Most Expensive Fashion Items of 2011

While fearless fashion leaders were purchasing must-have Louboutins of the moment, others were splurging on the most expensive fashion items of 2011. As the year comes to an end, it's only right to review these extravagant items. The pieces range from Marilyn Monroe's iconic white dress to 24-karat gold shoelaces.

If one extremely wealthy individual were to purchase all of these fun fashion items, the total would come to $8,428,535. That is equivalent to 9,745 Yves Saint Laurent pumps (averaging $845 a pair), 4,447 Chloe Marcie totes (averaging $1,895 a bag), and 46,825 J Brand skinny jeans (averaging $180 a pair). For $8,428,535, you could have ten insanely expensive items, or 61,107 affordable must-have fashion pieces.

See the complete list of 2011's jaw-dropping expensive items after the jump...

 Marilyn Monroe's iconic white dress from the "Seven Year Itch" sold for $4.6 million.

 The $2.5 million dollar bra wore by the uber sexy Victoria's Secret Angel Miranda Kerr.

The $1 million dollar DKNY fragrance bottle that will leaving you smelling like a very expensive Golden Delicious Apple. 

A Hermès Birkin bag that sold at auction for $203,150 in Texas. 

A to-die-for alligator bag created by The Row's Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen for $39,500. 

 An extravagant kitten heel for $26,385, designed by Roger Vivier in 1926 for Iran's Princess Soraya.

24-karat gold shoelaces that are delivered by security and laced for you anywhere in the world for $19,000. 

Flip flops that cost $18,000, hand-painted by L.A. artist David Palmer. For every pair sold, 100,000 square feet of rain forest land will be protected.

A fashion bike created by Gucci for $14,000.

A necktie created by Swiss scientists with 24-karat gold, each containing 8 grams of gold.

Text Quinn McBee

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