Word: gown
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...preparing the story, TIME correspondents worked sources on both sides of the Atlantic. In London, James Shepherd surveyed the booming business in royal curios and souvenirs, Arthur White interviewed Elizabeth and David Emanuel, who are designing Diana's wedding gown. Boston Correspondent Barry Hillenbrand researched the American roots of Lady Diana's family, and in Washington, Correspondent Eileen Shields interviewed Journalist and Biographer Anthony Holden. This week's story was edited by Stephen Smith and written by Jay Cocks, who was fascinated by what he calls Lady Diana's "dazzling star quality." Says Cocks...
...first public appearance with Charles, when she wore a strapless gown, caused the kind of minor sensation that seemed to belong to a more innocent age. In those first early days, as she was preparing for the wedding and preparing to be Charles' consort away from the gaze of press and public, she had already become an instant part of popular mythology, an indelible woman of the new decade, as we will see in Dressed to Thrill, Chapter 3 of Monarchy in Love...
...carat sapphire in its 14-diamond garland materialized on her ringer, Lady Diana straightened up and really stepped out. According to a source close to the palace, she consulted with "someone" in the royal family, then appeared with the Prince in a $1,000 black silk taffeta strapless evening gown. The total effect was stunningly theatrical. A BBC announcer reported "audible gasps," and as they died so did the notion of Shy Di. R.I.P...
Much of the employee life outside work is spent in company social clubs, where courses are available in flower arranging and the tea ceremony. Weddings are also conducted in the social clubs; and the company helps pay the costs, including as much as $500 to rent the traditional bridal gown...
...debut might not have been so smashing an event without a young husband-and-wife fashion design team who have established a veddy select salon in Mayfair. David Emanuel, 28, and Elizabeth, 27, have made clothes for Lady Diana before and will make her wedding gown. They, and she, both obviously like the young, with-it look that she projects. Says David Emanuel: "Lady Diana is fantastic looking and will look magnificent in a wedding dress. She is young, fresh and lovely, and the dress should emphasize all that. We want to make her look like a fairy princess...