Created by Moroccan-British dressmaker, a costume worn by the late Princess of Wales Diana Spencer was bought on Sunday, December 17, at an public sale for practically $1.15 million, the New York Instances reported earlier this week.
The ballerina-length costume was designed within the Nineteen Eighties by Jacques Azagury, a Moroccan-born designer recognized for creating garments for Princess Diana, British actress Helen Mirren and American-British actress Elizabeth McGovern.
The well-known black velvet costume and blue organza costume was worn the primary time by the late princess throughout a dinner hosted by the mayor of Florence, Italy, in 1985 and a second time whereas attending the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra in 1986, the New York Instances reported.
The costume is bought at a file worth for one in every of Princess Diana’s robes, the identical supply added. Offered for greater than 11 instances what the public sale home had predicted, the costume is «synonymous with the Princess of Wales’s royal class and everlasting grace», public sale home Julien’s Auctions, stated in a press release.
For the file, Azagury skilled on the London School of Vogue and at St Martin’s Faculty of Artwork. He opened his retailer in 1987 in Knightsbridge. In an interview with The Unbiased in 2008, he recalled how he had met Princess Diana. «After I was on the London Assortment, I abruptly turned spherical and located Diana, Princess of Wales, standing behind me. It was the start of a really lengthy and nice friendship», he stated.