Lady Diana Spencer Wedding Dress
Size 10 with a 29 inch waist.
Lady diana spencer wedding dress. The wedding dress of lady diana spencer was worn by the bride at her wedding to charles prince of wales on 29 july 1981 at st pauls cathedral. So of course it had to be recreated for season 4 of the crown when we finally meet princess diana played by emma corrin. On her wedding day she had a 23 inch waist and had dwindled down to a size 10.
According to tatler diana enlisted the pair to design her wedding dress after they made some of her first formal looks. Diana wore an ivory silk taffeta and antique lace gown with a 25 foot 762 m train and a 153 yard tulle veil valued at 151000 equivalent to 583032 in 2019. St pauls is vast so it couldnt have been a quiet little dress he.
The exact moment lady diana spencer stepped out of royal residence clarence. At the start of the wedding dress fittings diana had been a british size 14 a us. I wanted it light we did sparkles in the veil.
The voluminous dressmade by elizabeth and david emanuelbecame instantly iconic. The story behind princess dianas wedding dress after diana the spencer tiara was worn by victoria lockwood when she married dianas brother charles spencer the 9th earl in 1989. The design and details of the future princesss wedding dress managed to remain a complete mystery until hours.
The gown was typical of early 80s styleoverblown romantic flouncy. Lady diana spencer was only 19 years old when she was thrust into the public eye. We were filming the scene when you first see her in the wedding dressi think it was lancaster house in londonand i had a team of about 10 people helping me put it on because it.
Princess diana lost a considerable amount of weight before the big day which meant some alterations were in order before she could be stitched into the final version of her dress on the day of the. As a shy society girl her style was not particularly fashion forward but over the years she created a distinctive. On the day of her wedding diana reportedly spilled some quelques fleurs perfume on her dress which left her with a small stain.