Lady Diana’s most iconic and copied sweater goes up for auction

It was the 1980’s and there was a very young girl diana spencer Walked the lawn of a polo match in Windsor in a sweater that will go down in clothing history: a model designed by a small British knitwear house hot and wonderful (and its creators, Sally Muir and Joanna Osborne) were crowned by several white sheep and a black sheep. then girlfriend Prince CharlesDiana, whom she later married in July 1981, was not yet a style icon capable of setting the rules of fashion for decades to come. But that sweater helped create an image of a cool young lady in the eyes of the world. In the following days, the model of the sweater worn by Diana sold out, turning the tiny knitwear into a small marketing affair. From that day for 40 years and more, Lady D. The auction will take place in New York with a starting price of around $70,000.

Diana often wore black sheepskin sweaters. Here with sister-in-law Sarah Ferguson in 1983

Sotheby’s auction house won this unique piece Whose traces were lost for many years. And the lucky person who wins it will be able to say they have one of Diana Spencer’s most loved and copied wardrobe items. In 2019, even Harry Styles wore a Lanvin sweater reminiscent of the Princess of Wales in style, though chose a fully black sheepskin-covered version as a sign of homage.

a symbol, that total stigmawho clung to Diana’s unhappy but rebellious image over the years. In 1980, when young Spencer wore that sweater for the first time, no one knew that the golden tale of a prince marrying an English rose would be ruined in the worst possible way. Decades later, that black sheep worn by Diana looks more like a stance than a simple (and successful) graphic pattern on a sweater that’s gone down in history.