Diana, Princess of Wales

The Travolta dress, November 1985 Dancing with John Travolta in the Cross Hall of the White House on 9 November 1985, at the dinner Ronald and Nancy Reagan gave for the Prince and Princess of Wales. The off-the-shoulder midnight-blue velvet gown was by Victor Edelstein, and once these pictures went round the world it was known simply as the Travolta dress. It marked a step away from the frills of her early wardrobe toward sleeker, grown-up evening wear.