The Dress That Talked Back Crosses the Atlantic to Sotheby's New York

Christina Stambolian's off-the-shoulder black gown had its moment first at a fundraiser at London's Serpentine Gallery, worn by the Princess of Wales in an outing fashion historians have never stopped discussing. It went under the hammer once before, with proceeds directed to cancer and AIDS charities. Now, three decades later, the dress returns to auction, this time landing on Sotheby's New York block for the first time. A single evening's silhouette, still drawing a room three decades on.

With reporting from WWD.