Diane Von Furstenberg Paid $100,000 to Clone Her Dog

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DVF owns the wrap dress—and an identical set of puppies. Page Six reports that Diane Von Furstenberg and her billionaire husband Barry Diller have cloned their dog.

The couple paid a Korean cloning firm $100,000 to create two duplicates of their Jack Russell terrier, Shannon. And who said money can't buy (man's) best friends?! The laws of nature need not apply to you when you have billions of dollars on hand. Instead, just have a Korean company embed the DNA of your furry friend into a dog embryo and voila, we have the beginnings of Will Smith's latest horror movie.

In case you're wondering, the two new pups are named Deena and Evita. Von Furstenberg named a dress after Shannon and Deena has a style in her honor already. Evita apparently hasn't been a good enough girl to get her own dress. Or maybe Evita hasn't been all that inspiring, because, you know, there are two dogs exactly like her already running around.

Sisters on a Saturday in the country ! Love Diane

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