The one million Euro dress

January 14, 2010

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Posted Tue, Jan 12, 2010

Who hasn't spent money on something dumb. Whether it's that outfit that looked

great on the rack (but, in retrospect, not so great on your rack), or the pair

of shoes that looks amazing on your feet but you can't walk in them (no, I

haven't done that at all), everyone has regretted a fashion choice.

But here's one could possibly be the silliest thing ever. A UK man won two

million Euros in the lottery -- that's three million Canadian dollars -- and

gave half of it to his daughter. The daughter took her share -- that's 1.5

million Canadian dollars -- and stitched every single Euro into the dress.

Apart from the fact that the dress is, (let's face it) not the nicest looking

dress, what happens when she's bored of it? Can she take those bills off and

take them to the bank? I asked our finance editor, who, after looking at me

strangely, said that it would be up to the bank to decide on whether to accept

the money. But he did say that retailers would be within their rights not to

accept extremely damaged bills.

It just seems that in a time when we're only now coming out of a recession and

companies are deliberating throwing away clothes the one million euro could have

been spent in a much better way.

I'm pretty sure that this is a big joke or a publicity stunt.

What you think of the dress? And if you won the lottery, how would you spend the

money?

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