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On June 29, 1994, Lady Dee caused a sensation in a black dress symbolizing “freedom regained” and forced “dress of revenge“. It’s less well-known, but Camilla Parker Bowles copied and pasted the princess look a year later during an evening at the Ritz in London. One pace, two fates.
Brush, smile, tight black dress. we know it well with this look from Lady Di who created Shy Di. (“Say the Shy”Ed), is “People’s Princess”. On June 29, 1994, there was a charity gala organized at the Serpentine Gallery in London. In this creation by Greek designer Christina Stambolian, Diana defied the rules of palace style, just hours after Prince Charles publicly admitted his affair with Camilla Parker Bowles. Observers saw it as a highly symbolic dress, cut to catch the eye and assert herself no longer as the wife of Prince Charles, but as a free and independent woman. Not forgetting this underlying message which implied “this is what you lose” and in the process gave rise to the term “revenge dress” (“vengeance dress”) which has since entered the common parlance. This is what we will find out in Princess Diana’s Dresses. “The Auction” from the documentary film. designer Kristina Stambolian reveals that Diana bought the dress three years ago but never wore it because she thought it was too “bold”. However, wearing it that evening, the princess had “played like Odile”, the black swan. Swan Lake.
Camilla Parker Bowles at the entrance to the Ritz. (London, October 18, 1995) Julian Parker – Getty Images
Lady Dee’s triumphant arrival at the Serpentine Gallery. (London, June 29, 1994) Tim Graham – Getty Images
Camilla’s Revenge
What is less well known is the choice of clothing, almost identical, that Camilla made a year after Diana’s media review. We are on October 18, 1995, at the Ritz in London, hosting an evening with Prince Charles. Separated for several months, Camila arrived there in a black dress with a Bardot neckline and rows of pearls. Obviously the copy-paste of Diana that the tabloids fail to capture, then caricatures her as a relationship breaker, cheating mistress and criticizes her for her physical appearance. However, the motivations surrounding this outfit always remained very murky. Did he want to “shout” his desire for freedom in turn? To finally live his love in the daytime? Or clumsily humiliate his opponent? History will not say more. But it will show that after more than thirty years as an outcast, Camilla has become the queen of a long-running love story. And by the way, from Great Britain.
Source: Le Figaro
