A contemporary portrait

Princess Diana was Princess of Wales while married to Prince Charles and she was one of the most adored members of the British royal family, but unfortunately she died in a car crash back in 1997 which was shocking news to almost everyone - It was a very sad time.

Source information - http://www.fashot.com/fashot-blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/Princess-Diana-20.jpg

I have chosen this Portrait of Princess Diana as I find it very interesting because Diana first started in the public eye as looking like a fairytale princess, always dressed in silk and pearls. However in time Diana started to become much more daring in her choices of clothing, she definitely found her fashion voice. When attending the Varity Fair benefit at the Serpentine Gallery, Diana showed up in the ultimate "little black dress", however it was later given the name "the revenge dress" but Diana confirmed she wasn't one to be pitied. This is because the day she decided to walk out the front door in this dress was the day Prince Charles had confessed to having an affair with Camilla Parker Bowles. The dress was originally designed three years prior to her wearing it, she was too nervous to wear it before as "she thought it was too daring".

Diana broke the boundaries of royal dressing and was known to be now a fashion icon as well as a princess in her own right. The dress Diana was wearing was a tight, figure hugging Christina Stambolian dress which was considered to be too "sexy" for a princess, it featured a low cut, off the shoulder neckline which she wore with a pearl choker.

Source information - http://www.fashot.com/fashot-blog/tag/princess-diana-history/
http://www.biography.com/people/princess-diana-9273782#synopsis
http://www.marieclaire.co.uk/blogs/suzannah-ramsdale/543592/princess-diana-s-dresses-the-truth-behind-her-most-famous-fashion-moments.html