David and Elizabeth Emanuel created Princess Diana’s enduring wedding gown which she wore to marry then-Prince Charles.
The stunning gown, which has a 25-foot sequin-encrusted train, is a must-see for any royal fashion enthusiast who wants to see the historical dress.
A lesser-known outfit that the late Princess of Wales wore on her wedding day was her stunning pink outfit created by David Sassoon for Bellville Sassoon.
This was another eye-catching ensemble due to its timeless design. Because of this, the dress and jacket ensemble wouldn’t appear out of place today.
The custom-made dress, which Diana later wore to launch a hospital in Grimsby in 1983 and on a royal trip to Australia in 1982, was indeed labelled her “honeymoon” outfit when she first wore it in 1981.
For this outfit, two jackets were actually designed: one with short sleeves and the other with longer ones to prepare for unreliable weather.
King Charles and Diana, Princess of Wales left Buckingham Palace for their honeymoon after their wedding, which was where the pink dress was first seen.
A proper glimpse of the outfit was later seen at Romsey Station in Hampshire before Diana and Charles left on their honeymoon to Gibraltar on the Royal Yacht Brittania.
But this beautiful pink outfit may have never been created if it wasn’t for a mistake made by a Bellville Sassoon employee.
According to reports, after Diana got engaged to Charles, she went to the London Bellville Sassoon store hunting for a new outfit.
The then-19-year-old needed an appropriate outfit to complement her new sapphire engagement ring as she stood beside her future husband.
The Bellville Sassoon shop was about to close, and a salesperson who didn’t recognise Diana informed her that Harrod’s department store was “just around the corner”.
Because of this, Diana quickly chose the now-famous blue Corjana suit for her engagement photoshoot.
A curator named Matthew Storey, who later put Diana’s pink honeymoon dress on display at an exhibition in Kensington Palace, stated that because Diana was turned away, her subsequent partnership with Belville Sassoon “almost didn’t happen”.
But when the Princess returned to the store, she was greeted with open arms and started a long relationship with the company.
Belville Sasson subsequently made the pink honeymoon outfit for the new Princess of Wales, which she clearly loved as she wore it on two other occasions after her wedding.
For her honeymoon, Diana paired the outfit with a pearl choker necklace, pearl earrings and a matching pink hat.
