Princess Diana enters Paris waxwork museum in ‘revenge dress’

The new figure depicts Diana in a replica of the striking black Christina Stambolian gown she wore in 1994, a moment that became symbolic of her reclaiming control of her public image amid intense media scrutiny over her marriage.

“More than 28 years after her tragic death in Paris, Diana remains a global cultural icon, admired for her style, compassion and independence,” the Grevin Museum said in a statement, AFP reported. The dress, it added, has come to represent “reclaimed self-assertion, a powerful image of determined femininity and renewed confidence.”

Diana’s waxwork will be displayed beneath the museum’s dome, alongside fashion greats Jean Paul Gaultier and Chantal Thomass, as well as French queen Marie-Antoinette

The revenge dress

Diana is showcased in a replica of the striking black gown designed by Christina Stambolian — the same dress she famously wore in 1994 as intense media scrutiny surrounded the collapse of her marriage to Charles.

Diana debuted the off-the-shoulder look on the very day a television interview aired in which Charles publicly acknowledged his infidelity, cementing the outfit’s place in pop-culture history.

The museum also timed the unveiling for 20 November, a “subtle nod” to the BBC’s explosive interview aired on the same date exactly 30 years earlier, in which Diana memorably remarked, “there were three of us in this marriage, so it was a little bit crowded.”

Her pointed comment referred to Camilla Parker-Bowles, whom Charles later went on to marry.