Diana in THAT dress: #revengedress trends after The Crown season 5 airs, but the princess isn’t the only woman to hit back through fashion

An episode in The Crown season five had the moment we were all waiting for – Princess Diana’s ‘revenge dress’ reveal after Prince Charles admitted to infidelity

The late princess is not the only one to have struck back using fashion – actresses Elizabeth Hurley and Jennifer Aniston did too after their marriage break-ups

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Elizabeth Debicki as Princess Diana in her infamous “revenge dress” in a still from season 5 of Netflix series The Crown.

Published: 4:15am, 13 Nov 2022

When viewers tuned into the eagerly awaited season five of The Crown, they were reminded of one of Princess Diana’s most memorable fashion moments.

On June 29, 1994, the late Princess of Wales donned a daring silk black, off-the-shoulder cocktail dress for a Vanity Fair party at London’s Serpentine Gallery. She upped the glam stakes with silk Manolo Blahnik heels and a multi-strand pearl necklace, anchored with sapphire and diamonds.

Made by Greek designer Christina Stambolian, the dress soon became known as the “revenge dress”. And for good reason.

Earlier, a tell-all documentary by her estranged husband, Charles – now the British king – had aired, along with a lot of dirty laundry, including his confession of an adulterous affair with Camilla Parker-Bowles – now Queen Consort of the United Kingdom.

On June 29, 1994, Diana wore a cocktail dress by Christina Stambolian to a Vanity Fair party at London’s Serpentine Gallery. Photo: Getty Images

In the hit Netflix series, Australian actress Elizabeth Debicki, playing Diana, wears a replica of the dress in the fifth episode – it is best seen in the iconic scenes of her emerging from a chauffeur-driven car.

Social media lapped it up, with #revengedress trending.

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