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The Lady Di Look Book: What Diana Was Trying to Tell Us Through Her Clothes Hardcover – July 19, 2022

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Through a rich and beautiful series of images, British fashion journalist Eloise Moran decodes Princess Diana’s 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 strategy: What Lady Di couldn’t express verbally, she expressed through her clothes.

Diana’s most show-stopping―and poignant―outfits are all here in
The Lady Di Look Book, incisively decoded. Moran sees things no one has before: 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, Moran’s book is both a record of what Diana wore and why she wore it―and 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 world’s most beloved royal.

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Eloise Moran is a London-born, Los Angeles-based fashion writer and creator of the Instagram account @ladydirevengelooks, which has been featured in The New Yorker, Elle, The LA Times, and The Telegraph. She currently lives on the east side of LA with an impressive collection of nineties clothing―including her most prized possession: an original Virgin Atlantic Sweatshirt which was seen on Lady Diana herself. The Lady Di Look Book is Eloise’s first book.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ St. Martin's Griffin (July 19, 2022)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 336 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1250830508
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1250830500
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.4 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.65 x 1.15 x 9.35 inches
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Eloise Moran is a London-born, Los Angeles based fashion writer and creator of the viral Instagram phenomenon @ladydirevengelooks, which currently has over 120k followers. The account featured in The New Yorker, The LA Times, and The Wall St Journal among others, where Eloise was credited with introducing the Instagram generation to Princess Diana’s revenge dressing ways. She currently works as a freelance writer and marketing strategist for several fashion labels and platforms, and previously worked for DTC brand Parade, and luxury fashion label Opening Ceremony. After living in New York City for seven years, she now lives in Los Angeles with her most prized possession: an original Virgin Atlantic Sweatshirt which was seen on Lady Diana herself. Eloise's first book "The Lady Di Look Book: What Diana Was Trying To Tell Us Through Her Clothes" will be published by St. Martin’s Press in June 2022.

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Customers find the book's photos and storytelling engaging. They describe the content as informative and relatable, with humorous and witty commentary. Readers consider it a worthwhile purchase and a great gift. The book explores the deeper meanings behind Lady Diana's clothing choices and provides a playful take on her wardrobe.

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Customers enjoy the book's photo content. They find the images thoughtfully curated, with amusing text to accompany them. The design on every page is gorgeous, filled with inspiring style and stories about Lady Diana. Readers appreciate the layout of the book, which includes lots of pictures and information about her. Overall, they find the book insightful, going beyond the surface level of fashion and exploring its deeper aspects.

"...What sets this book apart is its ability to go beyond the surface level of fashion and delve into the deeper meanings behind Diana's outfits...." Read more

"...The photos are gorgeous, many of which I’d never seen before, and show what a multi-faceted icon Diana really was...." Read more

"...10/10. The perfect design resource & coffee table book— gorgeous design on every page, filled with inspiring style, stories, and quotes from the..." Read more

"...Packed with high quality photos and text that manages to be both funny and informative, the author Eloise, has hit a home run!..." Read more

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Customers enjoy the book's storytelling. They find it fascinating and relatable, with great content inside. The photos provide a glimpse into Diana's life that we haven't seen in a while. Readers appreciate the author's research and intricate details about her iconic looks.

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"...I found a bold and relatable portrait of Lady Di in Moran’s highly researched book." Read more

"...every page, filled with inspiring style, stories, and quotes from the iconic princess Diana. Great gift for yourself and others." Read more

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Customers enjoy the book's pacing. They find it insightful and playful, exploring the hidden messages and symbolism woven into Diana's clothing choices. Readers appreciate the thoughtfulness and intention behind her fashion selections. The book explores the deeper meanings behind Diana's outfits.

