Princess Diana’s Wedding Dress Arrives Downunder
Australians now have the chance to view Princess Diana’s wedding dress, and other memorabilia, as it tours the globe…
The dress is composed of hundreds of metres of the finest, handwoven ivory silk taffeta and tulle, antique lace stitched with pure gold thread, embroidery garnished with more than 10,000 pearls and mother-of-pearl sequins. It has not been worn since July 29, 1981.
The wedding dress of Diana, Princess of Wales, was released from its hermetically-sealed crate in Sydney yesterday for the opening of an exhibition likely to be the most popular ever seen at the Powerhouse Museum.
Diana: A Celebration brings together an eclectic collection of artefacts from the life of the late princess, drawn from the estate of her children, princes William and Harry. Almost 2000 people have already booked for the exhibition, which runs from September 29 to May next year.
“The fabric itself was hand-woven in Norfolk, the lace was handmade in Suffolk,” said Nick Grossmark, an art handler who accompanied the dress from the Spencer family’s Althorp Estate in England. “It is simply magnificent, and the most famous dress ever. At the wedding, it was seen by almost a billion people.”
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November 29th, 2007 22:10
What an amazing gown. I think Princess Diana’s gown represents the best of last century’s weddings. She was a style icon and her wedding dress blew people away. I really wish I could go and see it.
December 4th, 2007 09:22
Now that’s a wedding dress. Like most people in the world I watched Diana’s wedding live and she looked so stunning and regal yet we all knew she was one of us, a real life people’s princess
December 4th, 2007 11:05
That is past gorgeous. She looked so beautiful in that gown. She represented the end of the monarchy at that time…it’s up to the boys to pick it back up.