{"id":398924,"date":"2025-09-05T03:27:11","date_gmt":"2025-09-05T03:27:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/398924\/"},"modified":"2025-09-05T03:27:11","modified_gmt":"2025-09-05T03:27:11","slug":"giorgio-armani-leaves-behind-a-little-known-connection-to-princess-diana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/398924\/","title":{"rendered":"Giorgio Armani Leaves Behind a Little-Known Connection to Princess Diana"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> NEED TO KNOW<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Giorgio Armani, fashion icon and founder of the Armani Group, has died at 91<\/li>\n<li>Princess Diana was wearing Armani the day she died, highlighting their little-known connection<\/li>\n<li>Armani had been working on a gown for Diana that she never got to wear<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_2-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> The <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/giorgio-armani-italian-fashion-designer-dead-11803245\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"internalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">death of Giorgio Armani<\/a> at 91 marks the end of an era in fashion. It also brings renewed attention to one of his most poignant, little-known ties to <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/tag\/princess-diana\/\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"internalLink\" data-ordinal=\"2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Princess Diana<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_4-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> Known for redefining modern elegance, Armani dressed countless Hollywood stars and royals alike. But among his notable legacies is a quiet connection to Diana \u2014 one that connects the beloved royal to the designer on the very last day of her life.\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_6-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> On August 31, 1997, Diana was photographed in Paris wearing a blazer by Armani, a look that exemplified her polished, pared-back style in the years after her divorce from then-<a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/person\/king-charles-iii\/\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"internalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Prince Charles<\/a>. The piece was part of a growing relationship between Diana and the fashion house.\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_8-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> Armani himself later revealed that he had been working on a dress for the princess for an engagement she had planned to attend that fall \u2014 a design she would never have the chance to wear.\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_12-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> Armani reflected at the time on Diana\u2019s evolving style, <a href=\"https:\/\/wwd.com\/eye\/people\/inside-princess-diana-final-summer-10967712\/\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"externalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">noting to WWD<\/a> that she had \u201cfound that style of her own, strictly controlling any temptation to overdo things, and favoring clean, modern lines that set off her great face and figure in a very up-to-date way.\u201d\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_14-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> <strong>Can&#8217;t get enough of\u00a0PEOPLE&#8217;s Royals coverage?<a href=\"https:\/\/forms.dotdashmeredith.com\/people-royals\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"externalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">\u00a0Sign up for our free Royals newsletter<\/a>\u00a0to get the latest updates on Kate Middleton, Meghan Markle and more!<\/strong>\n<\/p>\n<p> Princess Diana walks through a minefield in Angola on January 15, 1997. ; Princess Diana in St Tropez in the summer of 1997. ; Princess Diana at the Tate Gallery on July 1, 1997 to celebrate her birthday. ; Princess Diana on her visit to Bosnia on August 10, 1997.<\/p>\n<p>John Stillwell &#8211; PA Images\/PA Images\/Getty ; Michel Dufour\/WireImage ; Tim Graham Photo Library\/Getty ; Kent Gavin\/Mirrorpix\/Getty<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_17-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> The designer added, \u201cThat\u2019s what I was trying to emphasize with the dress I just did for her. It\u2019s worth noting that she chose the design herself, the simplest one in the group of sketches I sent her.\u201d\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_19-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> While Diana famously championed British labels such as Catherine Walker, she also turned to Italian and French houses like Versace, Dior and Armani, especially in the &#8217;90s. Armani\u2019s sleek tailoring and unfussy silhouettes dovetailed with Diana\u2019s new chapter as an independent woman and global humanitarian.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEED TO KNOW Giorgio Armani, fashion icon and founder of the Armani Group, has died at 91 Princess&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":398925,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7708],"tags":[5105,7710,519,448],"class_list":{"0":"post-398924","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-royals","8":"tag-royal","9":"tag-royal-families","10":"tag-royal-family","11":"tag-royals"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115149566394554935","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/398924","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=398924"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/398924\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/398925"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=398924"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=398924"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=398924"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}