Edelstein

Victor (1945). English designer. He followed the family trade, in a sense, because his parents had a manufacturing business. After apprenticeships with several important figures in British fashion, including Biba, he worked for the London subsidiary of Dior. He created his own women’s line in 1977. After 1982, he worked “custom-made” exclusively. He left the industry in 1993, declaring that there was no more market for luxury.
The designer creates the blue velvet dress that will be worn by Lady Diana when she dances with John Travolta at the White House later that year. That evening dress was the most important item at the charity auction held in New York in 1997 which brought around $5 million. The same dress was sold again at the Kensington Palace auction held in London in October 1999, together with 13 other models which Maureen Rorech had purchased for more than $1 million at the New York auction.
Edelstein models are shown at the Tennessee State Museum in Nashville. The exhibit Royalty and Elegance brings together royal clothes starting with the 17th century wardrobe of Charles I and continuing up to Queen Victoria, the Prince of Wales, Queen Elizabeth II, and Lady D. Different “royal styles” are represented, such as Tipper Gore’s for politics and Marilyn Monroe’s for Hollywood.