The call came at an inconvenient time when Princess Diana (then Mrs. Diana Spencer) called on Elizabeth Emanuel, a woman who would be the designer of the wedding dress, to ask her to honor Prince Charles for his wedding day in 1981-7-29, Emanuel said. I said.

Emanuel opened up to people about the fib he had to tell another client when Diana rang and asked if Emanuel and her then husband, David, would design her now iconic wedding dress. Speaking at the People's Styling Princess Diana panel, Emanuel said she knew at that moment that her "life would change" — but first, she had to find an excuse to leave her client, whom she had made a fitting when the call from Diana came. I had to. 

"The phone started ringing, ringing and ringing, but no one was picking it up," Emanuel said. "I said, "I'm so sorry, I'm just going to need to take this phone.""And it was Diana. And she said, "That's me," you know? "You will do me the honor of making my wedding dress" You can not tell anyone about this, the announcement is not going to be, so you have to keep it very secret.

At that moment, Emanuel thought, "My life will change, David's life — will never be the same again," so it was a very special moment

Naturally, Emanuel wanted to speak to her team immediately, but she still had other clients out there. I was waiting for her. She fumbled for the perfect excuse and finally came up with one: "My brother had a baby," she fibbed.

During the panel, Emanuel added that Diana had "no idea" about what she wanted with regard to the wedding dress. Emanuel did "a lot of sketches" and forced Diana to try on ready-made dresses, including those that became templates for the final product. I said, "I'm not going to do that." 

"A lot of it was trust and she liked our style," Emanuel said.

Emanuel, who brought the dress from 1981 to 2024, revealed that he has plans to make a modern version of the iconic gown from 43 years ago. "I'm now going to try to capture the spirit of the original through my eyes," she told people. "I want to preserve all the sparkles and pearls, but I have a completely different vision.

Emanuel said of the sequel to the original gown, "It's really exciting because I'm often asked 'Do you want the same dress again?'"Well, I didn't change the dress thing in 1981, but if I had seen it through my eyes now, there would be so many possibilities.”