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20 Times Princess Diana Wowed Us With Stunning Royal Gowns | Which Look Is Your Favorite?
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20 Times Princess Diana Wowed Us With Stunning Royal Gowns | Which Look Is Your Favorite?

She owned the 80s and 90s fashion scene and is still very much alive in our imagination more than two decades after.

Source: Getty Images | (L) Express / Stringer, (M) Patrick Riviere / Staff, (R) Keystone / Stringer

Princess Diana's looks through the 80s and 90s still have people raving about it. Throughout her years in the public eye, she wore some iconic gowns and gave us some lasting lookbook inspirations. The People's Princess wasn't just a fashion icon though. She had a lot more to offer to the world, and the style statements she made revealed all sides of her endearing personality—bold, kind, compassionate, and fearless.

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The famous fashion designer Gianni Versace, who was also Princess Diana's friend, had said, "Don't be into trends. Don't make fashion own you, but you decide what you are, what you want to express by the way you dress and the way to live." Lady Di adopted that fashion philosophy from the very beginning, even before she became part of the royal family, and created timeless looks. There have been many times when Kate Middleton and Meghan Markle took a leaf out of Diana's book when it comes to fashion. 

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Here are the 20 times she wowed us in gowns with her stately elegance.

1. The color of the heavens



 

Diana wearing a dress by Bellville Sassoon to the V&A.

2. The not-so-little black dress  


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She is wearing a Catherine Walker gown and has her hair slicked back.

3. Velvet dreams 



 

The iconic midnight blue velvet dress by Victor Edelstein was worn by the Princess for Ronald Reagan's White House reception in 1985, according to Marie Claire

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4. Trouble in teal 



 

She used an emerald choker—a wedding gift from the Queen—as a headband for a formal night out with her gown by the Emanuels. 

5. A vision in white


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The Princess of Wales wore this gown by Japanese designer Hachi on her first official visit to the U.S.  

6. The crown jewel



 



 

The princess looks breathtaking in this Catherine Walker gown, which she wore while meeting the Crown Prince of Kuwait in 1989. 

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7. The eye of the storm

 



 

Famously called the revenge dress, this short gown was designed by Christina Stambolian. Princess Diana wore it the same day Prince Charles admitted to marital infidelities. 

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8. The elegant swan 



 

9. The winning vision



 

Diana wore this lace-and-satin design by Murray Arbeid at a dinner in Washington D.C. She paired it with a diamond tiara called "Queen Mary's Lover's Knot." 

10. The blue blossom



 

The Princess of Wales wore a Catherine Walker dress for a presidential banquet in Cameroon in 1990.

11. Ravishing in red



 

Diana adored this red dress by Victor Edelstein and wore it on multiple occasions. 

12. Mermaid



 

She wore this Catherine Walker piece on a 1986 Austrian state visit and again to the 1990 Diamond Ball. 

13. The pink princess



 

14. Blood runs thicker



 

Diana paired this plunging Catherine Walker gown with a long strand of pearls down her back in 1985.

15. Lighter than air



 



 

Princess Diana wore this pearl and diamante encrusted petal pink gown with a full pleated skirt by Catherine Walker in 1993. 

16. The ballroom stunner



 

Diana stunned everyone with this gorgeous ballroom inspired white gown along with her favorite choker.

17. The bold act



 

She wore this ruched dress by Catherine Walker to the Canadian premiere of Crocodile Dundee II, according to Instyle.

18. The emerald princess



 

Diana wore another Catherine Walker design to a function at the Dorchester Hotel just a month before announcing her withdrawal from public life, according to GoodHouseKeeping. 

19. The icon



 

She attended the Cannes Film Festival wearing a stunning ice blue gown by Catherine Walker.

20. The dream



 



 

Dubbed the "Elvis dress," Catherine Walker was reportedly inspired by Elizabethan ruffs. In this version, she created a white silk crepe dress and bolero jacket, both embroidered with sequins and pearls.

References: 

https://jacquesazagury.com/pages/diana

https://www.goodhousekeeping.com/beauty/fashion/g4362/princess-diana-dresses/?

https://www.marieclaire.co.uk/fashion/princess-diana-iconic-style-167179

https://www.glamourmagazine.co.uk/gallery/princess-diana-best-dresses-fashion-style

https://www.instyle.com/celebrity/princess-dianas-most-iconic-style-moments?