@ I love CP- Great minds think alike!
. It is the closest thing to non-verbaly flipping the finger as anyone can get . I think most men thought: "What the f...is Charles thinking?!?"
Your link is not working on my computer. Can you post another link to the pic please?
I think I only have a newspaper article, published shortly after her death, with a sketch by Armani of the dress. It was more daring and glamourous than anything the Princess had ever worn before! I will look for the paper in my scrapbook and see if it's scannable and also check if I can find anything more. I do think it was mentioned in a few books, I'll check those, too.
Diana had commissioned it for a charity movie premiere she was due to attend in October, I believe. I used to know the name of the film, goodness - hate to admit that my memory is not what it used to be.
The dress you speak of- the one that we never got to see was be Azagury as well. There is a sketch in the book Diana: The Secret of her Style.Sirhon, doesn't it just drive you crazy that we never were able to see Diana in the black backless dress - with train!!! - that Armani was in the process of finishing fitting for the Princess at the time of her death? IIRC, she had an appointment for a fitting for this gown the day after she died... We had never seen Diana in Armani in public before and I'm sure she would have blown everyone away, as usual.
Has anyone ever seen a drawing of this gown? I'd love to know any information about it if any is known. Thanks to all here who are so generous with their pictures, research and knowledge.
It looks similar to the dress she wore on her birthday, only with a fish- tail train, and long slit up the side to show off her fabulous legs.@ Ilove CP- First off this link works, thanks!
I third you! It is a Azagury design.
The dress you speak of- the one that we never got to see was be Azagury as well. There is a sketch in the book Diana: The Secret of her Style.
And yes, I wish we could have seen Diana in the dress at the premiere of the movie Hercules she was planning to wear it to in October 1997. She would have knocked our socks off!!
Armani was fitting Diana for a backless, light blue dress with crossed shoulder straps that she was planning to wear to an AIDS benefit gala late in 1997. The sketch is in the same book I mentioned above. The fitting appointment was set for 4 September 1997.
You're 100% correct. See what I mean about my memory going?
Thanks for the information.
I don't remember the Armani sketch, then - what I had in mind must have been the Azagury "Hercules" gown. I'll have to check if I own the book you cite or just borrowed it from the library; if I own it, I will scan and upload both here tomorrow.
Oh, it's so heartbreaking to think of those two glorious gowns that she never got to wear. There is no one who could dress as beautifully as Diana and, especially this week, we're all reminded of how very young she died and how much life (and how many clothes - not to be superficial) she still had ahead of her. How I wish we could go back in time and change the route they took from the Ritz. It's like watching "Titanic"; one just cringes at every mistake made as we know to what end it's all leading...)
