An opulent custom couture gown worn by Lady Gaga to the 2019 Golden Globes has made its way onto an online auction site, placing the maid who is selling it under scrutiny.
A longtime housekeeper at the Beverly Hilton revealed that she put the periwinkle blue dress up for auction after reportedly finding the dress in the star’s hotel room.
An accompanying letter from the hotel staffer claims that the performer, 33, ‘left’ the Valentino dress for the hotel staffer, who proceeded to take it to the lost and found department. After the garment was held for the required amount of time, she was given the dress in September before deciding to sell it for upwards of $8,000.
Uh oh! Lady Gaga’s custom Valentino gown that she wore to this year’s Golden Globes is being put up for auction but reports claim the dress may actually be stolen
Couture: The costly dress worn by Lady Gaga on the night was reportedly ‘left’ for a housekeeper at the Beverly Hilton, as claimed in an accompanying letter
Place your bids: The custom-created gown with its 10 foot train has been placed online with a starting bid of $8,000
But the situation has gotten murky as sources allege that the dress not Lady Gaga’s to gift, or leave behind, as it remains the property of design house Valentino.
TMZ reports that ‘Gaga sources’ say Valentino believes the dress, which was on loan to the singer and actress for the awards ceremony, to be stolen.
The gossip site reports that Valentino, helmed by designer Pierpaolo Piccioli, ‘has either gone to police or plans to go to cops’.
Authenticated: A letter from the maid detailing how she came to be in possession of the dress is included in the lot
How to buy: Bidders can find the dress on Halloween on auction house Nate D. Sanders website
The lot, on Nate D Sanders, shows an accompanying handwritten note from Sara.
It reads: ‘I work as a housekeeper at the Beverly Hilton Hotel. I’m always present working in the Golden Globe events on January ever year for 24 years.
Designer: Pierpaolo Piccioli of Valentino; it is unclear whether Valentino has reported the dress stolen as alleged by TMZ
‘The artist (singer) ‘Lady Gaga’ left me this dress that she used the day of the awards (won first place because of the dress.)
‘I turned in the dress to the lost and found on the 8th of January 2019 after the time legally held by lost and found they gave it to me as a gift from her and today I want to auction the dress.’
Typically, hotels keep ‘lost and found’ items for three-six months. According to Nate D Sanders, the dress was returned to Sara on September 3.
The four-star Beverly Hilton, where the Golden Globes is hosted annually, uses the automated service Chargerback to make the lost and found process as seamless as possible.
Four star: Lady Gaga reportedly ‘left’ the dress behind for the housekeeper at the Beverly Hilton hotel, where the Golden Globes is hosted
To retrieve their forgotten items, a guest can log onto the site and enter a description. If there’s a match, they will be contacted to arrange shipping arrangements with the hotel.
However, it is unknown whether hotel personnel tried to contact Lady Gaga before placing the dress in lost and found. DailyMail.com has contacted the Beverly Hilton for clarification.
While it is customary for fashion labels to loan stars outfits for awards season, as it is a custom-created piece the dress may be the property of Lady Gaga herself.
The periwinkle gown with its 10-foot long train was designed specifically for the New York-born performer; likely an ode to a similar number worn by Judy Garland, who featured in the original version of A Star is Born in 1954.
Her stylists, Tom Eerebout and Sandra Amador, have not responded to request for comment.
But who owns the dress? As the gown was created specifically for Lady Gaga, it is unknown whether it is the property of Valentino or the 33-year-old singer
Homage: The Valentino gown worn by Lady Gaga on the night is a tribute to a dress worn by Judy Garland in the 1954 version of A Star Is Born
Bidders can find the dress on Nate D. Sanders Auctions, where it will become available for bids starting at $8,000 on Thursday.
At the Golden Globes 2019, Lady Gaga won the accolade for Best Original Song for her track Shallow in A Star Is Born.
‘Thank you, Bradley Cooper. You took our heartfelt honest tune and you gave it emotional resonance,’ she said during her acceptance speech as a special shutout to her co-star who was sitting in the audience.
Lady Gaga made history in 2019 as the first person to win an Oscar, Grammy, BAFTA and Golden Globe in a single year.
Famous co-stars: Bradley Cooper and Lady Gaga smile on stage during the Golden Globe Awards