Her athleisure looks have their own TikTok sound. Her revenge dress has gone down in history. And her combinations of jeans, boots and blazers are currently flooding our Pinterest walls again. Lady Diana Spencer was and still is a fashion role model. While the pieces she wore back then were sold out immediately, we can now recreate her style with modern remakes and retro pieces.
Lady Di – the message behind her outfits
She is and remains the princess of hearts. Even though both glamouröser Gossip and tragic rumors swirled around Lady Di. Thanks to her exciting life in the spotlight, her street style, her hairstyles, such as the typical Diana bob, her make-up, her fragrances and the brands she wore were also the center of attention. Today, just as then.
On TikTok, Gen Z is recreating Diana Spencer’s most beautiful looks. And in her new book “The Lady Di Look Book: What Diana Was Trying To Tell Us Through Her Clothes,” British fashion writer Eloise Moran analyzes how the young princess tried to rebel against the royal family, conventions, expectations and social constraints with her looks. At the same time, Hollywood projects such as “The Crown” and “Spencer” are putting Lady Di back in the spotlight.
Her looks from back then, be it the classic combination of cycling shorts and sweatshirt or her unforgettable revenge dress, but also the iconic power blazers or the delicate pearl jewelry have long since achieved cult status. In addition, other 80s and 90s looks are returning to the Catwalksinto the styling studios and finally into our wardrobes. Some brands even specifically Duplicates or exact replicas of outfits or copy and modernize the key pieces of her looks. In short: we can’t get enough of the Diana aesthetic. Tight cycling shorts and oversized sweaters, white blouses with bows, high-waisted jeans, chunky sneakers and tops with puff sleeves à la Lady Di are currently hanging in the shops – and we’ll tell you where you can find them.
In the clip: With these outfits Lady Diana made fashion history
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You can recreate the unique Lady Di look with these 5 it-pieces
For anyone who wants to imitate Diana’s outfits, but above all her incomparable style, Moran has a few tips in her book: Don’t just copy the princess. Decide which features of her style you can most easily incorporate into your own. Perhaps her kitschy patterns? The lush sleeves or off-the-shoulder necklines? Her athleisure style?
Then choose a few investment items around which you can build your own look. For example, the little black dress, retro blouses and pointed pumps or the thick sneakers and sweaters. Inspiration we have collected some of Diana’s most iconic garments here, similar models of which you can also find at Zara, H&M and Co.
Look #1: The black sheep
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A seemingly innocent, very sweet look – but the sheep sweater is now considered one of Diana’s most meaningful fashion choices. During her very early years with the Royal Family, she rebelled with unconventional, playful patterns and prints. The one black sheep on her red knitted sweater was a very clear message. The original was recently sold at auction for £1.14 million auctioned. A remake can be found at Rowing Blazers – not only in signal red, but also in light blue, pink or bright green. There are even socks, bags and football jerseys with the iconic print. Now all you have to do is decide on one of the trendy colors.
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Look #2: Der Logo-Sweater
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Diana was a patron of the British Lung Foundation and wore the sweatshirt with the logo and the now famous red balloon during a polo match. Ensembles like this have made her the queen of casual. Wearing the chic blazer over the deliberately casual sweater and the cowboy boots to High-Rise-Jeans were groundbreaking back then. Retro jeans, boxy blazers and, above all, super trendy cowboy boots can be found in abundance this season. And the legendary sweatshirt is still available in the Asthma + Lung UK charity shop.
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Look #3: The little black dress
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Probably Princess Diana’s most memorable and well-known outfit is the off-the-shoulder dress by Christina Stambolian, better known as the “Revenge Dress”. Shortly after the royal couple, Princess Diana and Prince Charles, announced their separation, the It Girl of the time presented herself in this tight, off-the-shoulder Little Black Dress and wrote Fashion historySince then, the dress has been the inspiration for a whole host of copies, but we’re currently celebrating more affordable, modern versions, like the one from & Other Stories.
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Look #4: Cycling shorts & designer handbag
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There are countless Paparazzi-Photos of Diana in cycling shorts. When shopping, jogging or out and about with the kids William and Harry. She had a pair in a salmon color, of course in black and gray, in blue and purple, but also this pair in white. Combined with the mint-colored Sloppy Joe sweatshirt, the Birkin bag, one of Lady Diana’s favorite handbags, and the chunky sneakers, the outfit has become our favorite for the upcoming vacation or summer days at home. We found the matching pants in pretty much every color imaginable – including white – at Oysho, so we can start stocking up on Diana-worthy items.
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Look #5: Barbiecore
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Off to the second row, Margot Robbie! Before the Hollywood beauty sparked the current Barbiecore trend, Diana Spencer’s preference for pink outfits caused a pink hype 30 years ago. This pink look of checked trousers and sweater, in which the princess was photographed in front of her house in Highgrove, is also reminiscent of Emma Corrin in season 4 of “The Crown” We shop for pink all-over looks in the Barbie Capsule Collection from Reserved, but pink pants and pink sweaters can also be found at H&M, Mango & Co.
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