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Style Icon: Princess Diana

From her glamorous gowns to her fabulous hats, Princess Diana was the epitome of chic. Browse through this retrospective of Princess Diana dresses, hats, gowns and suits to see the why Princess Di was a style icon.

Princess Diana in Military Suit, 1987	Princess Diana in Open-Back Dress, 1985	Princess Diana in Versace, 1995	Princess Diana in Catherine Walker, 1985
Princess Diana in Velvet Dress, 1985	Princess Diana's Hosiery, 1985	Princess Diana in Stripes, 1991	Princess Diana in Blue Suit, 1993

Princess Diana in Blue Gown, 1996	Princess Diana in White Belted Suit, 1996	Princess Diana in Peplum Suit	Princess Diana in Catherine Walker Cream Gown, 1992
Princess Diana in Blue Suit, 1989	Princess Diana in Revenge Dress, 1994	Princess Diana, 1994	Princess Diana, 1994
Princess Diana with Slicked Back Hair, 1995	Princess Diana in Black Gown, 1995	Princess Diana's Hair, 1995	Princess Diana 1982

Princess Diana in Bellville Sassoon	Princess Diana, 1982	Princess Diana in Jacques Azagury, 1985
Princess Diana in Elvis Dress	Princess Diana in Yellow Coat, 1989	Princess Diana's Hair, 1988

An Introduction to Shirt Fabrics

Shirt fabrics, or "shirtings" as they are called by tailors, are of various nature and variously appropriate. Cotton is by far the most common fabric for dress shirts, and most fabric names refer to a particular method of weaving it. The numbers sometimes listed with fabrics denote the thickness of the yarn from which the fabric is made; higher numbers mean thinner yarn, and thence finer cloth and higher prices.

Oxford cloth, the coarsest shirting, is nonetheless quite soft and comfortable. A more casual fabric, its most natural form is the button-down collar. In colored and patterned Oxford shirts, only the threads running in one direction are dyed, while the others are left white. This gives the fabric its characteristic textured appearance. Pinpoint Oxford is woven likewise, but of finer yarn, and is thus smoother and more formal. Royal Oxford is finer still, and can stand proudly beside a fine wool suit and expensive tie.

Poplin bears a smoother texture but similar weight, the result of a fine yarn running one way with a thicker one interweaving it. It is soft and comfortable, and often used in more casual shirts. Colors find themselves easily at home here, and it takes sporty patterns especially well.

Cotton twill, a shimmery diagonal weave, makes for richly textured shirts without sacrificing formality. In herringbone twill, the direction of the diagonals switches back and forth every quarter inch or so, giving the fabric even more depth. When occasion or whim calls for a solid shirt, twill plays the role with panache.

Finer still is broadcloth, of fine yarn woven so tightly that it gleams. This is the most formal shirting for day-to-day wear. End-on-end broadcloth is that made by interweaving threads of alternating colors for a visual texture so subtle it appears solid from an arm's length away. Thanks to its tight weave, this cloth displays patterns with exquisite precision.

Formal shirts are made of white piqué cotton, which boasts a rich, woven texture. This is the only shirt proper for black tie or white tie, and it is not appropriate for anything else.

Besides pure cotton, all the fabrics above can be found in cotton/polyester blends. These are less expensive, and while they do not look as rich or feel as smooth, they can often be worn without ironing. No-iron 100% cotton shirts offer the rich look of natural fiber with the ease of synthetics, but the good ones are very expensive and the cheap ones irritate the skin. Synthetics fibers get itchy and uncomfortable in extreme heat, i.e. over 95 degrees Fahrenheit. Ironing is really not that much work, and it is the surest way to look and feel good in shirts which are affordable enough that you can stock your closet with a diverse collection of them.

Jennifer Aniston Hairstyles

Jennifer Aniston

Jennifer Aniston Hairstyles

Jennifer Aniston
Born 11th February 1969

An American screen and movie actress. Jennifer Joanna Aniston was born in Sherman Oaks, California, and grew up in New York City. She is the daughter of actor John Aniston, a Greek American and actress Nancy Dow who is of Italian-Scottish descent. Aniston’s godfather was the actor Telly Savalas, her father’s best friend. She lived in Greece for one year as a child with her family, and they later relocated to New York City.

Jennifer attended the New York Rudolf Steiner School and graduated from Manhattan’s Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts. She worked in Off Broadway productions such as For Dear Life and Dancing on Checker’s Grave. She supported herself with several part-time jobs, including working as a telemarketer and bike messenger. In 1989, she moved to Los Angeles, California.

