Princess Dianas bold request was the one thing her designer refused: You are a princess

Princess Diana was ready to put royal protocol to the test to prove she was a “free woman.”The late Princess of Wales is the subject of the upcoming “Princess Diana’s Style & A Royal Collection” auction, which takes place on June 26 in Los Angeles.It will feature some of fashion designer Jacques Azagury’s design illustrations for Diana, and fabric swatches from some of her famous dresses.“It feels wonderful [to keep her memory alive],” Azagury, who helped Diana revamp her style during her final years, told Fox News Digital during a private preview at The Peninsula Residences London.

“Anything that I can do that’s going to carry on the legacy of the princess, I will always do it… It’s a way of keeping her alive really.”Azagury said he met Diana in 1985 when he was showing his new collection in London.They were introduced by Anna Harvey, deputy editor of British Vogue.“She immediately put me at ease,” he described.

“She had this amazing ability to make you feel completely at ease in no time.”In return, Azagury would help Diana step out of her shell.“In her later years, Diana embraced this sexier, sleeker look, which was my aim,” he explained.“My aim was really to just get her out of all these frills and… frumpy skirts that she was wearing at the beginning.As her life was developing, she had to be on the international stage, and it was my job to make her fit there.

Gradually, I simplified and simplified her right to the end until there wasn’t really that much dress.It was more about the princess and the fit of the dress.”According to reports, British royals are subject to strict fashion rules.

And as the wife of the future king, Diana was expected to follow them.But as her marriage publicly crumbled, Diana was ready to send a new message using her style.One of the most iconic looks was “The Revenge Dress,” a slinky little black dress that she wore in 1994, on the same night that her ex-husband, the former ...