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You can buy Princess Diana's iconic outfits at a Beverly Hills live auction this month
Along with being the People's Princess and a devoted humanitarian, Diana, Princess of Wales was a fashion icon for the ages. The late, great royal was as known for her fabulous formal and enviable jewel collection as she was for her casual-cool street looks: think Harvard crewnecks over athleisure bike shorts and oversized menswear blazers with riding boots and baseball caps. Lady Di has a closet that most people would pay good money for—and you can do just that as the largest live auction of the princess's clothes comes to Beverly Hills later this month.
Entitled " Princess Diana's Style & A Royal Collection," the auction will take place on Thursday, June 26 at The Peninsula Beverly Hills beginning at 10am PDT in person, as well as online. Hosted by Julien's Auctions, the event will feature 300 garments and artifacts from the beloved public figure, inviting bidders "to step beyond the palace gates and experience a more intimate perspective of royal life—to understand who they were, what they cherished, and how they hoped to be seen."
Along with dresses (taffeta Elizabeth Emmanuel evening gowns, lilac Versace skirt suits), shoes (custom Jimmy Choos, two-tone Chanel pumps), accessories (lambskin Dior handbags, Prada leather totes) and more, the sale will also feature items once worn by Queen Elizabeth II, the Queen Mother, the Duke and Duchess of Windsor, and other members of the royal family.
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It's not the first time that items from Princess Diana's wardrobe have been put up for auction in the greater Los Angeles area—a velvet Jacques Azagury dress worn by Lady Di was sold at a 2023 Julie's Auctions event in Hollywood for a whopping $1,143,000, as reported by CBS News. It goes without saying that the sartorial selections at this month's auction will likely pull in similarly hefty prices: A Bellville Sassoon floral day dress worn by Diana Spencer in the late '80s and early '90s currently has a potential selling price of $200,000 to $300,000 on the auction site.
The proceeds do go to a good cause, though, with a portion of the money raised benefitting Muscular Dystrophy UK, an organization that funds research, provides care and advocates for those living with the muscle-weakening disease.
