Contrary to every superstition that makes purple the hardest color on the chromatic scale, Lady Diana he loved this shade, the result of the fusion of two opposites, warm red and cold blue, and demonstrated it several times. Not only in 1987, when she chose to pair the famous Attallah Cross of diamonds and amethysts with a long purple Catherine Walker evening gown, but also in 1991, when she showed off a strapless gown with a bodice embellished with jeweled buttons and wide purple velvet. . skirt pose for an official portrait next to the then Prince of Wales, Charles. The dress in question, so beloved by the princess that it appeared again in the service of Vanity Fair in 1997, was designed by fashion designer Victor Edelstein who invented the exquisite model of the tulip.
26 years after the death of Lady Diana Spencer, the queen of style, The dress will be sold on January 27 in New York at Sotheby’s for an estimated cost of $80,000 to $120,000.. Present condition considering the creation previously sold for $24,150 in 1997 in an auction that included 80 dresses from Princess Diana’s personal collection, proceeds from which benefited the AIDS Crisis Trust and the Royal Marsden Hospital Cancer Fund. This time the lot is part of Sotheby’s The One’s first ever auction, which promises an unparalleled selection of the best dresses ever in its catalogue. Among them is the creation of the British designer, who first introduced this model in the autumn-winter collection of 1989.
Considered one of Princess Diana’s favorite designers for over ten years, from 1982 to 1993., Edelstein managed to design a disturbing dress with classic yet imaginative lines, daring with a color not loved by everyone, but often demanded by Diana, who clearly wanted it for her 1991 portrait, when British artist Douglas Hardinge Anderson is immortalized with a set of gems from that same warm and convincing tone. The dress was later revived in a 1998 limited edition Princess Diana doll toy version by the Franklin Mint as part of a 1000-piece collection featuring some of history’s most iconic outfits.
Whoever wins this dress will win a piece of history captured on the canvas of the famous portrait, which is now on display at the Royal Cancer Foundation Marsden Hospital, where Diana did not fail to visit in her all-too-short life.
Source: Elle