Princess Diana's 'Revenge Dress' up for Sale
The gown is expected to draw up to £220,000, and proceeds will support NHS Lothian Charity.
- Sotheby's announced Thursday that Princess Diana's iconic 'revenge dress' will be auctioned in New York this December, with the garment expected to sell for $415,000.
- On June 29, 1994, Princess Diana wore the slinky Christina Stambolian gown to a Serpentine Gallery fundraising dinner on the same night Prince Charles publicly admitted to his infidelity.
- Keeping with the late princess's philanthropic legacy, proceeds from the sale will be donated to NHS Lothian Charity on behalf of the Royal Edinburgh Hospital; a Scottish collector purchased the gown in 1997 when Diana sold 79 of her own dresses for AIDS charities.
- Before the December 9 auction in New York, the dress will be displayed at Sotheby's galleries in London, Hong Kong, and Geneva, building global visibility for the piece.
- More than 30 years later, the moment remains cited as iconic in fashion culture, and experts suggest the final sale price could exceed the $415,000 estimate given its enduring symbolic power.
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The emblematic garment will be auctioned for the first time in almost 30 years during an exclusive bid in December
Recover the narrative at a time when this concept was reserved for political rhetoric, go viral before social networks existed, perform an act of female empowerment when the protocol required discretion and prudence. All this was achieved by Princess Diana when she attended a charity gala dressed in a now iconic black cocktail suit, which is ready to change hands in a bid organized by Sothebys’.
Princess Diana's 'revenge dress' up for sale
The "revenge dress" worn by Diana, Princess of Wales is going under the hammer. The late royal wore the black gown by Christina Stambolian to a Vanity Fair party in London in June 1994 just hours after her estranged husband King Charles - then Prince of Wales - admitted to being unfaithfu...
LONDON. Sotheby's is selling the dress Princess Diana wore when King Charles confessed his infidelity on television. Interpretations of the short, black sheath dress are still divided.
Princess Diana's 'revenge dress' will be auctioned for the first time in nearly 30 yearsDiana's black dress, worn in 1994, will be exhibited on December 9 at Sotheby's in New York. It is estimated at up to £220 thousand.
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