Beyonce Knowles arrives at a launch party for her new album, B-Day, at Volstead, Central London. (08/17/2006).
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08 Jan 2007 (BANG Showbiz) - When Beyoncé Knowles saw the dress worn by Hilary Swank, when she won an Oscar for Million Dollar Baby, in a shop window she immediately fell in love with it.
Beyoncé rushed back to the New York store the next day and bought the dress in white without even trying it on.
A source told the New York Post newspaper: "The staff were so sweet, gracious and soft-spoken. This dress could easily be worn as a wedding gown."
Meanwhile, Beyoncé and Jay-Z have been house hunting. The couple looked at several properties in the Dominican Republic during a recent trip, including Oscar de la Renta's Casa de Campo - a gated community featuring private beaches, four private golf courses, three polo fields, clay tennis courts and 20 swimming pools.
Properties in the private estate range from $3-6 million. It was reported that the couple were planning a Caribbean wedding last December.
The couple were overheard talking about a special "four-day" celebration on a yacht off the Caribbean island of St. Barts to mark Jay-Z's 37th birthday. The birthday bash was thought to be a cover and that Beyoncé, 25, and the hip-hop mogul - who have been dating for four years - were secretly preparing to tie the knot.
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