Has any woman in history better understood the power of clothes than Princess Diana? An icon of 20th-century glamour, she was instinctively aware about how she could communicate with the world simply by what she wore.
According to Dailymail, her clothes always sent a message: whether it was ‘revenge’ dressing (such as the time she used a striking little black dress to knock her husband’s adultery confession off the front pages) or representing Britain abroad as a future Queen.
Diana: Her Fashion Story will be hosted at Kensington Palace, her former London home, and will feature 25 of her most iconic outfits — from the pussy-bow blouse worn in her engagement portrait to the black ballgown in which she famously danced with actor John Travolta at the White House. The Mail has been given an exclusive preview of all 25 exhibits, which we bring you in glorious detail, starting today.
When you see her dresses in the flesh, what strikes you is just how tiny Diana’s figure was. Since almost all her clothes were couture, their exact measurements were known only to Diana and her designers.
Although she was 5 ft 8 in tall and often looked Amazonian in photographs, she can never have been bigger than a size 10, and at times appears to have been closer to a tiny size 6.
