{"id":67086,"date":"2025-05-02T00:59:10","date_gmt":"2025-05-02T00:59:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/67086\/"},"modified":"2025-05-02T00:59:10","modified_gmt":"2025-05-02T00:59:10","slug":"a-closer-look-at-her-galliano-look","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/67086\/","title":{"rendered":"A Closer Look at Her Galliano Look"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tFollowing her divorce from then-Prince Charles in August 1996, Princess Diana<\/a> began her post-royal life anew. The global humanitarian and fashion icon raised her public profile, attending significant events at the center of cultural conversations, often as a way to spotlight her philanthropic endeavors.<\/p>\n

\n\tIn 1996, Princess Diana<\/a> joined celebrities and other notable attendees at the Met Gala<\/a>. The event marked a departure for Princess Diana from her former royal life to her new position as a humanitarian and public figure. <\/p>\n

\n\tHere, WWD breaks down all the details behind Diana\u2019s look, the 1996 Met Gala<\/a> and more.<\/p>\n

\t\tWhen did Princess Diana attend the Met Gala<\/a>?\t<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\"Princess<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\tPrincess Diana <\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRichard Corkery\/NY Daily News via Getty Images<\/p>\n

\n\tPrincess Diana attended the Met Gala on Dec. 9, 1996, at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. The event was co-chaired by Anna Wintour\u2019s British Vogue successor,\u00a0Liz Tilberis, who brought the famous former royal to the event as her guest. The 1996 Met Gala\u2019s theme centered on feting the work of Christian Dior. The French luxury fashion house and LVMH served as sponsors for the event. <\/p>\n

\t\tWhat did Princess Diana wear to the Met Gala?\t<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\"Princess<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\tPrincess Diana <\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRichard Corkery\/NY Daily News via Getty Images<\/p>\n

\n\tPrincess Diana wore an inky silk John Galliano for Dior slipdress, featuring a lace neglig\u00e9e-inspired trim and a coordinated dressing-gown style robe at the 1996 Met Gala. The dress was loosely inspired by Galliano\u2019s first collection with the French luxury fashion house. The slimming, lingerie-inspired maxidress was accessorized with pieces from the late Princess of Wales\u2019 jewelry trove and a Lady Dior bag<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\n\tDiana wore her sapphire and diamond earrings and her sapphire and pearl choker, featuring seven delicate strands of pearls. Kate Middleton has since inherited the sapphire and diamond earrings. <\/p>\n

\n\tDiana\u2019s pearl and sapphire choker was also worn by the late royal during her visit to Washington D.C. in November 1985, when she danced with John Travolt<\/a>a. The sapphire and peal choker featured a brooch gifted to Diana by Queen Elizabeth II. Diana also famously wore the choker with her \u201crevenge dress\u201d<\/a> in June 1994.<\/p>\n

\t\tWhat was the meaning behind Princess Diana\u2019s Met Gala look?\t<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\"Princess<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\tPrincess Diana <\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPatrick McMullan\/Patrick McMullan via Getty Images<\/p>\n

\n\tJust like her Christina Stambolian-designed \u201crevenge dress,\u201d Princess Diana\u2019s 1996 Met Gala look signified a departure from her life as a senior royal in The Firm. The dress married a loose silhouette with sensuality, a severe juxtaposition from the conservative, buttoned-up attire regularly worn by Diana during her time as an active member of the House of Windsor.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe dress also demonstrated Diana\u2019s continued fashion savvy. Galliano was, at the time of the 1996 Met Gala, among the most popular global designers. To choose the Galliano design meant Princess Diana was likely sending a two-pronged message \u2014 that of a liberated woman and a sharp, stylish public figure.<\/p>\n

\t\tHave other British Royal family<\/a> members attended the Met Gala?\t<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\"Princess<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\tPrincess Beatrice attends the Met Gala on May 7, 2018.<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tJamie McCarthy\/Getty Images<\/p>\n

\n\tSince Princess Diana\u2019s now-famous showing at the 1996 Met Gala, only a few royals have attended the high-profile event. Among the British contingent of international royalty, Princess Beatrice made her Met Gala debut in 2018<\/a>, more than 20 years after the late Princess of Wales. <\/p>\n

\n\tPrincess Beatrice, the daughter of Prince Andrew and Sarah, Duchess of York, attended the Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination Met Gala occasion wearing a flowing purple dress. The flowing Alberta Ferretti\u00a0gown featured sheer sleeves and shimmering details near the neckline. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Following her divorce from then-Prince Charles in August 1996, Princess Diana began her post-royal life anew. The global…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":67087,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7708],"tags":[7709,33999,1412,5105,7710,519,448],"class_list":{"0":"post-67086","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-royals","8":"tag-british-royal-family","9":"tag-met-gala","10":"tag-princess-diana","11":"tag-royal","12":"tag-royal-families","13":"tag-royal-family","14":"tag-royals"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114435533515174107","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67086","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=67086"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67086\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/67087"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=67086"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=67086"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=67086"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}