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Own the dress Princess Diana wore to dance with John Travolta at the White House – for US$450,000

The word ‘iconic’ may be overused, but there are few better descriptors for this special dress Princess Diana wore that special night. Photo: AP
The word ‘iconic’ may be overused, but there are few better descriptors for this special dress Princess Diana wore that special night. Photo: AP
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The Victor Edelstein royal blue evening gown Princess Diana wore to dinner with Ronald Reagan at the White House in 1985 – yes, that night she danced to Saturday Night Fever with John Travolta – is going under the hammer at the ‘Passion for Fashion’ auction

Princess Diana was known for her memorable (and at times, shocking) style moments. Now, one of the late royal's most iconic dresses can be yours – for a few hundred thousand US dollars.

Women's Wear Daily (WWD) reported that a Victor Edelstein royal blue evening gown that once belonged to Princess Diana is being auctioned off as part of the upcoming “Passion for Fashion” auction organised by Kerry Taylor Auctions, set to take place on December 9.

According to the report, the dress is expected to sell for between £250,000 to £350,000 pounds (or about US$325,000 to US$450,000). The auction will also include two other dresses from Diana's wardrobe: a blue Katherine Cusack evening gown and a Catherine Walker navy blue wool dress.

The late Princess of Wales wore the Victor Edelstein dress several times, most memorably at a White House state dinner hosted by then-President Ronald Reagan and his wife Nancy Reagan in 1985. At the dinner, Diana twirled around on the dance floor with fellow guest John Travolta as songs from Saturday Night Fever played.

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The Victor Edelstein gown on display before its last auction, in 2013, when it fetched more than US$300,000. Photo: WireImage
The Victor Edelstein gown on display before its last auction, in 2013, when it fetched more than US$300,000. Photo: WireImage

It marks the third time this particular gown is being sold. Harper's Bazaar reported the royal auctioned off the Victor Edelstein dress (along with several other gowns) to raise money for cancer and Aids charities just two months before she died. In 2013, the gown was auctioned off again, this time by Kerry Taylor Auctions; it sold for £240,000 pounds (or roughly US$311,000).

During a 2016 interview with Good Morning America, Travolta recalled the memorable moment. When asked whether there was any part of the 1980s he'd want to bring back, he called the encounter “one of the highlights of my life”.

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This article originally appeared on Business Insider .