The Most Iconic Celebrity Revenge Dresses of All Time: Princess Diana, Ariana Madix, Jennifer Lopez and More
usmagazine.comRevenge is a dress best worn bold. Princess Diana invented the concept of a revenge dress when she donned a now-iconic Christina Stambolian design in 1994.The Princess of Wales wore the off-the-shoulder little black dress to the Serpentine Gallery Party.
The event took place on the same night that ITV aired a documentary in which Diana’s then-estranged husband, King Charles III, admitted to having an affair with his now-wife, Queen Consort Camilla, during their marriage.The next morning, The Sun wrote of Diana’s fashion choice: “Revenge is chic.
Di last night showed Charles what he’s missing.”A replica of the garment sold for £18,000 via Kerry Taylor auctions in March 2011.
A description on the auction house’s website read: “The next day the papers — instead of showing a downcast, dejected Diana — revealed across their front pages a ravishingly beautiful woman, in her prime and with everything in the future to look forward to.”Diana and Charles — who shared sons Prince William and Prince Harry — finalized their split in 1996, one year before the princess died at 36 in a car crash.
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