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Among her many lasting influences, Princess Diana was revered for her effortless sense of style, which is perhaps best captured by this sleek and sophisticated ball gown, Christina Prescott-Walker, Sothebys global director of art and objects, tells Town & Country s Isiah Magsino
The detachable buffed sleeves add a special lightness and romance to the look
For Paris, the tribute carried extra weight: Diana Lady Di to the French, who still use the nickname affectionately even though she spent most of her public life as a princess died after a car crash in a tunnel by the Seine in 1997, a death that helped immortalize her in the Parisian imagination, where she still remains present in the flowers and handwritten notes left at informal memorials
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Evening celebrations also bring out dark and metallic tones, which pair perfectly with black