Swedish model Elsa Hosk sparks backlash for recreating Princess Diana's iconic revenge dress for Halloween

Swedish exemplary Elsa Hosk is nether occurrence aft dressing arsenic Princess Diana for Halloween, a prime immoderate person called "disrespectful."

The 35-year-old amazed followers with a bid of Instagram photos wherever she posed arsenic the precocious royal, who died successful a Paris car clang connected August 31, 1997.

Hosk recreated Diana's celebrated "Revenge Dress," the striking Christina Stambolian achromatic silk gown that Diana wore connected the evening Prince Charles publically admitted to his matter with Camilla, present Queen Consort. The gown, known for its asymmetric ruched bodice and broadside sash, turned heads erstwhile Diana archetypal wore it.

For the look, Hosk included Diana’s signature sapphire, pearl, and diamond choker, matching the precocious princess’s engagement ring, and added reddish nails for accuracy.

She posed successful a mounting reminiscent of Diana’s archetypal look, replicating her walk, and completed the translation with a akin bracelet, achromatic pointed heels, and a abbreviated blonde wig.

Hosk shared 2 posts, a video and photos, which she captioned: “Wishing you an ICONIC Halloween” and “The people's princess”.

Some fans, however, were speedy to criticise the Halloween costume, calling it "disrespectful" and "horrible." Reacting to viral posts connected X, disappointed users commented: “It risks trivializing her bequest and the challenges she faced. Costumes should beryllium fun, not a reminder of someone’s tragic life.”

“Kinda disrespectful (sic),” different penned.

A 3rd wrote: “Can we delight halt these imitations of princess Diana and fto her psyche remainder successful peace…”

“So Princess Diana cosplay for a Halloween enactment is horrible,” different remarked.

Others, however, praised the exemplary for her costume, with 1 commenting nether her Instagram post: “Elsa Hosk dressed arsenic Princess Diana successful her iconic “revenge dress” for halloween — SHE WON!!!”

“elsa hosk arsenic princess diana for halloween, truthful iconic!!!” different penned. A 3rd added: “Omg she did her justice!”

“Oh I can't judge what I see. This is fantastic!!” a instrumentality shared.

The exemplary worked with Victoria's Secret for years, gracing the brand's yearly manner amusement from 2011 to 2018. Her modeling portfolio includes campaigns for Dior, Dolce & Gabbana, Ungaro, H&M, Anna Sui, Lilly Pulitzer, and Guess, arsenic good arsenic screen appearances for Vogue and Elle.

Hosk has been with British businessman Tom Daly since 2015, and they welcomed their girl successful February 2021.