Raspberry Toile de Jouy Reverse Embroidery, £3,450; Orange Multicolor Dragon & Fire Embroidery, £3,700, both DiorDiana, in the last two years of her life, was like a supernova, a luminous explosion, destined to burn out.
The Lady Dior, meanwhile, has gone from strength to strength, endlessly reinterpreted by subsequent creative directors, including Maria Grazia Chiuri, its current design director, who has, this summer, made it cool, reimagining it in canvas toile de jouys and animal prints, as well as producing a micro version – a typically generous, indulgent gift, had Diana still been alive, for a doting granny to give to Princess Charlotte.For more news, analysis and advice from The Telegraph's fashion desk, click here to sign up to get.
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