The crown does not revolve around a single character or plot point, but rather around Princess Diana’s enthralling wardrobe choices.
The actresses who portray Diana throughout the series—Emma Corrin in Season 4 and Elizabeth Debicki in Seasons 5 and 6—bring those ensembles to life. According to Yahoo Entertainment, although costume designer Sid Roberts did not foresee a resurgence of interest in the late princess’s style, it nonetheless transpired as a result of her creations.
Roberts, who has collaborated with her mother, Amy, to design costumes for the previous five seasons of The Crown, exclaims, “It’s truly humbling.” In November, shortly after the premiere of Part 1 of Season 6, which focuses on the last days of Diana and her emerging romance with Egyptian filmmaker Dodi Fayed, on Netflix, viewers began searching the internet for ensembles inspired by Diana.
Google searches for “Princess Diana revenge dress” increased by 400% globally (1,654% in the United States alone), according to data from retailer Boohoo. Searches for the blue swimsuit she wore on a yacht during her final vacation before her death, however, skyrocketed 850%, representing a tenfold increase from the same time last year. In the interim, inquiries regarding houndstooth suits inspired by Diana and “pink plaid pants,” which Corrin herself wore in Season 4, increased by 1,079% and 1,037%, respectively.
“People of all generations” have always acknowledged Diana’s ability to use clothing to make a statement, according to Roberts. “She never existed in a single form.” She was present in each of these iterations by means of her attire.
Diana was aware that Dressing The Crown Fashion reveals “a million stories” about an individual’s interior life, according to Roberts.
The designer demonstrated her determination to depict the deceased royal’s emotional journey through her most significant fashion moments in three memorable looks: Diana’s wedding gown from Season 4, her retribution dress from Season 5, and the blue swimsuit she donned while on vacation with Fayed in Season 6.
“The wedding gown is voluminous and puffy; she appears to be enveloped in cotton wool.” “It conceals both her physique and her character,” she elaborates. “Then you have the revenge dress, which is the first time we’ve put any kind of royal member in black when it’s not for mourning or for a funeral.”
She further explains that the decision to don the dress “was, in a sense, symbolic of signifying the demise of a matrimonial union, the profoundness of her connection with the palace, and a resurgence.”
