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Péter Licskay Péter Licskay · 24/05/2020
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Hungarian costume designer’s dress sells for €60,000

May Queen Dress Ruha Virág Film

'May Queen' scene Source: A24 / a24auctions.com/auctions/midsommar-harga-collectibles/may-queen-dress/

The iconic flower dress from Ari Aster’s movie, Midsommar, was auctioned off for about 20.6 million forints ($65,000). The movie was shot in Hungary, and many of the costumes were designed by the Hungarian Andrea Flesch. This particularly interesting piece was worn by Florence Pugh.

The ‘May Queen’ dress worn by actress Florence Pugh, was made using 10,000 silk flowers. The dress weighs about 15 kg (33 lbs), because of which they had to use special designs and engineer the dress to a certain extent. The dress itself and the spiked crown was made using silk forget-me-nots, sweet peas, buttercups, cornflowers, and Persian jewels.

  • Flower Dress Virág Ruha
    ‘May Queen’ dress Source: A24 / a24auctions.com/auctions/midsommar-harga-collectibles/may-queen-dress/
  • Flower Dress Silk Virág Ruha Művirág
    ‘May Queen’ dress, silk flower close-up Source: A24 / a24auctions.com/auctions/midsommar-harga-collectibles/may-queen-dress/
  • Flower Dress Closeup Virág Ruha Közeli
    ‘May Queen’ crown close-up Source: A24 / a24auctions.com/auctions/midsommar-harga-collectibles/may-queen-dress/
  • Flower Dress Crown Virág Ruha Korona
    ‘May Queen’ dress with crown Source: A24 / a24auctions.com/auctions/midsommar-harga-collectibles/may-queen-dress/

Forbes reported that the maker of the movie, A24, auctioned off several items that were used in Midsommar. Along with the iconic costumes designed by Andrea Flesch, other props were up for grabs as well, for example, the bear headdress made by Hungarian special make-up and prop master Iván Pohárnok. According to Variety, the money raised by

A24 is donated to the FDNY Foundation, which is a non-profit supporting firefighters in New York, whose families have been impacted by the current coronavirus pandemic. A24 raised over $200,000 to help the cause.

The ‘May Queen’ floral dress even caught the eye of Ariana Grande, among others, but the highest bidder was the Academy Museum (yes, the organisation behind the Oscars).

  • Finishing Mallet Kivégző Kalapács
    Finishing mallet Source: A24 / a24auctions.com/auctions/midsommar-harga-collectibles/finishing-mallet
  • bear headdress medve fejfedő
    Bear headdress Source: A24 / a24auctions.com/auctions/midsommar-harga-collectibles/bear-headdress/

According to A24’s website, the final bid was $65,000.

The flower crown was sold for $15,000, the previously mentioned bear headdress worn by Jack Reynor was sold for $5,750, and the finishing mallet was sold for $10,000. Overall, the props – several of which were made by Hungarian professionals – used in Midsommar contributed $100,000 dollars to a good cause.

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Source: Forbes.hu, Variety.com, a24auctions.com

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    25/05/2020 at 08:29

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