She had to return one of her tiaras after divorcing Prince Charles. Diana was permitted to keep all the jewellery she amassed during her marriage, with the exception of the Cambridge Lover's Knot tiara, which Queen Elizabeth II gave to her as a wedding present after only wearing it once. It is now in the queen's possession and was lent to the Duchess of Cambridge in both 2015 and 2016.
She passed on her love of luxury watches. After her divorce from Prince Charles, Diana was frequently photographed wearing a gold Cartier Tank Francaise, a gift from her father, John Spencer. She bought William a similar timepiece from the famed French label, which she had engraved for one of his birthdays. After her death in August 1997, William chose to keep Diana's Cartier Tank as a memento — and in 2014, he gifted the Duchess of Cambridge with the Ballon Bleu de Cartier watch for their third wedding anniversary.
She had a special trick for carrying her purse. One of Diana's best style hacks was holding her clutches in front of her chest to hide her cleavage from photographers. "We used to laugh when we designed what she called her 'cleavage bags,' little satin clutches which she would cover her cleavage with when she stepped out of cars," designer Anya Hindmarch revealed.
She wasn't afraid to be fearless with fashion. Diana wore one of her most memorable looks — a formfitting black off-the-shoulder number by Greek designer Christina Stambolian — to a Vanity Fair dinner on the same night her estranged husband Prince Charles would officially confess to his adulterous relationship with Camilla Parker-Bowles in a televised documentary.
She never wore hats on hospital visits. The princess was known for her heartwarming moments with children, and in order to get closer to them during hospital visits, Diana nixed wearing headwear. "You can't cuddle a child in a hat," Kensington Palace exhibit curator Eleri Lynn told Vogue.