{"id":236197,"date":"2023-12-18T16:15:39","date_gmt":"2023-12-18T16:15:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mystylenews.com\/?p=236197"},"modified":"2023-12-18T16:15:39","modified_gmt":"2023-12-18T16:15:39","slug":"princess-dianas-sheep-sweater-sells-for-1-1-million-makes-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mystylenews.com\/celebrities\/princess-dianas-sheep-sweater-sells-for-1-1-million-makes-history\/","title":{"rendered":"Princess Diana's Sheep Sweater Sells For $1.1 Million, Makes History"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Princess Diana<\/strong>‘s wardrobe remains in high demand — her famous sheep sweater just sold to the highest bidder for over $1.1 million, making it the world’s most expensive sweater.<\/p>\n An all-out bidding war erupted for the famed red and white sweater at Sotheby’s Fashion Icon auction — a 15-minute battle ended Thursday with 44 bids, jacking the price up from $190,000 to $1,143,000.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Princess Diana famously wore the sweater for the first time way back in 1981 … helping the designers behind the garment, British brand Warm & Wonderful, explode in popularity after she was pictured wearing it on the front page of a newspaper.<\/p>\n The sheep sweater sat dormant in the brand’s archives for decades until this March, when co-founder Joanna Osborne <\/strong>rediscovered it while searching for a different pattern … and ultimately decided to auction it off.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The winning bidder walks away with Diana’s sheep sweater and two letters from Buckingham Palace sent to Osborne in 1981 from the Princess’ press secretary.<\/p>\n The $1.143 million sale price nearly doubles the previous record for the most expensive Princess Diana garment ever sold … a velvet ballgown she wore for a royal portrait, which sold earlier this year for $604,800.<\/p>\n