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book stands out only for its aesthetic dynamic
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book stands out only for its aesthetic dynamic
A cherrypicking tour-de-forceUPDATE 11/22: I dropped my rating from 2.5 to 2 stars; see reasoning at bottom.This book is visually stunning, and the Kindle version doesn’t do that aspect justice. The hardcover’s pages pop with colors, whether it’s the layout of the page or the outfits themselves. The Kindle version, by contrast, is a sea of white space with the occasional picture tumbleweeding by.That said, the narrative in either format is lacking. First, the text begins as a sort-of biography of Diana’s clothes but morphs into the Instagram clickbait that made the author quasifamous (Di’s Revenge Look [with eight or so criteria]! Di’s Revenge Gym Look [5ish items]! Di’s High Colonic Revenge Look! Di’s Travel Revenge Look!).This would be forgivable if not for the glaring omissions. For example, after spending paragraphs saying that each of Diana’s outfits were her autobiography, the author then refuses to share pictures of Diana in “giant puritan collars over tunics” “because they haven’t stood the test of time.” Moran continues, “There was no way to describe some of Diana’s early ‘on-duty’ looks as anything except utterly heinous—think royal-themed cosplay, but from the Crusades era. Robin Hood-esque, feather-adorned hats and terrifying tartans would have you thinking Camilla paid off Diana’s stylist for some serious sartorial sabotage.” Hideous or no, those poorly aged outfits are still part of Diana’s autobiography and should be included.Let’s also consider “autobiography.” Former Secretary of State Madeline Albright wrote Read My Pins, a fascinating look at her life in politics reflected in the jewelry she wore at key events. The closest thing Diana left to a sartorial autobiography is the Christie’s catalogue of her charity dress auction in 1987, yet Moran never alludes to it, let alone quotes from it.A more egregious sin is Moran’s selective vision: she claims, for example, that Diana in the early 80s “opted for pastels and conservative plaids,” even though the second item Moran examines in the entire book is Diana’s hot pink llama sweater. Sadly, this trend continues throughout the book. She calls Diana’s decision to wear the Spencer tiara in 1983 “poignant,” as if that were the only time Diana chose to wear that headpiece over the Windsor Knot tiara. Moran also claims that the ivory outfit Diana wore the day her divorce was finalized symbolized her liberation, a conclusion belied by Charles’ sapphire engagement ring still gracing her finger.The book’s greatest sin is Moran’s endless contortions to attach meaning to an outfit. When analyzing Diana’s black sheep sweater, she notes, “because the Spencers were the UK’s oldest sheep farming family, the black sheep sweater Diana wore ‘certainly…reflects not just her inward thoughts about her new family and foray into public life, but memories of rejection from her childhood and teenage years.’” Or, the sweater could just be a sweater.Commenting on a 1985 white outfit adorned with a tuxedo tie, Moran notes, “Looking back, this suffragette white skirt set…and black bow tie strikes a more symbolic meaning—she’s the outcast, claustrophobically sandwiches between the Prince and the ‘men in grey.’” Or it could just be an outfit.Referring to Diana’s Revenge Dress, worn the night Charles publicly humiliated her on national TV, Moran notes, “When Diana bravely stepped out of the car, wearing her little black [revenge] dress, she bacame the shining hero the country was pining for.” In addition, “the mini-train if her dress fluttered symbolically, standing in contrast to the twenty-five foot train of her wedding dress.“ Please note that the Stambouli dress was her second choice that night; Diana certainly didn’t choose to wear it because it called to mind the train of her wedding dress. She wore it because Versace blabbed that she was going to wear their dress that night.A fixation with the Firm’s proscription against wearing black runs rampant through this book. Granted, Diana was told this at her first formal evening event, when she wore a black strapless gown. However, Moran belabors the point to no end. I find it a bit hard to ascribe a black and white suit Diana wore to Australia as a revelation of her mindset: “wearing black was rebellious, as it was deemed strictly for mourning, while white, historically, symbolizes women’s liberation. The blending of the two implied she was stuck somewhere in between.” Or it could just be a suit.In fact, for all of Moran’s bloviating about the tabu of black clothing, she doesn’t seem to recognize she’s featured dozens of photos in her own book of Diana, starting in the 80s, in black! To movie premieres, to theatre outings, to formal dinners. Clearly, the taboo mainly exists in the author’s mind.There are minor sins, as well. She inexplicably repeatedly refers to Diana as “duchess” throughout the first 25% of the book. I realize “duchess” as a childhood nickname, but it’s not a title she ever went by as an adult. Moran also refers to the Panorama interview as the first time the public had heard her side of the story. Andrew Morton, author of Diana: Her Own Story, would like a word. Moran mentions Diana’s morning sickness on a trip to Australia, but Diana was never pregnant on a trip to Australia. She also comments on an outfit Diana wore during Harry’s pregnancy, chosen to prevent the press to see her baby bump. Diana wore the outfit in question two weeks after announcing her two-month pregnancy. There was no bump to hide.Finally, I have to note the jarring narrative commentary. There is a fine line between irreverent and immature, and Moran missed it by a mile. In addition to pointless asides such as “jeez, bitter much?” and “all men are bastards,” she calls Camilla being pelted with dinner rolls in public in 1994 “justice.” A running joke about Camilla and chicken Kiev (revisited several times) is simply not funny.The anti-Camilla narrative is more unsettling when you realize the author was five when Diana died and therefore has no memory of the War of the Waleses. Come to think of it, if Moran had watched the soap opera unfold in the 80s, she wouldn’t have referred to their 1992 South Korea trip as the *beginning* of the War of the Waleses. In any event, how can she be so vitriolic about Camilla at this late date when she wasn’t even around for the scandal itself?In case no other reviewers have questioned it, why does Moran include mini layouts of Fergie and Anne?If you would like a thoughtful examination of Diana’s wwardrobe instead of clickbait, please read something such as Diana: The Secrets of Her Style or Dressing Diana.UPDATE 11/22: It has come to my attention that QEII met Marilyn Monroe whilst garbed in black, so this author’s argument about Diana wearing black to rebel falls out the window. Fail.
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  • Reviewed in the United States on July 12, 2023
    "The Lady Di Look Book: What Diana Was Trying to Tell Us Through Her Clothes" is a captivating and insightful exploration of Princess Diana's iconic fashion choices. The author's deep dive into Princess Diana's wardrobe reveals the thoughtfulness and intention behind her fashion selections. Each chapter delves into different aspects of Diana's life, highlighting the significant moments and events that shaped her personal style. From her glamorous gowns to her casual ensembles, the book uncovers the hidden symbolism and messages woven into her clothing choices.

