Princess Di was credited for putting the label on the map with this sling-back style.
is a household name, with everyone from Jennifer Lopez to the Princess of Wales being among the luxury shoe brand’s high-profile fans. But it was another royal who was credited for putting the label on the map back in the day:Specifically, it was when the former Princess of Wales wore a pair of pale-blue satin sling-backs by the Malaysian shoemaker, alongside a glittering Catherine Walker minidress, for a performance ofat the Royal Albert Hall in June 1997.
The sling-back represented a more daring choice for Diana, who struck up a close friendship with Jimmy Choo after he began designing shoes for her in the early ’90s, when he began visiting her at her Kensington Palace home. “The sling-back style was of the moment,” Choi tellsnow. “It was an evolution of the ’80s court shoe, but a more modern, lighter interpretation, with a covered toe. This style worked so well for occasion dressing, being less formal than a pump.
Princess Diana’s custom Jimmy Choos were made to match her dresses—including these purple heels that she wore for a gala dinner in Chicago in 1996.Diana pictured wearing a pair of gold Jimmy Choos, complementing her Catherine Walker minidress, at a Christie’s party in New York in 1997.As with many of Diana’s custom Choos over the years, the sling-back was created especially to match her baby-blue Catherine Walker number.
The height of the former Princess of Wales’s shoes also increased over the years as she gained confidence . “When she first started wearing Jimmy Choo, it was a court shoe style in a lower heel height of 2.5 inches, but as time went by she [began] walking in higher heels that were classic styles with a twist,” Choi explains.
The sling-back style remains just as popular now as it was back then—with Princess Diana’s Jimmy Choos being the ultimate inspiration. “Even at the time, you could tell her style was timeless, which is why it’s cited as a reference time and time again,” Choi concludes.
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