num_pages: 336
description: Through a rich and beautiful series of images British fashion journalist Eloise Moran decodes Princess Dianas outfits in this smart visual psychobiography of an icon.From the pink gingham pants and pastel-yellow overalls of a sacrificial lamb to the sexy Versace revenge dresses power suits and bicycle shorts of a free woman British fashion journalist Eloise Moran has studied thousands of pictures of Princess Diana. She soon discovered that behind each outfit lay a carefully crafted What Lady Di couldnt express verbally she expressed through her clothes.Dianas most show-stoppingand poignantoutfits are all here in The Lady Di Look Book  incisively decoded. Moran sees things no one has Why for example did Diana have a rotating collection of message sweatshirts? Was she mad for plaid or did the tartan have a deeper meaning? What about her love of costume jewelry on top of the tiaras and oval sapphire engagement ring? With new interviews from some of the people who dressed Diana Morans book is both a record of what Diana wore and why she wore itand why we are still obsessed with Lady Di.From 1980s Sloane Ranger cottagecore Diana to athleisure and Dynasty Di Diana The Lady Di Look Book is both compulsively delightful and a full biography of the worlds most beloved royal.
language: English
title: The Lady Di Look Book: What Diana Was Trying to Tell Us Through Her Clothes
publisher: St. Martin's Griffin