    What sets this book apart is its ability to go beyond the surface level of fashion and delve into the deeper meanings behind Diana's outfits. It explores how she used fashion as a form of self-expression, diplomacy, and even activism. The book showcases how Diana skillfully used her wardrobe to connect with people and support causes she believed in.The writing style is engaging and accessible, making it a pleasure to read. The author's passion for Princess Diana's fashion choices shines through, making the book both informative and entertaining.

    Whether you are a fashion enthusiast, a fan of Princess Diana, or simply intrigued by the intersection of fashion and personal expression, "The Lady Di Look Book" is a must-read. It offers a fascinating glimpse into the world of Diana's fashion and how her clothing became a powerful tool for communication and influence.
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  • Reviewed in the United States on December 14, 2022
    I love this book for its playful take on Princess Diana’s tour de force wardrobe. The photos are gorgeous, many of which I’d never seen before, and show what a multi-faceted icon Diana really was. The often humorous text is ultimately rooted in the authors obvious respect for her subject. I found a bold and relatable portrait of Lady Di in Moran’s highly researched book.
    3 people found this helpful
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  • Reviewed in the United States on July 19, 2022
    Love this book! 10/10. The perfect design resource & coffee table book— gorgeous design on every page, filled with inspiring style, stories, and quotes from the iconic princess Diana. Great gift for yourself and others.
    5 people found this helpful
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  • Reviewed in the United States on July 20, 2022
    I ordered this book because Lady Diana has always been an inspiration to me - and I can say that upon reading, it did not disappoint. Packed with high quality photos and text that manages to be both funny and informative, the author Eloise, has hit a home run! I highly recommend this book to anyone who has an appreciation for the transformative power of fashion.
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  • Reviewed in the United States on September 27, 2022
    The author did a really wonderful job describing Lady Diana’s fashion, and all of the context surrounding her outfit choices. The way Eloise incorporated bits of her own life added to the relatability of the book as well. This book is a universal story about womanhood, making choices for ourselves, and expressing our agency through fashion. Highly recommend!
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  • Reviewed in the United States on October 6, 2022
    Some very nice photos of the late Princess in some memorable outfits. The author was reading each one like a Tarot deck and assigning covert meanings which may or may not have been in operation.
    Some really seemed a stretch- the knit sweater adorned with white sheep and one black sheep may not have been how she felt in the Royal Family. It may have been because it was quite a popular item at the time, worn by many.
    It's a fine collection of photos, and overall worthwhile
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  • Reviewed in the United States on September 29, 2022
    Such an artistic work of journalism! This book is equal parts fashion history and biography. On each page, you'll find the most intricate details about Diana's iconic looks, and Moran tells a strong story throughout. This is a great gift for any royal family (or just Diana) fan!
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  • Reviewed in the United States on July 29, 2022
    This book was everything I wanted it to be and more. Eloise’s fresh and witty commentary is only outdone by the stunning photos that really provide a glimpse into Diana’s life that we haven’t seen in a cohesive way. I promise you won’t be disappointed by this purchase!
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  • Pamela Teixeira
    5.0 out of 5 stars Seleção e diagramação interessantes
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  • سلوى أحمد
    5.0 out of 5 stars جميل جدا
    Reviewed in Saudi Arabia on November 2, 2024
    كتاب مفعم من ازياء الاميرة ديانا .. جميل جدا
  • Carole
    5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful pictures inside
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 21, 2024
    For anyone who likes Diana, this is a beautifully presented book full of information and lovely pictures. Highly recommended.
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    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 21, 2024
    For anyone who likes Diana, this is a beautifully presented book full of information and lovely pictures. Highly recommended.
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  • Daniel SCHMIDT
    5.0 out of 5 stars incroyable !!❤️
    Reviewed in France on December 28, 2023
    je recommande ce livre pour tout les fans de Lady Diana 😊, il est juste sublime.
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    5.0 out of 5 stars Für „Fans“ ein Must Have
    Reviewed in Germany on August 17, 2023
    Tolle Styles, Inspirationen.