Princess Diana dances with John Travolta in 1985.
Diana’s Dresses Sell For £800k.
The dress in which Princess Diana danced with John Travolta at a White House state dinner has sold at auction for £240,000.
The Victor Edelstein, off-the-shoulder design, in midnight blue velvet was successfully snared by an anonymous bidder who said he wanted to surprise his wife.
The Princess of Wales wowed both the British and US public when she was pictured being twirled around the dance floor by the Hollywood star during the 1985 US visit.
Auctioneer Kerry Taylor said: “It was bought by a British gentleman who said he wanted to buy it as a surprise to cheer up his wife. I hope that the sale has really made someone’s day.”
The dress was one of 10 of Diana’s dresses on sale as part of the Fit For A Princess collection at the vintage fashion auctioneers Kerry Taylor Auctions in London. The garments were originally sold, along with a number of others, by Diana herself following her divorce from the Prince of Wales to raise money for charity at the suggestion of Prince William.
American Maureen Rorech Dunkel initially bought the dresses as a long-term investment, but after Diana’s death in 1997 she decided to exhibit them to raise money for good causes.
The collection, described as “a little history of Diana’s life through her clothes”, reached a total of £862,800.
The dress in which Princess Diana danced with John Travolta at a White House state dinner has sold at auction for £240,000.
The Victor Edelstein, off-the-shoulder design, in midnight blue velvet was successfully snared by an anonymous bidder who said he wanted to surprise his wife.
The Princess of Wales wowed both the British and US public when she was pictured being twirled around the dance floor by the Hollywood star during the 1985 US visit.
Auctioneer Kerry Taylor said: “It was bought by a British gentleman who said he wanted to buy it as a surprise to cheer up his wife. I hope that the sale has really made someone’s day.”
The dress was one of 10 of Diana’s dresses on sale as part of the Fit For A Princess collection at the vintage fashion auctioneers Kerry Taylor Auctions in London. The garments were originally sold, along with a number of others, by Diana herself following her divorce from the Prince of Wales to raise money for charity at the suggestion of Prince William.
American Maureen Rorech Dunkel initially bought the dresses as a long-term investment, but after Diana’s death in 1997 she decided to exhibit them to raise money for good causes.
The collection, described as “a little history of Diana’s life through her clothes”, reached a total of £862,800.
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