{"product_id":"diana-a-life-in-dresses-from-debutante-to-style-icon-hardcover","title":"Diana: A Life in Dresses: From Debutante to Style Icon - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eClaudia Joseph\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"... fashion journalist Claudia Joseph opens the door to the world's most coveted closet.\" \u003c\/i\u003e-- \u003cb\u003eElle\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"Diana: A Life in Dresses chronicles Princess Diana's sartorial evolution from her early shopping days at Harrods to working with world-renowned designers like Catherine Walker.\" \u003c\/i\u003e-- \u003cb\u003eHarpers Bazaar\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"This stylish survey traces Di's evolution from unsophisticated debutante to fashion icon, telling the stories behind her most famous, and infamous, dresses.\" --\u003cb\u003e New York Post\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'I literally had one long dress, one silk shirt, one smart pair of shoes and that was it' - so Princess Diana said of the day she and Prince Charles got engaged. Sixteen years later, Diana would die, no longer the girl with one dress, but a global fashion icon who had raised more than  2 million for charity by selling 79 of her dresses at Christie's auction house in New York. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis chic and stylish book opens Diana's wardrobe to the world. From the Regamus debutante's dress Diana wore at a ball at Althorp, her family estate, to her infamous Christina Stambolian 'Revenge' dress, which she wore on the night Prince Charles publicly admitted his adultery with Camilla Parker Bowles, each iconic moment is captured in these pages. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eClaudia Joseph chronicles Diana's style evolution from the days she shopped with her mother for her wedding trousseau at Harrods, to her discovery of her wedding dress designers, the Emanuels, and her relationship with \u003ci\u003eVogue\u003c\/i\u003e fashion director Anna Harvey, who introduced her to designers such as Catherine Walker, Jacques Azagury and Versace. She looks at the designers who shaped Diana's image and tracks down her most symbolic dresses to museums around the world.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eClaudia Joseph\u003c\/b\u003e was a pupil at Cheltenham Ladies' College and trained as a fashion journalist at the London College of Fashion before becoming a news reporter. She has worked at \u003ci\u003eTatler, The Times\u003c\/i\u003e and the \u003ci\u003eMail on Sunday\u003c\/i\u003e and regularly contributes to a number of national newspapers and magazines. She wrote \u003ci\u003eKate Middleton: Princess in Waiting\u003c\/i\u003e (Mainstream Publishing: 2009) the first book on the Duchess of Cambridge, and has written two other books - \u003ci\u003eWilliam and Kate's Britain\u003c\/i\u003e (Splendid Publications Limited: 2015) and \u003ci\u003eHow to Dress Like A Princess: The Secrets of Kate's Wardrobe\u003c\/i\u003e (Splendid Publications Limited: 2017). She has appeared on television around the world and is a regular commentator on \u003ci\u003eSky TV\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 224\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 9.5 x 10 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 03, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52584542634277,"sku":"9781788841832","price":55.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0987\/2487\/2485\/files\/RDPzJzPSqy9781788841832.webp?v=1781595100","url":"https:\/\/c4lhome.com\/products\/diana-a-life-in-dresses-from-debutante-to-style-icon-hardcover","provider":" Companion for Life Five Home","version":"1.0","type":"link"}