Expensive red carpet dresses ranked

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Anne Hathaway in Valentino - $80,000

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).

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Kate Winslet in Valentino - $100,000

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

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Charlize Theron in Dior - $100,000

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).

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Jessica Biel in Chanel - $100,000

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

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Cate Blanchett in Armani Privé - $100,000

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

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Lupita Nyong'o in Calvin Klein - $150,000

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

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Cate Blanchett in Armani Privé - $200,000

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

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Diana Princess of Wales in Victor Edelstein - £240,000

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

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Nicole Kidman in Dior - $2 million

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

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Marilyn Monroe - $5.6 million

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.

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