One of Princess Diana’s ornate dresses is set to fetch up to £80,000 at auction.
The ballgown from the Emmanuel 1986 ‘Diaghilev’ collection has been described by Kerry Taylor Auction House, who are selling the ballgown, as ‘arguably one of the most ornate, romantic of all Princess Diana’s gowns’.
Shimmering with gold sequins, crystals and pearl beads the dress was inspired by Leon Bakst’s designs for Diaghilev’s Ballets Russes and it comes with a matching headband, optional sleeve panels and petticoat.
The Princess first caught sight of this dress, which will go under the hammer on December 3, at a Red Cross benefit fashion show in the summer of 1986.
The standard size 10 dress fitted her perfectly and Diana chose to wear the gown on many occasions, wearing it with and without the petticoat, and with and without the sleeve panels but often choosing to wear a diamond tiara instead of the headband.
Kerry Taylor Auctions are famed for selling historically important Royal garments ranging from King Charles I nightshirt, Kate Middleton’s see-through fashion show dress to Princess Diana’s couture velvet ‘Travolta’ gown, which she wore to dance at the White House.
