Diana’s wedding dress designer on ‘shy’ royal, ‘ultimate fairy princess’ gown
26.08.2022 - 21:54
/ nypost.com
Diana’s death in a Paris car crash 25 years ago next Wednesday — Aug. 31, 1997 — resonated with so many people around the world.“I think people just felt she was like family, that she cared,” Emanuel told The Associated Press. “They felt close to her because you knew every detail of her life.
It was in all the press, all the time. And there was all these things going on. And you felt, you know, very much part of her life in a way.
And so when her life was snatched away, it was this big void. … It was like a light being snuffed out.”But for Emanuel, Diana wasn’t just the icon who appeared every day on TV screens and the front pages of newspapers. She was a real person who played a central role in her life and career.The scrapbook documents that story — the story of a designer and a princess-to-be.The tale begins with a pale pink blouse the Emanuels sent to British Vogue for a photo shoot on emerging beauties.
Although they didn’t know it, the beauty destined to wear the blouse was Lady Diana Spencer, who would soon be engaged to Prince Charles, the heir to the British throne.Diana liked the blouse so much that she asked who the designers were — then she called them. Emanuel answered the phone and made the appointment, but didn’t get her name.So she was shocked when Diana showed up at her door. By then, the engagement had been announced and Diana was famous.But she didn’t act like it.
Emanuel remembers her wearing a little sweater and skirt and perhaps a string of pearls.“She was so young and just so sweet and shy, and it was really fun,” said Emanuel, who was only a few years older than Diana. “It was a big adventure for her suddenly to see all the clothes in the showroom. And she put a lot of trust in us, really, to come
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