A standby wedding dress and shoes which are an exact copy of the original gown and slippers Princess Diana wore to marry Prince Charles in 1981 sold at auction this week for $84,000. The replica items were made by the same designers who created the wedding dress and were intended for use as back-up just in case anything happened to the original dress and shoes.
Designed by David Emmanuel who was especially commissioned by Diana to create her royal wedding gown, the replica dress was never called into use on the actual wedding day itself, however it was seen by thousands when the dress was used on a waxwork model at Madame Tussauds for a special royal wedding display.
The ivory taffeta dress was sold by Madame Tussauds several years ago to an American collector who kept the dress in a private collection until its sale this week. The iconic gown sold for $48,000 yesterday with a fashion museum in Chile reportedly winning the bid.
The ivory slippers were designed to be an exact copy of Diana's wedding shoes so that either the left or right shoe could be replaced with one of the replicas should either of the slippers had been damaged or stained during the wedding day.
The replica shoes were never actually paid for by Princess Diana's mother, Frances Shand-Kidd, as she was unhappy with the final bill. The size 6.5 slippers, which feature the letters C and D on the soles, remained the property of the designer Clive Shilton, until this week when they sold for $36,000 at auction.
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