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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
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Ellie Crabbe

Diana’s ‘revenge dress’ showed her ‘taking back the narrative’ – fashion expert

Auction house staff hold Diana, Princess of Wales’s ‘revenge dress’ during a preview at Sotheby’s in central London of Diana, Princess of Wales’s black silk Christina Stambolian dress which was worn during a Vanity Fair fundraising dinner at the Serpentine Gallery in London in 1994, on the same night her then-husband the Prince of Wales publicly admitted his infidelity on national television (James Manning/PA) - (PA Wire)

The symbolic “revenge dress” worn by Diana, Princess of Wales told the world that she was “taking back the narrative”, a fashion expert has said.

The black silk gown was unveiled in Mayfair, central London, before it goes on sale at auction, where it is expected to fetch upwards of £220,000.

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