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Why Diana at 60 would still be a trendsetter – according to her original fashion team
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A self-described fashion detective who has a treasure trove of second-hand designer garments reveals how she sold of more than 100 pieces found in an abandoned storage container to the makers of The Crown.
Chiara Menage, 54, who lives in central London, runs Menage Modern Vintage, an online clothing boutique which caught the eye of Amy Roberts, the costume designer for the Netflix hit.
Dozens of her authentic vintage pieces ended up on the stars of season four, in particular Emma Corrin s Princess Diana and Erin Doherty s Princess Anne.
Some of the more memorable outfits include the chic pale yellow Hardy Amies ensemble she wore for a lunch with love rival Camilla Parker Bowles, and the floral Liberty dress she had on when Prince Charles proposed.
Emma Corrin as Princess Diana on The Crown, wearing a Liberty print dress
Credit: Netflix
I’ve always been unbearably nosy about other people’s wardrobes. If I spot someone in a beautiful dress or a vintage coat I immediately want to know what else they have hanging in their closet (invite me to dinner parties at your peril). Visiting stately homes has never held much allure, given the best bit – the dressing room – is usually either empty or roped off.
That’s why I think Chiara Menage has one of the best jobs in London. A self-described vintage clothes detective, her best police work to date has been hunting down pieces for the most recent season of
Ever since ‘The Crown’, Season 4, bowed on Netflix, the stylesphere has been filled with strange declarations of desire for the pie-crust collars, novelty sweaters, puffed-sleeve floral frocks and 1980s power jackets immortalised by Princess Diana as she ascended to stardom and Princess Anne as she issued caustic asides.
Followed pretty much immediately by queries on how to “get the look.”
Such fantasies are rarely easy to fulfill, involving, as they would, time travel or at least fruitless searching through the pages of Vogues British or American and the social media posts of influencers. But this time around there is actually an answer.
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