{"id":61447,"date":"2019-07-03T00:46:37","date_gmt":"2019-07-03T00:46:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thefastfashion.com\/?p=61447"},"modified":"2019-07-03T00:46:37","modified_gmt":"2019-07-03T00:46:37","slug":"princess-dianas-used-workout-shirt-sold-trainer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thefastfashion.com\/?p=61447","title":{"rendered":"Princess Diana\u2019s used workout shirt being sold by her trainer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It was the beloved sweatshirt\u00a0Princess Diana\u00a0wore three times a week to her fitness classes \u2014 and now it\u2019s being sold to the highest bidder.<\/p>\n<p>The dark blue pullover, adorned with Virgin Atlantic\u2019s classic\u00a0Varga Girl\u00a0advertising logo, is up for grabs July 10 at Boston-based\u00a0RR Auction house.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe always wore the same sweatshirt when we met to work out,\u201d the late royal\u2019s personal trainer,\u00a0Jenni Rivett, tells The Post. \u201dShe was tired of the media speculating about her clothes when there were more important things happening in the world.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"e3lan e3lan-in-post1\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"e3lan e3lan-in-post2\"><p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Adv<\/em>.<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bagfactory.com.hk\/216\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Sun Winning Ind Co<\/strong><\/span><\/a>: Manufacture of Canvas Bag, Recycle Bad in China<\/li>\r\n \t<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theunitravel.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">TheUniTravel.com<\/a><\/strong><\/span> : Find the latest\u00a0<em>travel<\/em>\u00a0and tourism\u00a0<em>news<\/em>\u00a0from around the world. Stay informed with\u00a0<em>travel news<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0<em>updates<\/em><\/li>\r\n \t\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n<\/div>\n<p>South Africa-born Rivett, who was given the item by Princess Diana in 1997 (the\u00a0same year she died), has now decided to sell it for charity. She says proceeds will help a little Malawian girl go to school.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe princess would definitely approve if she were still alive,\u201d says Rivett. \u201cCauses in Africa were always very close to her heart.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The cotton\/polyester sweatshirt, originally a gift from\u00a0Virgin founder Richard Branson, became Diana\u2019s go-to outfit for going to the gym.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cObviously, she was the most photographed woman in the world and photographers would gather outside of the place where we trained,\u201d adds Rivett. \u201cShe would purposefully wear the same outfit as a result.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_61448\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-61448\" style=\"width: 540px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-61448\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thefastfashion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/jenni_rivett-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"540\" height=\"540\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thefastfashion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/jenni_rivett-2.jpg 540w, https:\/\/www.thefastfashion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/jenni_rivett-2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.thefastfashion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/jenni_rivett-2-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-61448\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jenni Rivett trained Princess Di from 1990-97.JenniRivett.com<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n<p>The fitness guru recalls having to check if the coast was clear when her high-profile client left the gym, trying to avoid paparazzi. But they were usually there with long lenses and stepladders.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was very disturbing to her that they wanted a photograph of her every single time she went to the gym,\u201d says Rivett. \u201cHer exact words to me were: \u2018There are more important things in the world than me going to the gym and I\u2019ve got a trick up my sleeve! I\u2019m going to wear the same sweatshirt to every session.\u2019 \u201d<\/p>\n<p>Depending on her schedule, Diana worked out with Rivett three times a week at the tony Harbor Club in Chelsea, West London. The trainer reveals that Diana\u2019s fitness program was usually a combination of cardiovascular exercise and strength training.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe was very focused and committed to her exercise regime,\u201d says Rivett, who trained the super-fit blonde for seven years between 1990 and 1997.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe worked to improve her technique and posture,\u201d she says. \u201cMy expertise is in making a woman\u2019s body look more feminine so there were no large weights.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The princess\u2019 favorite machine was the elliptical, but she would accompany Rivett on power walks and Rollerblading sessions in a public park near her Kensington Palace home.<\/p>\n<p>The price tag for the Virgin Atlantic sweatshirt she often wore, in a medium to large size, is expected to surpass the conservative pre-auction estimate of $5,000.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cConsidering that the proceeds will be going to a charity, the figure could go well beyond that,\u201d says Bobby Livingston, executive vice president at RR Auction.<\/p>\n\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-61449\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thefastfashion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/diana-sweatshirt.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"662\" height=\"880\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thefastfashion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/diana-sweatshirt.jpg 662w, https:\/\/www.thefastfashion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/diana-sweatshirt-226x300.jpg 226w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 662px) 100vw, 662px\" \/><\/p>\n\n<div style=\"font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: 0; padding: 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It was the beloved sweatshirt\u00a0Princess Diana\u00a0wore three times a week to her fitness classes \u2014 and now it\u2019s being sold to the highest bidder. The dark blue pullover, adorned with Virgin Atlantic\u2019s classic\u00a0Varga Girl\u00a0advertising logo, is up for grabs July 10 at Boston-based\u00a0RR Auction house. \u201cShe always wore the same sweatshirt when we met to &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":61450,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[173],"tags":[3247,3847],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.7.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Princess Diana\u2019s used workout shirt being sold by her trainer - TheFastFashion.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thefastfashion.com\/?p=61447\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Princess Diana\u2019s used workout shirt being sold by her trainer - TheFastFashion.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"It was the beloved sweatshirt\u00a0Princess Diana\u00a0wore three times a week to her fitness classes \u2014 and now it\u2019s being sold to the highest bidder. 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