Lara Croft Wardrobe Up For Sale
Lara Croft is making her own donation to charity. Her outfit is up for sale on eBay.co.uk. You know you want it.
Published: April 9, 2002
The original Lara Croft outfit, one of the rarest and most coveted items in video game history, is up for sale on eBay.co.uk. Donated by Eidos Interactive, the exclusive sale begins on April 26th and will last for 10 days. . All proceeds from the auction will go to United Nations Children's Fund or UNICEF for short.
"Education opens an infinite number of doors for children and it is our hope that all children everywhere can receive their right to a basic education," stated Rose Nelson, regional fundraising manager of UNICEF UK. "Sadly though, more than 130 million children worldwide - most of them girls - are being denied this right. UNICEF is working very hard to get these children in to school and we are so grateful to Eidos and the public for supporting our efforts."
"We are sure that this Lara Croft outfit will prove to be a huge hit with girls, who dream of looking like her, and boys who want their girlfriends to look like her!" Jennie Reed, marketing communications manager of eBay UK commented. "With such a world-wide appeal we are confident that a significant amount of money will be raised by selling the item on eBay, for what is such a good cause."
Outfit stats:
- The UK size 10 shorts were worn by Nell McAndrew over 40 times during the 1998 world tour
- The all-in-one vest, UK size 12 (34DD), was donned by sprinkling talcum powder onto the skin and carefully moving the latex top very slowly over the body
- The outfit was worn in Australia, New York and Los Angeles during the 1998 Tomb Raider tour
- The all-in-one vest had to be sprayed with silicon before each appearance
- The sunglasses were custom built by Cutler & Gross
The auctioned outfit includes:
- Lara's circular sunglasses
- Green rubber all-in-one vest
- Open-backed leather gloves
- Military-style shorts
- Twin leather holsters with large buckle belt
- Twin Smith and Wesson automatic replica pistols
- Thick woolen calf-length socks
Also there is a Certificate of authenticity signed by:
- Lara Croft model (1998-99): Nell McAndrew,
- Eidos chairman: Ian Livingstone
- Core Design managing director: Jeremy Heath-Smith
- UNICEF fundraising manager: Rose Nelson
Again, sale begins on April 26th and will last for 10 days so make sure you place your bids. It's going to be interesting to see how high they get. And hey it's for a good cause so why not.
"Education opens an infinite number of doors for children and it is our hope that all children everywhere can receive their right to a basic education," stated Rose Nelson, regional fundraising manager of UNICEF UK. "Sadly though, more than 130 million children worldwide - most of them girls - are being denied this right. UNICEF is working very hard to get these children in to school and we are so grateful to Eidos and the public for supporting our efforts."
"We are sure that this Lara Croft outfit will prove to be a huge hit with girls, who dream of looking like her, and boys who want their girlfriends to look like her!" Jennie Reed, marketing communications manager of eBay UK commented. "With such a world-wide appeal we are confident that a significant amount of money will be raised by selling the item on eBay, for what is such a good cause."
Outfit stats:
- The UK size 10 shorts were worn by Nell McAndrew over 40 times during the 1998 world tour
- The all-in-one vest, UK size 12 (34DD), was donned by sprinkling talcum powder onto the skin and carefully moving the latex top very slowly over the body
- The outfit was worn in Australia, New York and Los Angeles during the 1998 Tomb Raider tour
- The all-in-one vest had to be sprayed with silicon before each appearance
- The sunglasses were custom built by Cutler & Gross
The auctioned outfit includes:
- Lara's circular sunglasses
- Green rubber all-in-one vest
- Open-backed leather gloves
- Military-style shorts
- Twin leather holsters with large buckle belt
- Twin Smith and Wesson automatic replica pistols
- Thick woolen calf-length socks
Also there is a Certificate of authenticity signed by:
- Lara Croft model (1998-99): Nell McAndrew,
- Eidos chairman: Ian Livingstone
- Core Design managing director: Jeremy Heath-Smith
- UNICEF fundraising manager: Rose Nelson
Again, sale begins on April 26th and will last for 10 days so make sure you place your bids. It's going to be interesting to see how high they get. And hey it's for a good cause so why not.