Jennifer appeared in a couple of failed television comedy shows, The Edge and Muddling Through. After her appearance in the critically derided 1992 horror film, Leprechaun, she considered giving up acting. Her plans changed, however, after auditioning for the sit com Friends. The producers of the show originally wanted Aniston to play the role of Monica Geller, but Courteney Cox was considered more suited for the part of Monica. As a result, Jennifer was cast as Rachel Green and played the character from 1994 until the show ended in 2004.

The program was very successful and she became a popular actress. Her hairstyle at the time, which became known as the “Rachel”, was widely copied. Although Jennifer has since admitted she disliked the hairstyle she wore during her first two years on Friends. Jennifer received a salary of one million dollars per episode for the last two seasons of Friends (2005). She won an Emmy Award, a Golden Globe Award, and a Screen Actors Guild Award for her role in the series.

Jennifer has also enjoyed a successful film career. Her biggest box office success to date was her appearance in 2003’s Bruce Almighty, in which she played the girlfriend of title character Jim Carrey.

In the 2004, Jennifer starred in Along Came Polly opposite Ben Stiller. A year later, she appeared in two major studio films, Derailed and Rumour Has It…. Her next film, The Break-Up, grossed approximately $39.17 million during its opening weekend.

In December, 2008, Jennifer starred alongside Owen Wilson in Marley & Me. It set a record for the largest Christmas Day box office ever with $14.75 million in ticket sales. It earned a total of $51.7 million over the four-day weekend and placed No.1 at the box office. The total worldwide gross was $242,717,113. Her next film in wide release, He’s Just Not That into You, where she starred opposite Ben Affleck, opened in February 2009.

In March 2010, she released The Bounty Hunter, which co-starred Gerard Butler. By June, 2010, Jennifer’s movies have grossed more than $1 billion in the United States and over $1,7 billion worldwide. Jennifer’s film, Just Go with It, with Adam Sandler, was released on Valentine’s Day weekend in 2011.

Jennifer worked for over a year on a new perfume, which was released in July 2010, at Harrods, London. Original plans called for the perfume to be named Lolavie by Jennifer Aniston, but to avoid confusion with a similarly named perfume, the name was changed to simply Jennifer Aniston. In an interview following the launch, she said that she would also like to create a fragrance for men.
Jennifer has also been in commercials for L’Oreal hair products. In 2008, she and partner Kristin Hahn formed the production company Echo Films.

Since 2007, Jennifer has worked in a publicity campaign for the drink SmartWater; on March 7, 2011, she released a YouTube video, titled "Jennifer Aniston Goes Viral", for SmartWater, tripling online interest in the product within 24 hours of the release.

Jennifer supports many charity foundations. She is a supporter of Friends of El Faro, a grassroots non-profit organization that helps raise money for Casa Hogar Sion, an orphanage in Tijuana, Mexico. She has appeared in many TV commercials for St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital, which she supports.

She married Actor Brad Pitt in 2000, but separated in 2005. They were seen together publicly after announcing their separation, even at a dinner party for Aniston’s 36th birthday, and friends of the couple had declared they were reconciling. However, Jennifer filed for divorce on March 25, 2005 and it was finalised in October, 2005. During this period there was intense speculation in the media that Pitt had been unfaithful to Jennifer, with his Mr. & Mrs. Smith co-star, Angelina Jolie. By Jan 2006 Angelina was expecting Brad’s first child.

The story became the headline news of media shows and made the front-pages of tabloid magazines for years, continuing till this day. ’Team Aniston’ and ’Team Jolie’ T-shirts appeared, with ’Team Aniston’ shirts out-selling the ’Team Jolie’ shirts 4:1. Jennifer has said that her relationship with Brad, which she does not regret, was "seven very intense years together" and that "it was a beautiful, complicated relationship."

Since her divorce, Jennifer has dated actor Vince Vaughn, with whom she co-starred in The Break Up; British model Paul Sculfor in 2007 and singer John Mayer in 2008.

Forbes listed Jennifer as the 10th richest woman in the entertainment industry for 2007 and estimated her net worth to be about $110 million. She is also one of Hollywood’s most profitable actresses. She has been on the Forbes Celebrity 100 list, based on "earnings and fame", every year since 2001, topping the list in 2003. For the year of 2008, Forbes listed Jennifer’s earnings as $27 million. She has appeared on Peoples annual list of The Most Beautiful every year since 1995, and came in at No.1 in 2004. She has been a regular on FHM’s 100 Sexiest Women list since 1996, ranking at No.81 in 2010, No.24 in 2009 and No.27 in 2008.

