Lady Diana's wedding dress in numbers<

Marriage lining 8 meters long, 10,000 mother -of -pearl sequins sewn on the bodice, the sleeves and the princess's veil ... On the occasion of the 40th anniversary of the royal wedding of the princess, Vogue presents you in figures her incredibledress.

By Kerry McDermott

Time passes quickly, it has been more than 40 years now that, on a beautiful summer day, Lady Diana Spencer came out of the royal carriage in front of Saint-Paul cathedral.750 million viewers witnessed the beauty of her taffeta dress.Decades later, Lady Diana's wedding dress became iconic.On the occasion of the 40th anniversary of the royal wedding of the princess, Vogue presents you in numbers her incredible dress.

Of them

This is the number of creators who worked on this iconic dress.The Princess of Wales asked the couple Elizabeth and David Emanuel, known especially for the romantic looks of British actress Jane Seymour.Princess Lady Diana asked them to design the dress that was going to be the most emblematic dress in royal history.

Of them

This is also the number of wedding dresses created for Lady Diana's wedding.Due to the frenzy aroused by the wedding of the royal couple.The creators, Elizabeth and David Emanuel have designed a second dress, in case the details of the original dress are disclosed.

10,000

This is the number of mother -of -pearl sequins sewn on the bodice, the sleeves and the princess's veil.

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1,000

This is what the two creators asked the royal family in the exchange of the dress, 1000 Guinea or less than a penny of Euro.Elizabeth Emanuel's father had the idea of this symbolic prize.He thought it would be more romantic to use Guinea, told the designer to British Vogue."We would have given it to Diana for free," she said.

25

This is the number of feet, about 8 meters of train that the wedding dress has when climbing the steps in St Paul.The princess train was fixed to the dress by a carefully sewn attachment inside her petticoats.It is considered the longest train in the history of royal marriages.

18

This is the number of golden iron carats sewn in the dress by the two creators to bring it happiness.

500

This is the number of sequins sewn on Lady Diana's clive shilton wedding shoes, shoes were also embroidered with 100 rockery pearls.

Seven

This is the number of months during which Lady Diana's dress will be exhibited in the orange of her former residence, the Palais de Kensington.It is the centerpiece of the exhibition "Royal Style in the Making".

Translation by Flora di Carlo

Article initially published on Vogue UK

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