Courtesy of Sotheby's The ball dress of deep aubergine silk velvet, with a tulip-shaped stiffened skirt, augmented by three paste buttons at the back was designed by society dressmaker ...

That same year, the ball dress of deep aubergine silk velvet, with a tulip-shaped stiffened skirt, augmented by three paste buttons at the back, was sold as part of a charity event. The ball dress ...

But once it touches the target, it hardens almost immediately into a stiff ... the silk of spiders, for example, are highly structured – a long way from the disordered mess within the velvet ...

It might not be as famous as her head-turning “revenge dress,” but an aubergine-colored silk velvet piece is still one of Princess Diana’s most iconic gowns — a status confirmed when it ...