Revenge is a dish best served cold, but the revenge dress is meant to be sizzling hot. Princess Diana accidentally invented the revenge dress on 29 June 1994. It is more than a piece of clothing.
In an era where everything is content, the revenge dress has become a symbol for women, marking the end of a relationship and the beginning of a new era. After news of then Prince Charles' long-time affair with Camilla making headlines, Princess Diana stepped out in a black silk cocktail dress designed by Christina Stambolian. And so, "revenge dress" was born as Diana, Princess of Wales, appeared at a dinner at the Serpentine Gallery in Kensington Gardens wearing an iconic outfit "in revenge" for the televised admission of adultery by her husband.
Before the dinner, leaked reports from the palace said she would wear Valentino to the event, so, per a Town & Country Magazine report, she chose a dress that had been sitting in her closet for three years. Stambolian had made the dress for the Princess in 1991. The dress marked the first time she had worn something above the knee to an evening event, and the colour choice was also unusual for royals to wear to such events at the time.
Black was reserved for mourning, and people who saw the moment unfold declared the colour choice symbolic of the death of her marriage. READ MORE | Prince William shakes it off at Taylor Swift's London concert on his 42nd birthday Years later, Vanderpump Rules star Ariana Madix would tow the same line after w.
