{"id":588345,"date":"2026-09-02T22:20:11","date_gmt":"2026-09-02T22:20:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/588345\/"},"modified":"2026-09-02T22:20:11","modified_gmt":"2026-09-02T22:20:11","slug":"princess-dianas-famous-black-sheep-jumper-gets-a-serious-2026-refresh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/588345\/","title":{"rendered":"Princess Diana\u2019s famous ‘black sheep’ jumper gets a serious 2026 refresh"},"content":{"rendered":"

Princess Diana<\/a> wore many iconic looks, from her incredible ‘revenge’ dress to her fairytale wedding gown. When it comes to casual attire, though, the former wife of King Charles\u00a0<\/a>hit headlines in the early ’80s when she rocked a fabulous sheep jumper.<\/p>\n

The eye-catching pillarbox red knit<\/a> is instantly recognisable to this day, thanks to the plethora of white sheep woven on the front, with one lone black sheep slotted in the middle.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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The princess first wore the piece back in 1981 (@ Getty)<\/p>\n

Diana first donned the style back in 1981, pairing it with her signature pie-crust collared blouse and dark jeans for a casual outing.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Diana wore the jumper again two years later (@ Getty)<\/p>\n

She was spotted wearing it again two years later, in 1983, during a visit to a polo match with the then Prince of Wales.<\/p>\n

You may also likeDiana’s sheep jumper, but make it 2026<\/p>\n

US brand Rowing Blazers has teamed up with the original makers of the knit, Warm & Wonderful, creating a near-exact replica of the design, as part of their Cambridge Collection.<\/p>\n

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The sweater has been designed in burgundy for 2026 (@ @Rowing Blzers)<\/p>\n

Known as the ‘Warm & Wonderful Wool Diana Edition Sheep Sweater,’ it has been updated with a burgundy hue, an on-trend colour for the autumn season.<\/p>\n

Diana’s sheep jumper in The Crown<\/p>\n

Emma Corrin even wore a replica of the jumper during season four of\u00a0The Crown<\/a>, which sparked a huge resurgence in interest in the cosy knit and prompted the original creators to re-release it.<\/p>\n

\"Fflyn<\/p>\n

The sheep jumper even featured in The Crown (@ Daniel Escale\/Netflix)<\/p>\n

Warm & Wonderful – a lowdown<\/p>\n

The brand was founded by friends Sally Muir and Joanna Osborne back in 1979 and began with a market stall in Covent Garden. Following Diana’s purchase, the brand saw a huge surge in popularity, and the duo was able to open the first proper Warm & Wonderful shop in Primrose Hill. Diana’s own copy of the jumper is part of the permanent collection at the V&A Museum in London.<\/p>\n

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A replica of the jumper sits at the V&A Museum in London (@ Getty)<\/p>\n

However, a little-known fact is that Diana actually had two copies. Sally revealed in an interview for\u00a0The Daily Telegraph<\/a> that her original, worn in 1981, was accidentally damaged. She explained: “It was sent back to us with a very charming letter from her secretary, saying how much she loved it and could we mend it. We decided that rather than cobble together the damaged one, we’d make her a perfect new one, which is what we did. Hence, the two.”<\/p>\n

\u00a0Although she isn’t certain how Diana damaged the first one, she added that she always imagined that “her enormous engagement ring caught in the threads.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Princess Diana wore many iconic looks, from her incredible ‘revenge’ dress to her fairytale wedding gown. When it…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":588346,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[430,8668,289556,289553,156,165801,3714,111,139,69,18320,8909,289557,289554,289555],"class_list":["post-588345","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-celebrities","tag-diana","tag-diana-edition","tag-diana-wearing","tag-entertainment","tag-getty","tag-getty-images","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-princess-diana","tag-sally","tag-sally-muir","tag-sheep-jumper","tag-tim-graham-photo-library"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/588345","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=588345"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/588345\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/588346"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=588345"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=588345"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=588345"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}