Diana, Princess of Wales

The Emanuel black taffeta gown, March 1981 Arriving with Prince Charles at Goldsmiths' Hall in London on 9 March 1981 for a charity concert, her first official engagement with him. The strapless black taffeta gown was by David and Elizabeth Emanuel, the pair who would make her wedding dress months later. A bare-shouldered black dress on a 19-year-old royal fiancée made front pages around the world and was the first sign she would not dress by the old rules.