Diana's
Working Wardrobe on Display is
an account of the Catherine Walker exhibit that was at Kensington
Palace
in the fall of 2001 and the first few months of 2002. Aside from
describing
the dresses, it gives details about how they were constructed
(including
the fact that they had underwear built in), and some interesting
information
about the designer herself, including the fact that she never talks
about
the dress that Diana was buried in.
Four of Diana's dresses were
displayed as part of a larger exhibition titled Royalty and Elegance:
Selections from the Pat Kerr Collection at the Tennessee State Museum
in the fall of 2002. Although the exhibit has closed, it may still be
possible
to order copies of the exhibit catalog from the museum gift shop at
1-800-407-4324;
ask for museum shop personnel. The catalog is 56 pages and costs
$10.00.
(Jimmy from Tennessee saw this exhibit and told me he didn't think it
was
worth getting the catalog. He also told me that the dresses were
not in
cases and there were no alarms, so anyone could have touched them. That
seemed very odd to me, since everywhere else Diana's gowns have been
displayed,
they are either in cases or behind barriers which would have prevented
anyone from getting close to them.) Other items in this exhibit
belonged
to Queen Victoria, Queen Elizabeth II, the Duke and Duchess of Windsor,
and Marilyn Monroe. It is also possible there may be footage of the
gowns
in a film that was made in conjunction with this exhibit titled:
Pat
Kerr: Wrapped in Royalty
(2002). This twelve
minute documentary is
available for $19.50 at The Documentary Channel store.
Princess
Diana's Klondike Dress is the lovingly researched story of the
1890s
dress which Princess Diana wore in Edmonton, Alberta at barbecue where
everyone wore period costume. The profile is written by the owner of
the
dress, Dr. Michael Smith, who gives all details of its orginal design
and
construction, how she happened to choose it, the books which contain
pictures
of it, a photo of a doll that was made wearing this dress, and an
extensive
listing of all the books in which pictures of the dress appear. And
according to the website, the
dress
is currently on display at the University of Alberta's Clothing and
Textiles
Collection in Edmonton, Alberta for an "indefinite" period of time.
The Pink
Ribbons Crusade wound up their latest tour in Carthage, Missouri in
December 2004, but they do not yet
indicate on their site when or where their next tour will be. Under the
tour information section,
they invite readers to check back periodically to the site for details
about the next stop, or if you would like to work with them to bring
the
exhibit to your town, to contact them. The gift shop is open and
with one or two exceptions, everything is exclusive to their site.
Items
include two mugs (one of which is the watercolor of Diana in her bridal
gown), the exclusive Precious Moments princess figurine titled, "Your
Love Reigns Forever in My Heart", a limited edition print of a painting
done
of Diana in her wedding gown during her lifetime, a silk scarf, two
CDs,
a music box, a reverse painted perfume bottle, a set of pillowcases,
bridge
cards, a Crees and Coe doll, a teddy bear, a t-shirt displaying five of
the six gowns, a friendship ball, a mouse pad, and a set of postcards.
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