Diana Her Life In Fashion [Hardcover]

Georgina Howell (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 15, 1998

With the exclusive support of many who knew and loved Diana, Princess of Wales, this book celebrates and examines the way she presented herself to the world-in her look, her smile, her choice of dress, even her hairstyle.

From the moment the innocent young nanny stepped into the very public role of Princess, her innermost thoughts and emotions had to remain concealed. Yet her sense of herself was inexorably conveyed through her manner of dress and her public demeanor as she passed through the many phases of her public life.

Through her insight as an insider and internationally admired fashion editor, Georgina Howell tells of the fairy-tale transformation of Diana. Photo- reportage and lavish official portraits by royal photographer Anwar Hussein and the world's greatest fashion photographers explore every carefully planned public face and mood of the Princess-ingenue, bride, madonna, supermodel, nemesis, icon.

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About the Author

Georina Howell was fashion editor of the Observer, features editor of British Vogue, deputy editor of Tatler, and wrote for Vanity Fair before moving to American Vogue. Author of the popular In Vogue, she is currently under exclusive contract with The Sunday Times in London.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 224 pages
• Publisher: Rizzoli (August 15, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0847821374
• ISBN-13: 978-0847821372
• Product Dimensions: 11.6 x 8.5 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #861,652 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #64 in Books > Biographies & Memoirs > Leaders & Notable People > Royalty > Princess Diana

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22 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars A Little Too Fawning, but the Catalog is Great, August 27, 1999

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Stacey M Jones (Conway, Ark.) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Diana Her Life In Fashion (Hardcover)

Georgina Howell clearly takes the Andrew Morton (read Diana) point of view on the Princess's persecution by the palace and casts her as a kind of saint in a fashion-conscious hagiography. The text was a little too hyperbolic in deifying Diana, yet perhaps that is appropriate, as few have done so much for fashion in our century.

But this book has redeeming qualities that make it worth the time. First, it does cite instances of Diana's fashion faux pas that are gossipy and interesting, for example her dressing-gown dress by David Sassoon and her slip-style dress by John Galiano for Dior. It is also quite meticulous about citing designers and recounting their memories of dressing Di. This humanizes a commercial name and gives the reader a sense of what her patronage meant to these fashion houses.

The best aspects of the book are the appendices listing the auction catalog by piece and the designer listing with short biographies. This is a wealth of specific information that couture-ophiles will love.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful close-ups of Christie's auction dresses, June 24, 2006

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This review is from: Diana: Her Life in Fashion Pb (Diana Princess of Wales) (Paperback)

My favorite thing about this book is the many close-ups of the materials in many of the dreeses that the Princess Diana wore. Seeing the intricate bead work onont the pink Cahterine Walker dress that she wore on the Indian tour in 1992, gave me such an added appreciation to the beauty of that dress.There is another really nice close up of the beautiful lilac Lot 52. There are many other close-ups of many of her gowns, too many to mention. This book is on my "must have" list.

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Another 'pretty' book, March 16, 1999

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This review is from: Diana Her Life In Fashion (Hardcover)

I was so anxious to read this book and I was shocked by how many typo-s I found here. It was very carelessly edited. For $40 I expected more. A disappointment