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When you’re a billionaire, it’s hard to imagine that you’d have much competition when shopping. But as Kim Kardashian found out, she’s not the only couture enthusiast with deep pockets. Lauren Sánchez, fiancée of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, revealed that she and the Skims mogul were up against each other at a recent auction.
In an interview with Vogue, Sánchez, 53, whose fiancée is the third wealthiest person in the world with a net worth of more than $253 billion, shared that she and Kardashian, worth $2.6 billion herself, went head to head for a custom Balenciaga couture gown.
At a dinner held by the Kering Foundation during New York Fashion Week, Sánchez found herself embroiled in a bidding war with her pal, but though neither backed down, the two kept things friendly. “I’m a big auction girl,” said Kardashian of the experience, “and my strategy was to come in last minute.” When she realised her rival was Sánchez, Kardashian recalled yelling across the room: “We’ll share it!”
“I thought, you wear it once, I’ll wear it once, it’ll be so cute!” said Kardashian. Instead, to make everyone a winner, the luxury group offered to make two dresses, with both women paying roughly $313,000 (AUD) and travelling to Paris together for the custom fitting. Yes, you read that right.
“Lauren and I are always sending DMs building each other up,” Kardashian said of the pair’s unlikely bond. “Every time there’s a look that we like, she’ll say, ‘WOW,’ or, ‘OMG, you look amazing.’ She’s such a girl’s girl.”
Kardashian also attended Sánchez and Bezos’ engagement party after the latter proposed earlier this year. The pink diamond ring is estimated to be worth around $3.1 million, and likely sits somewhere between 15 and 20 carats.
Oh, to be a billionaire.
