One of the favorite dresses of the Princess Dianawith which she appeared pictured in Vanity Fair magazine in 1997 shortly before her death, will go on sale on January 27 in a auction at Sotheby’s house in NY with an estimated price between US$80,000 and US$120,000.
It is an aubergine-coloured velvet silk evening dress with a “infanta” and a voluminous tulip-shaped skirt, designed by Victor Edelstein, her couturier for nearly a decade, for the fall 1989 season, according to a statement from the auction house.
Sotheby’s global director of art and objects, Christina Prescott-Walker, told EFE that the dress was selected for Diana’s wardrobe because it “personifies” her elegance and was “forever immortalized” in a royal portrait alongside King Charles painted. in 1991 by Lord Snowdon.
It was also the dress that she wore in a photo session with the renowned Mario Testino for Vanity Fair in 1997 and was later part of an auction of her personal collection of 80 dresses to benefit the fight against AIDS, one of the causes that most he was passionate about
The dress is the highlight of a new auction called “The One,” featuring items representative of human history, including a LeBron James jersey, a 1962 President John F. Kennedy birthday ticket, or a vintage Egyptian bust.
(With information from EFE)
Source: Gestion
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