LATE Princess Diana was truly a people’s princess, who is still popular with the same epithet, even after more than ten years of her death. Her belongings have been treated as souvenirs, with fans ready to shell out millions for them.

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With the resurgence of interest in the various 1980’s whimsically designed sweaters and other clothing of Princess Diana, we are excited to announce that we will soon be offering limited quantities of some of the more popular items such as the Red Sheep Black Sheep Sweater and its variations (a really neat black one with red and white sheep!) as well as a couple other sweaters she made popular in the 1980’s.  We will also have other replica clothing items as well.  We have had numerous requests for the sheep sweater and if there are other items you are searching for please let us know!  We will do our best to locate them for you!

 Stay tuned to the Princess Diana Book Boutique for more items under the new category – Princess Diana Replica Sweaters/Clothing!

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This unique out of print book gives one a guided tour of over 300 British shops and manufacturers who provide the Royal Family, by appointment, with everything from nightware to dog kennels to champagne.  Whether you would like to live like a Queen or dress like a princess this book shows you how.  For those of you interested in where Diana shopped – where she bought the red sheep sweater and other items – this book tells you.  Informative and largely forgotten book on Royal Shopping – included with photos throughout.

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This tweed sports suit, worn for the famous photo shoot in the grounds of Balmoral, was made for Princess Diana’s honeymoon by designer Bill Pashley. Two copies were made and Diana chose the larger one as there was more room in the shoulders for shooting. The Princess of Wales asked Mr Pashley not to make the design for anyone else. He kept his word and stored the smaller unworn suit in a cupboard in his studio, only rediscovering it during a clean-out earlier this year. The designer generously donated the ensemble to Historic Royal Palaces. It is rare to find an informal outfit created for the Princess of Wales in a public collection: most are evening dresses.    UK Independent

Princess Diana’s Klondike Ensemble is a Pink/Peach Silk Period Dress and Hat in the style of 1880 worn by her during a Royal Tour to Canada in 1983. The dress is a form-fitting princess line gown of wild silk, with swagged overskirt ruched at sides and back to reveal a silk lace flounced underskirt and back train; the lace is repeated at the collar, bodice jabot and cuffs. The dress also contains interior bodice boning. The hat consists of cream petal straw trimmed with period velours au sabre silk ribbon, silk flowers and pearl sprigs. Both the dress and hat are currently in excellent condition. Princess Diana wore the dress and hat June 1983, in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, at a Klondike period gala event. The event was part of the Prince and Princess’s Canadian Royal Tour of that year. In need of an appropriate gown for the occasion, she chose this one from a selection of period pieces brought to her at Kensington Palace by Oscar-winning costume designer John Bright, at whose studio, Cosprop, the dress was made. This dress, which Diana mischievously chose, was first worn by Francesca Annis in the 1978 mini-series “Lillie” (Lillie Langtry (“Lillie”), along with Prince Charles’s mistress Camilla Parker Bowles’s great-grandmother, Alice Keppel, had both been mistresses of Charles’s great-great grandfather Edward VII when he was Prince of Wales in the late 1800’s [98]).

Linda Mattock [77] had designed this dress as a “Langtry” dress, exemplifying the essence of Lillie’s style. Diana then had the Klondike dress personally fitted on her by Mr. Bright and he altered it to her measurements. Mr. Bright also designed and made the hat specifically for Diana to wear with the dress. After Princess Diana wore the dress and hat, John Bright stored them until they were sold in association with Bonham’s of London to Dr. Michael H. Smith for the benefit of MediCinema (a charitable organization that enhances the care of hospital patients by providing free film screenings to them and their families) [66]. The dress is currently on loan to Kensington Palace. The fairy-tale princess-like Klondike dress and hat is one of Diana’s most published ensembles, with pictures or articles of her wearing it appearing in over 100 publications, including books, newspapers, magazines, CD ROMs, web pages, postcards and videos.