A Very Merry Welcome: Princess Diana's Wedding Day

With just a week until the big day for Kate Middleton and Prince William, I think it's high time I started a blog on a subject that has interested me for years--royal fashion. Love them or hate them, you have to admit that the royal family have an eye for fashion. Sometimes good, sometimes bad. This blog will look back at the fashions of yesteryear (and yesterday). And what better way that to start with one of the most recognizable pieces of clothing ever made . . .

Princess Diana's Wedding Dress

David and Elizabeth Emanuel, a husband and wife team, were chosen to be the designers for that day.

Date: 29 July 1981
Place: St. Paul's Cathedral, London
Event: Wedding between Lady Diana Spencer and Prince Charles

The dress was made with yards of silk taffeta and was brimming with ruffles and lace.

The train on the dress set a record at 25 feet in length!

Her shoes were handcrafted by cobbler Clive Shilton. They were essentially flats--much of a heel would have seen her taller than the groom.

She wore a tiara that belonged to her family called the Spencer tiara. (It was also worn by her sister Jane and her brother's first wife Victoria on their wedding days.)

Don't you just love the early 1980s filter in that photo?

Well, now, most of that you may have already known as, like I said, it is one of the most recognizable pieces of clothing ever created.

Stay tuned to Fashionably Royal for much, much more about royal fashions!