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Julien’s Auctions to Showcase Over 200 Princess Diana Pieces at Beverly Hills Sale

Scheduled for June 26 at The Peninsula Beverly Hills, the auction highlights Diana’s Lady Dior bag, her Falcon evening gown, her support for British designers through her fashion choices, alongside her well-known practice of gifting coats to homeless people.

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Overview

  • Julien’s Auctions will present more than 200 items from Princess Diana’s wardrobe and other royal family collections in its “Princess Diana’s Style & A Royal Collection” sale
  • Featured highlights include the Lady Dior handbag—originally named Chouchou and gifted by Bernadette Chirac—and Diana’s 1986 Catherine Walker Falcon evening gown detailed with falcon embroidery
  • Only a handful of Diana’s coats appear for sale because she routinely asked staff to distribute them to London’s homeless during the cold months
  • Diana collaborated with British Vogue editor Anna Harvey and designers such as Catherine Walker to use her global platform to spotlight British and emerging fashion talent
  • Following her own 1997 auction that raised over $3 million for charity, this event is expected to carry forward her legacy of fundraising through sales of her personal belongings