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Diana, Princess of Wales Exhibition by Mario Testino
Diana Princess of Wales photo & memorabilia exhibition, Kensington Palace state apartments - 24 November 2005 till spring 2007
Never-before shown photos of Princess Diana and some of the last evening gowns she wore are on display in a new exhibition at her former home, Kensington Palace.
The 15 pictures, by world-famous fashion photographer Mario Testino for Vanity Fair magazine, were the last official portraits taken of the princess before she died in a Paris car accident in 1997.
Testino photographed her at the palace in some of her most famous evening dresses, just before they were auctioned off for charity.
The Christies sale of 79 gowns in New York raised $5.7million (?3.5 million) for aids and cancer charities chosen by the Princess of Wales.
Peruvian-born Testino, renowned for his pictures of Madonna, Liz Hurley and Gwyneth Paltrow, said the shoot was "one of the most memorable days of my career".
Giant black-and-white images show Princess Diana laughing, smouldering and yet ultimately alone.
Nine of the gowns sold at the auction, including four worn for the photo-shoot, are also on display.
One of the dresses, a beaded white one-sleeved creation by the Japanese designer Hachi, has never been exhibited before.
Worn for the first time on a tour of Australia and New Zealand in 1983, it marked a departure from the princess's earlier fairy-tale eveningwear to sleeker, more glamorous designs.
The princess preferred British designers, often giving lesser-known brands a world-wide platform.
Millions of women imitated her as she incorporated her own style with the "unwritten rules" of royal dress. "Outfits had to be practical, making the wearer stand out in a crowd and reflecting current fashions without being too trendy," Kensington Palace said.
Bruce Oldfield, who climbed from a Barnardo's home for children to international high-fashion, shared her love for charity work.
In the late 1980s he encouraged her to wear more daring designs. Yet the challenge was to create outfits to complement, and not compete with, the princess.
"When you're blonde and 6ft3in tall in high heels, you could wear a sack and you would be noticed," he once told her.
A striking midnight blue velvet gown, by London-born Victor Edelstein, saw Princess Diana dance with actor John Travolta at a White House dinner in 1985. The off-shoulder piece, one of the gowns on display, fetched the highest bid at the New York auction: $222,500 (?135,870).
As Princess Diana entered her 30s, the understated elegance of self-taught London couturiere Catherine Walker, a philosophy student that once sold children's clothes from baskets, became her trademark.
"Diana, Princess of Wales by Mario Testino" will run at the Kensington Palace state apartments from 24 November 2005 until 1 July 2007.
Testino said he hoped the "light celebration of her life" would reflect his "respect and admiration" for the princess.
www.thisislocallondon.co.uk
Never-before shown photos of Princess Diana and some of the last evening gowns she wore are on display in a new exhibition at her former home, Kensington Palace.
The 15 pictures, by world-famous fashion photographer Mario Testino for Vanity Fair magazine, were the last official portraits taken of the princess before she died in a Paris car accident in 1997.
Testino photographed her at the palace in some of her most famous evening dresses, just before they were auctioned off for charity.
The Christies sale of 79 gowns in New York raised $5.7million (?3.5 million) for aids and cancer charities chosen by the Princess of Wales.
Peruvian-born Testino, renowned for his pictures of Madonna, Liz Hurley and Gwyneth Paltrow, said the shoot was "one of the most memorable days of my career".
Giant black-and-white images show Princess Diana laughing, smouldering and yet ultimately alone.
Nine of the gowns sold at the auction, including four worn for the photo-shoot, are also on display.
One of the dresses, a beaded white one-sleeved creation by the Japanese designer Hachi, has never been exhibited before.
Worn for the first time on a tour of Australia and New Zealand in 1983, it marked a departure from the princess's earlier fairy-tale eveningwear to sleeker, more glamorous designs.
The princess preferred British designers, often giving lesser-known brands a world-wide platform.
Millions of women imitated her as she incorporated her own style with the "unwritten rules" of royal dress. "Outfits had to be practical, making the wearer stand out in a crowd and reflecting current fashions without being too trendy," Kensington Palace said.
Bruce Oldfield, who climbed from a Barnardo's home for children to international high-fashion, shared her love for charity work.
In the late 1980s he encouraged her to wear more daring designs. Yet the challenge was to create outfits to complement, and not compete with, the princess.
"When you're blonde and 6ft3in tall in high heels, you could wear a sack and you would be noticed," he once told her.
A striking midnight blue velvet gown, by London-born Victor Edelstein, saw Princess Diana dance with actor John Travolta at a White House dinner in 1985. The off-shoulder piece, one of the gowns on display, fetched the highest bid at the New York auction: $222,500 (?135,870).
As Princess Diana entered her 30s, the understated elegance of self-taught London couturiere Catherine Walker, a philosophy student that once sold children's clothes from baskets, became her trademark.
"Diana, Princess of Wales by Mario Testino" will run at the Kensington Palace state apartments from 24 November 2005 until 1 July 2007.
Testino said he hoped the "light celebration of her life" would reflect his "respect and admiration" for the princess.
www.thisislocallondon.co.uk
Comments on this journal
khan i guess the dresses are what people remember, they weren't ordinary, she was a princess/ former royal after all
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And she wears them well as well.
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book tickets here khan... let me know if you need help. www.lastminute.com
do a search (top left corner) for diana .. and click the 1st answer, looks like kensington palace tickets are needed.. then the exhibit's free
have to find Kensington Palace.....i hope its somewhere near central london...