Lady Diana Spencer stepped out of the Glass Coach at St Paul’s Cathedral. After some unravelling, her bridal gown was finally revealed following months of speculation.
Embellished with 10,000 pearls, it had sleeves that looked like fluffy clouds and it came with a dramatic 25ft train. India Hicks, one of Diana’s five bridesmaids, later said that the noise from the crowd as Diana emerged was ‘absolutely extraordinary’.In the cathedral were 3,500 guests.
A further 750 million people were watching on television around the globe. Each will have had their own opinion on the dress of the century.
In his book, Diana Style, the fashion commentator Colin McDowell described the gown as ‘pure romance. We were all invited into a child’s picture of what.
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