NewsBite

HTTP/1.1 200 OKServer: nginxContent-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8X-Powered-By: WordPress VIP Host-Header: a9130478a60e5f9135f765b23f26593bX-Content-Type-Options: nosniffX-XSS-Protection: 1x-rq: syd3 123 242 443Cache-Control: must-revalidate, max-age=266Expires: Mon, 21 Oct 2024 11:46:44 GMTDate: Mon, 21 Oct 2024 11:42:18 GMTTransfer-Encoding:  chunkedConnection: keep-aliveConnection: Transfer-EncodingSet-Cookie: nk=d4fd537ff29480321d64cc0d8815e26d; expires=Tue, 21-Oct-2025 11:42:18 GMT; domain=.theaustralian.com.au; secure; SameSite=NoneSet-Cookie: theAusShortlist=DELETEME; expires=Thu, 01-Aug-2024 12:40:38 GMT; secure; HttpOnly; SameSite=StrictStrict-Transport-Security: max-age=600 ; includeSubDomainsContent-Security-Policy-Report-Only: frame-ancestors 'self'; report-uri https://www.theaustralian.com.au/csp-reportsContent-Security-Policy: block-all-mixed-content; style-src https: 'unsafe-inline'; script-src https: blob: 'unsafe-inline' 'unsafe-eval'; img-src https: data:; frame-src https:;BlaizeHappened: trueX-ARRRG5: /blaize/decision-engine?path=https%3a%2f%2fwww.theaustralian.com.au%2fweb-stories%2ffree%2fthe-australian%2fwhy-princess-diana-is-the-real-king-of-street-style-2%3fnk%3dd4fd537ff29480321d64cc0d8815e26d-1711775422&blaizehost=v4-news-au-theaustralian.cdn.zephr.com&content_id=&session=d4fd537ff29480321d64cc0d8815e26dX-ARRRG4: https://www.heraldsun.com.au/X-PathQS: TRUEVary: User-AgentAkamai-GRN: 0.4e4e6168.1729510938.1c8f1d3a
WORDS: RACHEL TASHJIANPRODUCER: SASKIA TILLERS
Why Princess Diana is the real king of street style
in partnership with
Most of the world may remember Princess Diana as a humanitarian glowing in a tiara...
But if you check out her casual style—the moments between gym visits and black-tie galas—she was way ahead of her time.
As a figure whose star rose in tandem with the emerging paparazzi machine, Princess Diana knew there was no such thing as “off duty.” She was always on.
Her best looks read like a mood board of the past five years in fashion: the Harvard  sweatshirt paired with spandex shorts and an Hermès bag.
Her treasured Philadelphia Eagles varsity jacket thrown over trousers or a pencil skirt.
It's no mystery why candid images of her flood the nostalgia torrent of Instagram—or why Virgil Abloh dedicated an entire Off-White show to her.
The outfits are so precise, cool, and occasionally so bizarre that they tell us more about her than any official portrait could.
There's a kookiness to her style that defined her own vision of luxe, almost a series of running jokes about “fanciness.”
All the casual classics in her wardrobe are designed for comfort, but Diana worked them with the same intention that she put into a gown.
You can observe the way she saw value in everything: A sweatshirt can be as interesting as precious knitwear. Something with a drawstring can be tuxedo-level sharp.
If democracy is inherent to luxury—anyone can feel it, and any garment can be it—Diana was the royal who led us there.
Royal fits.																		

Original URL: https://www.theaustralian.com.au/web-stories/free/the-australian/why-princess-diana-is-the-real-king-of-street-style-2