This article was originally published in 2021. “And I think that, rather than following fashion or anyone’s expectations, she would have dressed in a way that reflected her own life, her own experiences, her own feelings and her own comfort, too.” “I don’t think she would dress like the other royals,” Carlson said. And she may have further distanced herself from the royal family through fashion - something that was already happening before her death, former stylist Harvey has noted, writing that the princess deliberately avoided labels worn by her ex-husband’s family. By making closet space for what would have been her next chapter, Diana seemed to leave palace life and marriage behind. She famously purged her wardrobe just months before her death, auctioning off many of her defining garments – including the Stambolian dress and a blue velvet Victor Edelstein gown that she had worn when dancing with John Travolta at the White House – to raise money for HIV/AIDS charities. Remember when Princess Diana danced with John Travolta at the White House?Īlthough Princess Diana was known to re-wear outfits, it is, perhaps, unlikely that she would have revisited her most iconic garments and accessories, were she alive today. “I think she would have loved the Magda Archer x Marc Jacobs (collaboration), particularly the ‘Stay away from toxic people’ sweater,” she added, referencing an item worn by celebrities including Harry Styles. Moran said, “Maybe she’d pay tribute to her younger affinity towards tongue-in-cheek knits.” It’s a trend continued by Meghan Markle and Kate Middleton, said Le Caer, adding that the next generation of royal spouses have “become powerful influencers in their own right.”īoth Moran and Carlson speculated that, were Princess Diana were alive today, she might have revisited her statement knitwear days (a period epitomized by her Gyles & George sweater reading, “I’m a luxury no one can afford”). “Members of the royal family know that the clothes they wear are likely to make the headlines – and immediately sell out,” said Morgane Le Caer, content lead at the fashion search platform Lyst, in an email interview. Princess Diana pictured in 1981 wearing her original Warm & Wonderful sheep sweater, which will be auctioned at Sotheby's New York later this year. During her royal tour of Japan the same year, she wore a red and white polka-dot dress that appeared to reference the national flag. Whether choosing designers from countries she was visiting, or wearing colors and symbols associated with hosts’ national identities, she used clothing as nods of support and respect.Īs Diana’s former stylist Anna Harvey recalled in British Vogue in 1997, shortly after the princess’ death: “From the start she used clothes to make gestures on her first visit to Wales she wore the Welsh colors – a green and red silk suit for her arrival in Japan she wore (Japanese designer Yuki Torimaru) and for a trip to Paris, Chanel.”ĭuring a visit to the Gulf region in 1986, she wore a dress embellished with gold falcons, one of Saudi Arabia’s patriotic symbols. The Princess of Wales was adept at using her wardrobe diplomatically. Car given to Princess Diana from Prince Charles sells for $72,000īut how might Diana have dressed were she alive today? And how might she have employed her penchant for tactful, symbolic and communicative fashion in this divisive age?Īhead of what would have been her birthday on July 1, we look back at the influences that informed her style - and how they might have shaped her modern day look.
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