New York, Jan 19 (EFE).- One of Princess Diana’s favorite dresses, with which she appeared photographed in Vanity Fair magazine in 1997 shortly before her death, will go on sale on January 27 at an auction at the Sotheby’s house in New York with an estimated price between 80,000 and 120,000 dollars.
It is an “infanta”-style aubergine velvet silk evening gown with a voluminous tulip-shaped skirt, designed by Victor Edelstein, who was her couturier for almost a decade, for the fall 1989 season. , according to a statement from the auction house.
Sotheby’s global director of art and objects, Christina Prescott-Walker, told EFE that the dress was selected for Diana’s wardrobe because it “personifies” her elegance and was “forever immortalized” in a royal portrait alongside King Charles painted. in 1991 by Lord Snowdon.
It was also the dress that she wore in a photo session with the renowned Mario Testino for Vanity Fair in 1997 and was later part of an auction of her personal collection of 80 dresses to benefit the fight against AIDS, one of the causes that most he was passionate about
The dress is the highlight of a new auction called “The One,” featuring items representative of human history, including a LeBron James jersey, a 1962 President John F. Kennedy birthday ticket, or a vintage Egyptian bust. EFE
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