Coincidence? The Barranquilla singer Shakira –which goes through a separation process with the player Gerard Piqué– wore during the red carpet of Cannes a dress similar to the one used by Princess Diana of Wales when she had just separated from then Prince Charles (today Charles III, King of England). She did the same when posing for the most recent edition of the magazine ELLE Spain in which she wore a tight black dress that leaves her legs exposed, which has been interpreted as a nod to the popular garment of the “princess of the people”. .
At the film festival, held on May 25, the interpreter of “La torture”, “Perro faithful” and “Me enamoré” wore a dress fitted to the body, with a neckline and a long skirt with a cutout that revealed her leg. left. As accessories, she wore black, semi-transparent gloves that reached her elbows.
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“Gerard, as a footballer, wanted to play football and win titles, and I had to support him. I mean, one of the two had to make a sacrifice, right? Either he left his contract with Barcelona and moved to the United States with me, where my career is, or I would have to do it in his place. And so, one of the two had to make that effort and that sacrifice. And I did it. I put my career on the back burner and came to Spain to support him so that he might play football and win titles. And it was an act of love, “the Colombian told ELLE magazine regarding her relationship with Piqué and then she added:” (The separation) It’s probably the darkest stage of my life.”
By May of this year, the breakup of the singer and the footballer was just a rumor. The couple confirmed that they were ending their love – which began at the 2010 World Cup in South Africa – on June 4 in a joint statement. Days before she had worn the “dress of revenge”.
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In 1994, Princess Diana wore a dress similar to the one the Barranquilla singer wore now. The outfit was described by the British press as the “revenge dress”, because just that year Carlos he acknowledged his affair as Camilla Parker Bowles (now queen consort of the British people).
Lady Di used this design during the Serpentine Gallery exhibition. By then the princess had been separated from Carlos for two years, unofficially.
“I desperately wanted it to work (the marriage), I desperately loved my husband, I wanted us to share everything together and I thought we made a very good team,” Diana said when her failed relationship with Carlos became known.