A daring opening from the underarm to the waist adds an unexpected edge, balancing elegance with confident allure
According to Princess Dianas Dresses: The Auction, it had been sitting in her closet for three years before its fateful outing, for fear it was too daring, said designer Stambolian
Too upsetting for public display, it is sealed in a climate-controlled vault of the National Archives near Washington DC, where it will be kept hidden until 2103, a purdah imposed, when it arrived with an unsigned note on the stationery of Jackie Kennedys mother, Janet Auchincloss, which read simply: Jackies suit and bag worn November 22, 1963. The pink suit that the first lady wore that fateful day in Dallas is still stained with the blood of a president, the dying husband she cradled in her lap in an open-top car, an image of lurid public horror
Material provides flattering stretch
Length: 48.456.3 inch (123143 cm). Custom length available upon request
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