{"id":71203,"date":"2023-12-18T11:58:13","date_gmt":"2023-12-18T11:58:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/geels.net\/?p=71203"},"modified":"2023-12-18T11:58:13","modified_gmt":"2023-12-18T11:58:13","slug":"princess-dianas-velvet-evening-dress-sells-for-one-million-dollars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/geels.net\/beauty\/princess-dianas-velvet-evening-dress-sells-for-one-million-dollars\/","title":{"rendered":"Princess Diana&apos;s velvet evening dress sells for one million dollars"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1> Princess Diana&#8217;s ballerina-length velvet evening dress sells for $1.1million &#8211; setting a new record for one of her dresses sold at auction<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>A gown worn by Princess Diana in Italy 1985 broke a new fashion record<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Read More:\u00a0Diana&#8217;s iconic engagement blouse is up sale at auction\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A gown worn by Princess Diana\u00a0in 1985 has broken a new fashion record after selling for $1.148million\u00a0(\u00a3904,262).<\/p>\n<p>The black, ballerina-length velvet evening dress sold at Julien&#8217;s Auctions in Hollywood for eleven times its estimated price, having be tipped to sell for $100,000.<\/p>\n<p>The gown &#8211; which came complete with shoulder pads, a blue organza skirt, a large bow, and a sash &#8211; is now the new record holder as the most expensive dress worn by Diana sold at auction.<\/p>\n<p>Diana initially donned the frock in Italy\u00a0in 1985 whilst on a royal tour with her then-husband Charles, Prince of Wales, and again to the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra in 1986.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The previous record holder, a 1991 velvet gown by Victor Edelstein, fetched 604,800 dollars (\u00a3476,437) at an auction in January.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/18\/11\/79080139-12876531-A_gown_worn_by_Diana_Princess_of_Wales_in_1985_broke_a_new_fashi-a-14_1702898468632.jpg\" height=\"1427\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>A gown worn by Diana, Princess of Wales in 1985 broke a new fashion record, going under the hammer in Hollywood for 11 times its estimated price<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/18\/11\/79080135-12876531-Diana_initially_donned_the_frock_in_Italy_in_1985_whilst_on_a_ro-a-16_1702898468637.jpg\" height=\"929\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Diana initially donned the frock in Italy in 1985 whilst on a royal tour with her then-husband Charles, Prince of Wales, (pictured) and again to the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra in 1986<\/p>\n<p>That means Diana&#8217;s Jacques Azagury gown has nearly doubled the gap between first and second place.<\/p>\n<p>The collector&#8217;s item was constructed with fabric chosen by world-renowned textile merchant Jakob Schlaepher and featured metallic embroidered stars carefully threaded by the design team at Jacques Azagury.<\/p>\n<p>The ballerina skirt was considered a nod to her patronage of the English National Ballet and her love of dance.<\/p>\n<p>Diana went on to wear several Jacques Azagury pieces during her time with the royal family, with the Moroccan-British fashion designer creating her wedding dress for her 1981 nuptials to Charles.<\/p>\n<p>Also on sale at the Julien&#8217;s Auctions and TCM Present: Hollywood Legends event was a blouse worn by Diana for her engagement portrait in 1981.<\/p>\n<p>The pink crepe blouse features a ruff-like collar and loose pleats to the front, worn by Diana, and was captured on film by royal photographer Lord Snowdon.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/18\/11\/79080133-12876531-Princess_Diana_and_the_then_Prince_Charles_In_Florence_during_th-a-15_1702898468635.jpg\" height=\"963\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Princess Diana and the then Prince Charles In Florence during their official tour of Italy<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/18\/11\/79080145-12876531-The_black_ballerina_length_velvet_evening_dress_sold_at_Julien_s-a-18_1702898468641.jpg\" height=\"994\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The black, ballerina-length velvet evening dress sold at Julien&#8217;s Auctions for a grand total of 1,148,080 US dollars (\u00a3904,262)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/18\/11\/79080143-12876531-The_ballerina_skirt_was_considered_a_nod_to_her_patronage_of_the-a-17_1702898468641.jpg\" height=\"596\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The ballerina skirt was considered a nod to her patronage of the English National Ballet and her love of dance<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/18\/11\/79080165-12876531-The_pink_crepe_blouse_features_a_ruff_like_collar_and_loose_plea-a-19_1702898468642.jpg\" height=\"833\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The pink crepe blouse features a ruff-like collar and loose pleats to the front, worn by Diana, and was captured on film by royal photographer Lord Snowdon<\/p>\n<p>It sold for 381,000 dollars (\u00a3300,990), nearly four times its original estimate of 80,000 dollars.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Hollywood stars&#8217; clothes also up for auction included a Givenchy dress worn by Audrey Hepburn in the 1963 comedy Charade.<\/p>\n<p>Elsewhere a sleeveless gown worn by Gloria Swanson in the 1950 noir film Sunset Boulevard and Barbra Streisand&#8217;s sailor dress from a 1960s special called My Name Is Barbra.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/femail\/article-12876531\/Princess-Dianas-ballerina-length-velvet-evening-dress-sells-1-1million-setting-new-record-one-dresses-sold-auction.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Princess Diana&#8217;s ballerina-length velvet evening dress sells for $1.1million &#8211; setting a new record for one of her dresses sold<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":71202,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>US Entertainment News. 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