The most famous wedding dress in history

We will never forget her, but thanks to season 4 of The Crown, Lady Diana feels almost as close as when she was still alive. One of the scenes that gave the entire cast goosebumps, tears, and standing arm hair was the wedding of Charles and Diana, for which the dress was brought back to life. I remember the day of the wedding so well. I was in ooh's and aah's over the train, her locks, her shy smile, and the church so large that even that train seemed insignificant. Anyway, enough about that. On to the facts of the mother of all wedding dresses.

1. Unknown designers
At least: relatively unknown. They were also called ‘the outsiders’. Nevertheless, Diana specifically chose David and Elizabeth Emanuel to design her wedding dress, something that meant gold-plated assignments for them in the future, of course.

2. Torn design
Because everything had to remain a secret, David and Elizabeth Emanuel shredded and discarded the first sketch of the dress after showing it to Lady Diana. Discretion first, but oh, how much money they could have sold that sketch for.

3. The train
The silk dress had a 12-meter veil and a 7.5-meter train. They really practiced folding it so that it would roll out of the carriage as wrinkle-free as possible, but during practice, Diana's father (a rather large man) was not taken into account, which is why she ultimately stepped out with quite a wrinkled train. Fortunately, it ‘dented’ out fairly quickly due to the warm and somewhat humid weather.

4. Headache from the tiara
The veil (the 12-meter one) was attached to Diana's tiara, a family heirloom from the Spencers. It was so heavy that Diana (who of course normally didn't walk around with a tiara) had a ‘headache’ from it all day.

5. Thinner and thinner
It's a common problem among brides and something that gives many designers gray hairs. As The Day approaches, the pounds of stress and panic melt away. For Diana (who suffered from bulimia), it was no different. David and Elizabeth kept taking in the dress, and later Elizabeth even found out that she had left a pin in the dress. In total, five bodices of the dress were made, and they had to take it in on the day itself.

6. How much does that cost?
Speculations about the value of the dress range from 38,000 to 150,000 euros. The fact is that Elizabeth and David Emanuel sent a very reasonable bill of 4,500 euros.

7. A little more about the shoes
Clive Stilton was asked to design Diana's pumps. He did so with love. 150 pearls and 500 sequins were involved, and as a finishing touch, he placed a C and a D, connected by a heart, on the sole of the shoe. No one saw it, but Diana would surely feel it.

Image: The Crown – Instagram Emma Corrin