Tatler UK - 09.2019

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August 1990, and Diana was on the cover of Tatler ‘havin’ a Wales of

a time’. Photographed on the 1989 royal tour of the Gulf States, the

Princess of Wales, power-suited in pink, had paired her signature pearls

with Oliver Goldsmith aviators as she giggled with sheiks and watched

camel races in the desert near Abu Dhabi. Her then-husband sat beside

her on a matching gold throne. That same year she was inducted into

the International Best-Dressed Hall of Fame, having evolved from

flounce-favouring Sloane to sleek sartorial superstardom. As designer

Jasper Conran told former Tatler Editor Tina Brown: ‘She did enjoy

the feeling of being a Forties movie star... It was all about the entrance,

everyone clapping and cheering. She loved that.’ Flash forward 29 years

and her style remains in the public eye, celebrated at Kensington Palace

in Diana: Designing for a Princess, a curation of her most gorgeous gowns

and sketches by her favourite designers that will change every six months.

The Princess of Wales

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