Bette Midler

91 BETTE MIDLER PERFORMANCE ENSEMBLE A deep gold lame bustier with hand painted silk, primi- tive pleated, sequin embellised peplum together with matching overskirt. Designed by Bob de Mora and worn by Midler during her 1982 - 1983 tour titled sim- ply De Tour which was filmed and later aired as an HBO special titled Art or Bust . $1,000-1,500 A gold lame, full skirt with full net underskirt with metal- lic dot net fabric accents and shoulder detail. Worn by Midler with matching bodice as she presented the Oscar for Best Song at the 54th Academy Awards. Midler also wore this overskirt with matching gold lame bodice during performances of her 1982 - 1983 tour titled simply De Tour . $400-600 92 BETTE MIDLER PERFORMANCE SKIRT

“Originally designed by Norma Kamali, I did one of my ‘fluffs’ to it for the Academy Awards.

A friend of mine said, ‘This is my dress, and these are the colors it comes in.’” - Bette

PHOTO: DON BANDEL

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