Diana, Princess of Wales

The revenge dress, June 1994 Arriving at the Vanity Fair dinner at the Serpentine Gallery in London on 29 June 1994, the night a television documentary aired in which Prince Charles admitted being unfaithful. The off-the-shoulder black silk crepe dress with its chiffon side train was by Christina Stambolian; she had owned it for about three years and thought it too daring to wear. No outfit in her life drew a bigger headline, and its nickname has passed into the language.