Part of one of Princess Diana’s most famous off-duty looks, worn by the royal at the Guards Polo Club in Windsor in 1988, is going up for auction. The whole look consisted of a British Lung Foundation sweater, jeans, cowboy boots and a blazer on top. And now, it’s the checked Turnbull & Asser blazer that’s being auctioned.
David Quelch, the former managing director of Burberry, reportedly gave the blazer to his assistant in 1997 upon his retirement – clarifying at the time that the item had been sent in by the royal as she had wanted it to be remade in a different fabric.
Unfortunately, it’s not possible to prove for certain it’s the exact jacket Princess Diana wore. “Upon close examination, the Turnbull & Asser blazer consigned for sale is identical to the one Diana, Princess of Wales, is famously photographed wearing,” Lucy Bishop, auctioneer at Kerry Taylor Auction told Vogue. “However, as the blazer is ready-to-wear, it means more than one would have been made. We are laying all the evidence gathered fairly on the table, and allowing those bidding on the day to decide what they choose to believe.”
The origin given by the seller seems credible, though.
“Interestingly, the Princess is photographed wearing an identical blazer – but in a different fabric – in 1996,” Bishop continues. “The blazer is an exact copy of the Turnbull & Asser one, right down to the shape and placement of the suede elbow patches. This supports the provenance provided by the vendor and fits in with the timeline of events.”
Though the royal sold many of her formal gowns in a charity auction in New York in 1997, shortly prior to her death, items from Princess Diana’s day-to-day wardrobe are still turning up today.
The “Passion For Fashion” sale will take place on 21 June.
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