The most famous black dress belonging to one of the most well-loved members of the British monarchy is up for auction — nearly three decades after it was last sold.
And its estimated worth? Somewhere between $150,000 and $300,000.
Princess Diana’s black off-the-shoulder silk gown, designed by Christina Stambolian, was considered too daring for a working royal — so daring that Diana owned it for years without ever wearing it.
Then, in 1994, she finally dusted it off for a Vanity Fair event on the exact same night that her estranged husband, then-Prince Charles, publicly confessed to having an affair. The rest, as they say, is history.
Since then, it’s been known as the ‘revenge dress’ and this year, it will headline a standalone fashion evening auction at Sotheby’s in New York on December 9.
