Whitney Houston Collection

GOWN USED TO PERFORM 'I WILL ALWAYS LOVE YOU'

An elegant ruby red velvet stretch-gathered gown created especially for Whitney Houston by famed design house Marc Bouwer and worn by Houston on the night of Sept. 13, 1996 when she attended and performed on stage at the 2nd BET Walk of Fame Awards ceremonies in Washington, D.C. Houston performed a total of three songs on this occasion: including “Alfie”, a special “Happy Birthday Daddy” salute to her father John Houston who was in the audience that night and coincidentally was celebrating his 76th birthday, and her iconic signature piece “I Will Always Love You”, which became the best-selling single by a female artist in music history. Whitney herself was cited in 2009 as the most awarded female act of all time and is certainly regarded as one of the world’s most successful music artists, having sold over 200 million records worldwide.

An immense international outpouring of sadness accompanied Houston’s untimely passing in February 2012 at the age of only 48 as the world mourned the loss of one of its most inspirational and versatile voices.This beautiful gown was originally acquired along with several dozen other Houston costumes by respected celebrity memorabilia dealer Deborah Burke at the January, 2007 court-ordered liquidation auction of Whitney Houston’s items in storage conducted by the A.J.Wilner Auction House in Irvington, New Jersey. It is accompanied by a letter of authenticity from Burke, who confirms the design house origins of the gown with Paul Margolin, President of Marc Bouwer, as this dress does not possess an internal label. A truly extraordinary stage-worn costume forever linked to a phenomenal song and beloved artist.

WHITNEY HOUSTON & BOBBY BROWNS WEDDING INVITE

A very rare, complete multi page wedding invite to the nuptials of Whitney Houston and Bobby Brown. Dated the 18th of July 1992.

WHITNEY 'S CUSTOM IN-EAR PERFORMANCE MONITOR