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“… fashion journalist Claudia Joseph opens the door to the world’s most coveted closet.” <\/em>— Elle<\/strong><\/p>\n

“Diana: A Life in Dresses chronicles Princess Diana’s sartorial evolution from her early shopping days at Harrods to working with world-renowned designers like Catherine Walker.” <\/em>— Harpers Bazaar<\/strong><\/p>\n

“This stylish survey traces Di’s evolution from unsophisticated debutante to fashion icon, telling the stories behind her most famous, and infamous, dresses.” — New York Post<\/strong>\n<\/p>\n

‘I literally had one long dress, one silk shirt, one smart pair of shoes and that was it’ – so Princess Diana said of the day she and Prince Charles got engaged. Sixteen years later, Diana would die, no longer the girl with one dress, but a global fashion icon who had raised more than £2 million for charity by selling 79 of her dresses at Christie’s auction house in New York.<\/p>\n

This chic and stylish book opens Diana’s wardrobe to the world. From the Regamus debutante’s dress Diana wore at a ball at Althorp, her family estate, to her infamous Christina Stambolian ‘Revenge’ dress, which she wore on the night Prince Charles publicly admitted his adultery with Camilla Parker Bowles, each iconic moment is captured in these pages.<\/p>\n

Claudia Joseph chronicles Diana’s style evolution from the days she shopped with her mother for her wedding trousseau at Harrods, to her discovery of her wedding dress designers, the Emanuels, and her relationship with Vogue<\/em> fashion director Anna Harvey, who introduced her to designers such as Catherine Walker, Jacques Azagury and Versace. She looks at the designers who shaped Diana’s image and tracks down her most symbolic dresses to museums around the world.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This beautiful survey of Princess Diana’s fashion and the evolution of her style collects Diana’s most famous (and infamous) outfits.
INTRODUCTION
\nFrom Young Ingénue to Style Icon 6
\nThe Christie’s Auction 8
\nREGAMUS
\nThe Debutante Dress 10
\nCOJANA
\nThe Pretty Woman Moment 12
\nTHE EMANUELS 14
\nThe Engagement Blouse 16
\nThe Black Ballgown 18
\nThe Wedding Gown 20
\nThe Tartan Suit 28
\nThe Fairytale Ballgown 30
\nThe Bahrain Day Dress 32
\nThe Bahrain Evening Gown 34
\nBELLVILLE SASSOON 38
\nThe Going Away Outfit 42
\nThe Caledonian Ballgown 46
\nThe Black Watch Frock 48
\nThe Cocktail Dress 52
\nGINA FRATINI 54
\nThe Black Polka Dot Number 56
\nBILL PASHLEY
\nThe Honeymoon Suit 58
\nJASPER CONRAN 60
\nThe Red Suit 62
\nCAROLINE CHARLES 66
\nThe Braemar Dress 68
\nThe Burgundy Dress 70
\nBRUCE OLDFIELD 74
\nThe White Lace Gown 78
\nThe Black Velvet Ballgown 80
\nThe Crushed Velvet Gown 82
\nCATHERINE WALKER 86
\nThe New Zealand Ensemble 88
\nThe Back to the Future Gown 92
\nThe Mermaid Dress 94
\nThe Grace Kelly Gown 96
\nThe Stately Gown 98
\nThe Bangkok Ballgown 100
\nThe Peach Polka Dot Dress 102
\nThe French Gown 106
\nThe Tulip Gown 108
\nThe Elvis Dress 112
\nThe Burgundy Velvet Gown 114
\nThe Scottish Gown 116
\nThe Liza Minelli Gown 118
\nThe India Dress 122
\nThe Spencer House Gown 124
\nThe Madame Grès Gown 126
\nThe Petal Pink Ballet Dress 128
\nThe Red Cross Gown 130
\nThe Mughal Dress 132
\nTHE FINAL SHOOT 134
\nThe Grey Gown 135
\nThe Tuxedo Dress 136
\nThe Ivory Gown 137
\nThe Gala Gown 138
\nVICTOR EDELSTEIN 140
\nThe Travolta Gown 142
\nThe Terence Donovan Gown 146
\nThe Spanish Dancer Dress 150
\nARABELLA POLLEN
\nThe Ruffled Suit 154
\nHACHI
\nThe One-Shouldered Gown 158
\nZANDRA RHODES 162
\nThe Cherry Blossom Gown 164
\nThe White Silk Chiffon Gown 168
\nJACQUES AZAGURY 172
\nThe Red Mini 174
\nThe Black Fishtail Dress 178
\nThe Ice Blue Shift 180
\nThe Lady in Red 184
\nThe Black Chantilly Lace Dress 186
\nKATHERINE CUSACK
\nThe Blue Velvet Gown 190
\nYUKI
\nThe Diplomatic Dress 192
\nMURRAY ARBEID
\nThe Star Attraction 194
\nESCADA
\nThe Pink Suit 198
\nCHANEL 200
\nThe Red Coat 202
\nThe Mint Green Suit 204
\nTOMASZ STARZEWSKI 206
\nThe Cocktail Dress 208
\nVERSACE 210
\nThe Patrick Demarchelier Gown 212
\nCHRISTINA STAMBOLIAN
\nThe Revenge Dress 214
\nEPILOGUE
\nDiana’s Legacy 220
\nAcknowledgements 222
\nFeatured museums 223
\nImage credits 224<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":34151,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":""},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[5540],"product_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-34150","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-fashion-textiles","7":"author-by-author-claudia-joseph","8":"publisher-acc-art-books","10":"first","11":"instock","12":"shipping-taxable","13":"purchasable","14":"product-type-simple"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nDiana: A Life in Dresses - ACC Art Books US<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/us\/book\/diana-a-life-in-dresses\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Diana: A Life in Dresses - 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