13 April,2010 07:05 AM IST | | Agencies
It was rumoured that the Princess had destroyed the black taffeta gown -- but it turned up recently in a wardrobe at the studio of dress makers David and Elizabeth Emanuel
Now the iconic dress is set to fetch up to 50,000 poundsu00a0(Rs 34 lakh) when it appears at Kerry Taylor Auctions in London on June 8.
The dress caused a sensation when Lady Diana Spencer, as she then was, bent down to climb out of the car.
Bold in black.
But while 19-year-old Lady Diana thought that black was elegant and grown-up, it was deemed an unusual choice as the Royal family wears the colour almost exclusively for mourning. The public, however, went wild over the dress.
This gown forms part of the Emanuel Archive of Princess Diana-related material comprising 30 lots ranging from actual clothes worn by the Princess to fashion sketches, invoices, letters and related ephemeral.
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