Amy Winehouse’s Back To Black dress to be auctioned for charity

A DRESS worn by Amy Winehouse on the cover of her album Back To Black will be auctioned to raise money for the charity created in her memory.

The printed chiffon dress is expected to fetch up to £20,000 for the Amy Winehouse Foundation, a charitable trust set up by the late singer’s family.

Winehouse died in July and an inquest heard that her blood alcohol level was five times the legal drink-drive limit.

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The entertainer drank herself to death only hours after saying she was desperate to live because she still had so much to achieve, her inquest heard.

The singer had drunk enough to stop her breathing and send her into a coma.

A doctor who treated the 27-year-old for her alcohol problem said she had repeatedly ignored warnings about the dangers of binge drinking.

However, private GP Christina Romete, who saw the singer hours before her death, said she did not believe that Winehouse had deliberately drunk herself to death.

The singer was found dead in her flat in Camden, north London, on 23 July.

Traces of the alcohol withdrawal drug Librium were found in her body, but there were no illegal drugs and her doctor said she had beaten her drug addiction in 2008.

After her death, Thailand-based designer Disaya decided to auction the dress, which was returned after the album cover shoot in 2006.

It will go under the hammer at La Galleria, London, on 29 November and all the proceeds will go to the foundation, which supports charitable activities for vulnerable young people.

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Fashion auctioneer Kerry Taylor said: “In my opinion, what makes this particular dress so special is that it is an emblematic reminder of the magic voice and sublime talent of Amy Winehouse – a sound that resonates with an entire generation, and always will.”

Back To Black, released in 2006, reached number one and has been certified eight times platinum. It has sold 3.2 million copies to date.

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