A Long-Awaited Princess Diana Inspired Collection

New York based-label Rowing Blazers is commemorating the style of the late Princess Diana for the Fall/Winter 2020 collection. Some of Diana’s most notable looks, as well as other influenced pieces, are featured in the 80s inspired collection.

A number of items worn by Princess Diana have been recreated in collaboration with the original designers throughout the collection. This includes her “I’m A Luxury” sweatshirt, which was reproduced with Gyles Brandreth, co-creator of the original alongside George Hostler. Another one of her eye-catching pieces is the “sheep sweater”, designed by Joanna Osborne and Sally Muir’s Warm & Wonderful Knitwear label and worn by Diana to Prince Charles’ polo matches. Although this piece has been copied before, Rowing Blazers’ FW20 is the first time the original sweater has been produced since 1994.

The FW20 collection features a selection of French terry sweats and t-shirts, rugby shirts inspired by climbing culture, student societies and a range of patchwork tweed items. Other cultural references include pieces embellished with the “Are You A Preppie?” poster, while Rowing Blazers has also reinterpreted the Sherry Top Sider CVO into two new colorways. 

Rowing Blazers creative director Jack Carlson explained the collaborations, “Both of the sweater designs have been copied or referenced by others over the years (sometimes without crediting or acknowledging the original designers). But collaborating with the original designers is exactly what makes this so special to me. When I was little, in the early “90s, my family lived in Hampstead in North London, and my mother had one of the original sheep sweaters. It looks as great now as it did then”.

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Report: Juana Norales