Princess Diana: Expert on styling after Panorama interview

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Lord Dyson’s independent report into how the BBC and its former journalist Martin Bashir has detailed how fraud and deceit was used to secure access to the Princess of Wales – and secure the Panorama interview. Mr Bashir used cheques that had forged signatures on them that were shown to Diana’s brother, Earl Charles Spencer in an attempt to convince him that those close to the Princess of Wales were carrying out surveillance on her. Both Prince William and Prince Harry have condemned the BBC and Mr Bashir. They called for tougher regulations into the “unethical practices” and also argue that “the interview ultimately led to their mother’s death.”

On November 20, 1995, the BBC Panorama interview aired and was viewed by over 20 million people.

While the public watched the Princess of Wales give explosive details on her marriage, she was busy attending a gala evening that was in aid of Cancer Research at Bridgewater House.

Diana wore a black dress made by couture fashion designer, Jacques Azagury.

In Channel 5’s documentary ‘Secrets of the Royals’, Mr Azagury was asked about the dress that Diana wore, and he said: “She called me actually two or three nights before the interview was going to go live and she said, ‘Jacques I need a dress.

“‘I have done an interview, I have not said anything wrong and I would like to wear something really stunning and sexy.’

“I took three black dresses from the shop – because you know, the royals are not able to wear black unless it is for mourning, but of course now she could wear any colour she wanted.

“We unzipped them out of the bag and straight away she [Princess Diana] said straight away, ‘That one’.

“She wore this while attending a cancer fundraiser while the interview was going out and again the decor for this was very low especially during that time.”

Mr Azagury is one of the designers that helped the Princess of Wales to transform her style into a global fashion icon.

Other designs that Diana wore that were designed by Mr Azagury include the ‘black chantilly dress’ for her 36th birthday as she attended the Tate Gallery’s 100th birthday celebrations, and the ‘red silk Georgette column dress’ that Diana wore when she attended a Red Cross charity event.

Mr Azagury added: “I was always blown away and always always excited to see her in one of my dresses.

“There was just something about her wearing my dresses – the Princess of Wales And also the process leading up to her wearing that dress was always so friendly, so comfortable and exciting.”

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Even after her tragic passing, Diana’s fashion has continued to inspire generations of people, including a string of high-profile celebrities.

In 2013, when Glamour Magazine asked about Diana’s style, pop and R’n’B singer Rhianna said: “You know who is the best who ever did it? Princess Diana. She was like—she killed it. Every look was right.

“She was gangsta with her clothes. She had these crazy hats. She got oversized jackets.

“I loved everything she wore.”

This was also supported by actress Kate Bosworth, who added: “I loved her balance between masculinity and femininity, and how she played on that in a sexy way.

“She was in such a conservative world, so when she started to wear things that made her stand out, it was shocking.

“As she became freer in who she was, her sexuality came out through her clothing.”

Across her life Diana became a style icon, and according to Donatella Versace, a designer who worked closing with the Princess of Wales, her sense of style grew after her split with Prince Charles in 1992.

Donatella also noted that she didn’t “think that anyone, before or after her, has done for fashion what Diana did”.

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