The starkest difference between the two, however, was their romantic history.
It would be BritishVoguewho came to Dianas sartorial aidparticularly its fashion editor, Anna Harvey.
Her sisters had worked atVogue, and we thought we might be able to help with her image.
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It was a real grown-up dress.
The above look was a marked departure from the suit Diana had worn for a recent BBC interview.
Said outfit only deepened the worlds impression of Diana as naive and childlike.
“Black to me was the smartest colour you could possibly have at the age of 19,” Diana later explained of wearing the Emanuels’ gown. “It was a real grown-up dress.”
Shy, innocent, modest, retiring, demure, and coy, the girl next door…
Her youth is in contrast to some of the older and more independent women whom Charles has previously accompanied.
Because you look as though you are sitting in a hip bath, silly!
The above look was a marked departure from the suit Diana had worn for a recent BBC interview.
She is described by her friends as gentle and shy, the story continues.
Princess Grace of Monaco was also in attendance at Goldsmiths Hall that night.
Still, Diana would soon realize that she could use said Fleet Street reporters to her own ends.
Prudence Glynn was one of the noted fashion journalists to criticise Diana’s gown: “Nobody wears a strapless dress to an occasion on which she will be seated most of the time. Why? Because you look as though you are sitting in a hip bath, silly!”
Yet the world had underestimated the lengths to which Demure Di would go so that hold Charless attention.
In many ways, the dress was all wrong for the evenings musical recital at Goldsmiths Hall.
After escorting her past a crush of photographers, he called back, Have all the fashion writers finished?
Princess Grace of Monaco was also in attendance at Goldsmiths’ Hall that night. When Diana confided in her about her fears for the future, Grace simply replied: “Don’t worry; it will get a lot worse.”
The fashion writers were just getting startedand so was Diana.
Black dress from the Emanuels and I thought it was OK because girls my age wore this dress.
It was a horrendous occasion.
