Overview

• Julien’s Auctions wrapped up the largest-ever sale of Princess Diana’s wardrobe at the Peninsula Beverly Hills on June 26, featuring more than 300 fashion pieces.
• The blue silk Bellville Sassoon gown known as the “Caring Dress” fetched $520,000 after collector Renae Plant secured it with a $400,000 hammer bid plus fees.
• Renae Plant, curator of the virtual Princess Diana Museum and manager of a 2,700-item archive, celebrated the purchase as a personal tribute to Diana’s humanitarian impact.
• Julien’s Auctions has pledged a share of the auction proceeds to Muscular Dystrophy UK, continuing Diana’s history of charitable fundraising through fashion sales.
• The event drew intense bidding across high-value items and surpassed previous benchmarks, though the 2023 $1.14 million Azagury gown sale remains the auction record.