The Princess of Wales wore the gown in an official royal portrait in 1991.
Princess Diana’s iconic purple velvet dress sold for $600,000 (about Rs 4.9 crore) at an auction on Friday. The dress fetched more than five times the pre-estimate price, making it the royal’s most expensive gown ever. The auction was conducted by Sotheby’s in New York.
The Princess of Wales wore the gown in an official royal portrait in 1991 and during a Vanity Fair photoshoot in 1997. As per the details of the coveted gown Sotheby’s websiteIt’s a dramatic ball dress in the infanta-style from the collection of Diana, Princess of Wales. A strapless, evening dress of deep eggplant silk velvet with a tulip-shaped stiff skirt, three pleats on the back designed by Victor Edelstein Enhanced by Paste button.
The gown has an estimated price of between $80,000 and $120,000 on the auction house’s website. Four bidders competed for the gown at Friday’s auction, after which it eventually sold for $604,800 including fees. forbes Citing Sotheby’s.
The dress was designed by British designer Victor Edelstein as part of his 1989 autumn collection. The original design sketch of the dress had an outline of a tiara, which suggests that it may have been made specifically for Princess Diana.
Victor Edelstein was Princess Diana’s longtime fashion designer who made her dresses from 1982 to 1993.
The purple dress was first sold at auction in 1997 for $24,150. It was one of 79 cocktail and evening dresses that the Princess decided to auction that year. Proceeds went to the AIDS Crisis Trust and the Royal Marsden Hospital Vanity Fair,
According to Cynthia Hulton, a senior vice president and global head of fashion and accessories at Sotheby’s, the dress represents late 1980s fashion. “This gown looks very similar in some ways to gowns that were worn 100 years ago, and some version of this gown is exactly the same today,” he was quoted as saying by the outlet.
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