouna Ayoub Haute Couture Collection” put some 95 lots up for sale, belonging to the long-time couture client.

“It will probably be the sale of the 21st century,” said Salomé Pirson, co-founder of Maurice Auction, the auction house behind the event, together with Kerry Taylor Auctions. It totaled over €6.19 million, breaking the world record for a haute couture sale, as well as a world record for Gianfranco Ferré, John Galliano, and Raf Simons pieces.