Far be it from me to be critical of the phenomenon that is the 'Amy Winehouse crusade' (whereby we all continually refer to her as 'tragic' and show reverence to someone who - separate from having talent - managed to act strangely and associate with weirdness full stop) but the reports in today's papers confirm what I think is rather misplaced awe for a singer who couldn't cope with her success.
It appears that two dresses, which were due to be auctioned for charity, have gone missing. The newspaper report states that the two items were "worth £130,000". Sorry, but NO !!!
Whether some idiot might have been prepared to hand over £130k for two small dresses is one thing (and I suppose there's a suitable idiot somewhere around) but to report that they are "worth £130k" is a travesty. They are together worth about two hundred quid. Just because she got married to "junkie Blake Fielder-Civil" [not my description, but as noted in The Sun] in one of them, it does not somehow make it a valuable item - £100k's worth! The other one was worn when she appeared on Jools Holland's TV programme; clearly a £30,000 price tag is mad!
So, in no way condoning theft at all, I am commenting that the use of the word "worth" is completely wrong in all respect.
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