Princess Diana had no scarcity of memorable sartorial moments and the centerpiece of 1 will quickly be up for public sale: The frilly, pale pink chiffon shirt, full with a large satin ribbon bow on the neck, that Diana wore for her 1981 engagement portrait upon betrothal to the then-prince of Wales, now King Charles III, will likely be offered at Julien’s Auctions and Turner Basic Films’ Hollywood Legends public sale starting December 17.
The shirt, which was designed by David and Elizabeth Emanuel, was chosen by Diana off a rack of garments that had been curated by former British Vogue editor Anna Harvey. The portrait was made by Antony Armstrong-Jones, the Earl of Snowdon, to commemorate the engagement of the then-20-year-old Diana to the longer term king. The Emanuels would later go on to design Diana’s marriage ceremony costume, whereas Diana maintained a relationship with Harvey as a good friend and stylist via the years.
In her e-book A Costume for Diana, Elizabeth Emanuel wrote that that individual shirt was created from cloth salvaged from a costume that one other consumer had unintentionally stained with mascara.
“When she noticed our shirt on the rack she fell in love with it, requested who had made it and was directed to us,” she wrote, based on the public sale itemizing for the shirt.
The opening bid for the shirt is $20,000, and the public sale home estimates that the highest will fetch between $80,000 and $100,000.
The public sale additionally features a 1985 Jacques Azagury-designed night costume worn not less than twice by Diana, in addition to a signed designer sketch of the identical costume.
Just lately, three of the princess’s night robes have been offered at public sale for a record-breaking sum of $1.62 million, and her iconic black sheep knitted pullover sweater fetched greater than $1.1 million at public sale at Sotheby’s in September.
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