the roman originals two toned dress sparked one of the fiercest online debates in recent times, with users taking to social media to argue over what colours they saw but whilst it fascinated the globe   with a listers and politicians having their say   would you actually ever purchase it? the makers of the original dress are hoping someone will do just that, as they produce a gold and white version to satisfy those who were baffled by its colouring and auction it off on ebay for charity scroll down for video  this one really is white and gold! roman originals, whose blue and black dress went viral, have produced a gold and white version  roman originals, who made the dress originally worn by cecilia bleasdale for her daughter grace's wedding, have put a limited run of the white and gold dress up for auction the gold and white dress, which was designed in birmingham, went up on ebay on thursday and it already has 40 bids and a price of £540 all proceeds raised by the sale of the dress will go to comic relief when bidding ends this sunday  roman originals are producing a limited run of the white and gold dress, one of which will be auctioned off on ebay for comic relief  using its global popularity for a good cause, all proceeds raised by the sale of the dress will go to comic relief a spokesperson for the company told mailonline: '#thedress that broke the internet could become one the world’s most wanted dresses as an exclusive white and gold version goes on auction on ebay 'the winning bidder can grab a piece of internet history as only one exclusive dress in white and gold has been made and will go up for auction until sunday' the gold and white dress went up on ebay on thursday and it already has 40 bids and a price of £540  the roman design team, headed by michele bastock, in their birmingham studio creating the famous dress  david horwich, creative director of 100% digital, who shot the new images, told mailonline: 'london is the fashion capital of the world and we’re privileged to have shot the first ever genuinely 'white and gold' dress here today in our studios 'we’re delighted that roman originals trusted us to capture the world’s most famous dress, in its true colours' the picture of #thedress   as it became known   was first posted on tumblr by caitlin mcneill, a 21 year old aspiring singer from scotland, after noticing her friends saw different colours in the photograph this picture of the dress sparked debate, with viewers disagreeing over the colour  the dress, made by the company roman originals, is in fact blue and black striped  even celebrities weighed in on the fashion debate, with kim kardashian asking her 294million twitter followers to help settle a disagreement between herself and husband kanye west actress mindy kaling also joined the discussion, writing on twitter: 'it's a blue and black dress! are you f***ing kidding me' her friend and fellow actor bj novak replied: 'white and gold' then recent oscar winner julianne moore jumped in, writing to novak and kaling; 'what's the matter with u guys, it's white and gold' to that, novak replied to moore; 'thank you!and congratulations on your oscar, which mindy thinks is purple and green' and the hashtag #thedress started trending worldwide on twitter as the debate when global there have been more than 1 million tweets mentioning the hashtag kim kardashian called on her 294million twitter followers to help settle a disagreement  celebrities including mindy kaling, bj novak and oscar winner julianne moore join the debate  'confused and scared': taylor swift told her twitter followers that the dress is 'obviously blue and black' justin bieber was one of the last celebrities to chime with his views on the dress on twitter  taylor swift wrote: 'i don't understand this odd dress debate and i feel like it's a trick somehowi'm confused and scaredps it's obviously blue and black' and justin bieber kept his fans happy by telling them that he sees 'blue and black' some celebrities avoided the issue completely, simply declaring that the dress was ugly model chrissy teigen told her 655,000 twitter followers: 'f*** the dress it's heinous while oscar winner jared leto branded it 'fugly' mcneill said she never expected the picture to spark a star studded debate, explaining that she just thought her followers on tumblr would have a 'good reaction' despite the debate, the body con dress is in fact royal blue with black lace detailing it is made by british clothing company roman originals, which offers 'affordable women's clothing and designer ladies fashion' there are also white, pink and red options, all with black lace speaking on friday, ian johnson, of roman originals, said: we were absolutely ecstatic about the reception of our fabulous blue and black dress 'we sold out within the first 30 minutes of sale and have since restocked all colours and sizes' the dress, in black and blue, is also for sale on amazon, and depop, and user comments have been just as amusing 'this dress made me lose all of my friends and now i am so lonely,' wrote one 'where's the white & gold option!? i know it exists somewhere it has to,' said another and now it does
roman originals ebay for comic relief
colours of two tone dress became a topic of global debate on social media  some viewers see the bodycon dress as white with gold lace detailing  others see royal blue with black while a few insist the colours change  roman originals, who made dress, have produced white and gold version  it is being auctioned on ebay for comic relief with 40 bids already 