Diana Style…
The allure of the People’s Princess
I cried when I heard Diana, Princess of Wales died. I don’t really
understand why.
Even when photographed in one of those ghastly hat horrors that we have come to
accept as de rigueur for British royalty there was always something so
compelling, so visceral, so natural about the Princess of Wales that you
absolutely could not resist taking your eyes off her.
And when she did get the royal boot and or fell mercy to the public
humiliation of her fair prince reportedly saying he would love to be the tampon
of a homely, older, and non-charismatic other woman, she only grew more
fascinating and even more irresistible.
Diana had that certain magnetism which is usually reserved for movie stars, yet
if she was an actress her nose would have probably been bobbed and her hair more
sexed up. But as a princess, her looks were honest and her appeal was genuine.
Her total style captured the world by its seat. And face it, as an American is
there now a royal that you even take notice? Well, maybe her sons, Princes
William and Harry who inherited the twinkle in their eyes.
Diana had “it” in a society always looking to find it.
On the tenth anniversary of her death,
Diana Style by fashion authority Colin McDowell with a forward by
Manolo Blahnik unfolds the journey of the People’s Princess from simple
school girl to her life as a fashion icon with all the delicious style bites in
between.
“If anything happens to me, do you think people will see me as another Jackie
Kennedy?” Diana, Princess of Wales said. Yes, Diana they do.
--August 21, 2007
Where-to-buy:
Diana Style
by Colin Mc Dowell with a forward by Manolo Blahnik; St. Martin’s Press
available at
Amazon.com (120 photos)
Publication date: August 23, 2007
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