Princess Diana's Wedding Dress - All the Details About Princess Diana's Wedding Dress

In 2005, an auction house claimed to have a duplicate copy of Diana's original gown, according to CBS News. Upon speculation, the Emanuels insisted that they never created a second version of the dress, but did reveal that they had designed an alternate dress for Diana, one with a more pronounced V-neckline and no lace.

Media were itching to get a sneak peek of the gown's design, and the Emanuels went to every length to keep the sketch, silhouette, and details of the design a secret until the wedding day. According to MetDaan, they even installed a safe in their studio to store the designs and fabric swatches. “It sounds a bit over-the-top, but it really did seem like people would go to any lengths to find out what the dress looked like,” Elizabeth explained.

Concerned the original dress design would leak to the press and be rendered useless, the second dress was meant to be worn only in the event that the press got wind of the first. The second dress, however, mysteriously vanished from the studio; many guessed that the gown up for auction was actually the stolen alternate gown, rather than a copy of the gown Diana wore down the aisle.

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