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‘Frozen’ Dress Sells for $1600

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On eBay, as parents dash for sold-out Disney gown.

Get ready to spend up $1600 if you want to be the coolest parent on the block. Moms and dads across the country are going nuts trying to get a hold of the Queen Elsa dress from Disney's hit movie Frozen. Stores have sold out of the dress, which is light blue with a sparkly bodice and detachable white cape, so parents have resorted to shelling out $225 for replicas on sites like Etsy.com or bidding as much as $1600 for the coveted garment on eBay. The suggested retail price for the Queen Elsa gown—made by Jakks Pacific Inc., which sells to mass-market chains like Target and Wal-Mart—was a meager $20.The gown sold out in stores in January, though, and the company is shipping in reinforcement dresses by boat and air from China.

Read it at Bloomberg