In 2011 The Telegraph reported the most sought after body parts of the rich and famous revealed by two Hollywood plastic surgeons who carried out a survey among their patients to build up the picture of what the perfect woman would look like. Under the category of the most sought after body shape Aniston was voted in the top three alongside Gisele Bundchen and Penelope Cruz.

Flow Seasonal Color Analysis Do You Know Your Best Colors?

See the difference?

The blue t-shirt "wears the woman", in the photo on the left, making it hard to see her face. By contrast, in the photo on the right you notice the woman rather than the color of her clothes (except, maybe, to note that the whole look is harmonious).

The wrong colors can make you look older, heavier, tired and even ill (of course you could use this to your advantage if you wanted to take a sickie!). The wrong colors also often wear you, so that people see your clothes before they see you (a friend might say “that color shirt is great”).

Not only do the correct colors for you make you look healthier, younger, slimmer and brighter. They also make you feel healthier, younger, slimmer and brighter. Now your friends say "you look great". Color also affects our mood and emotions, our perceived body shape and the overall impression we make on others. So why would you wear anything other than the colors that suit you best?

What is Seasonal Color Analysis?

Seasonal color analysis categorizes people into one of 4 categories...

1. Winter
2. Summer
3. Autumn, and
4. Spring

The categories are named after the seasons and the colors found together in nature to help you remember the range of colors they include. Your seasonal color range will complement the coloring of your skin, hair and eyes.

Understanding Color

Understanding a few characteristics of color will help you understand your own coloring and help you make more informed color choices when you buy clothes. Attributes of color include it’s…

• Hue --this is the name of the color
  
  
• Temperature --a color can be perceived as cool, warm or neutral. Yellow based colors are perceived as warm, while blue based colors are perceived as cool. Pure colors are neutral—that is neither cool nor warm
  
  
• Value --a color can be described as light, medium-light, medium, medium-dark, dark
  
  
• Intensity —-whether the color appears clear or muted
  

Your main seasonal color has these attributes and so do clothing colors. When you know your flow season, to determine if an item of clothing is the correct color for you look for colors with attributes that most closely match your seasonal colors’ attributes. Keeping this in mind helps if you’ve forgotten your swatch or the exact color isn't in your swatch.

Seasonal Colors

Winter colors are cool, clear and dark to light intensity. Think of the winter landscape colors. In the low light of winter colors appear darker, but on a bright day with the sun reflecting off snow colors appear pale and icy.

Summer colors are also cool, but muted and medium-light to medium-dark in value. Think of seeing the landscape through a summer heat haze. The colors are muted, paler versions of Winter’s. The light colors are creamy pastel rather than icy.

Autumn colors are warm, muted and medium-light to medium-dark intensity. Think of fall New England landscape colors of rich burnt oranges, reds, golden yellows and sludgy greens.

Spring colors are also warm, but clear and bright with medium to light intensity. Think of the bright clear colors of spring flowers and the new season’s clear, bright green shoots.

Extending Seasonal Color Analysis
for More Color Choices

With the infinite variety of each unique person’s coloring some people don’t fit neatly into one season. So most Image Consultants now use a refined version of the original seasonal color analysis called flow seasonal color analysis.

Flow color analysis categorizes a person as one of 12 flow categories. It recognizes that a person may have coloring characteristics from more than one season. A person still has one primary season, but also has elements of another season—the flow season. The flow season color range takes this into account.

For example, a woman who has dark black-brown hair, dark brown eyes and an olive skin will be mainly Winter, but flow towards Autumn. She will be a Deep Winter. The Deep Winter swatch includes all the main Winter colors and some of the Autumn range such as olive and khaki to complement her skin.

Flow Seasonal Color Analysis

This diagram shows the 12 flow categories and their relationships to the seasonal categories. Flow names reflect the "look" of the flow...

• Cool -- Winter or Summer with cool skin, hair and eyes
  
  
• Warm -- Autumn or Spring with warm skin, hair and eyes
  
  
• Clear -- Winter or Spring with stunning eyes. Many celebrities are Clears
  
  
• Deep -- Winter or Autumn with dark hair and eyes and warm skin
  
  
• Light -- Summer or Spring. Light skin, hair and eyes
  
  
• Soft -- Summer or Autumn. Either velvety/chocolaty looking, "heavy" neutral looking or light neutral looking
  
  

How to Find Your Flow Season

The process involves looking at your overall facial "look" and the coloring of your skin, hair and eyes to determine your flow season. Then using color drapes to establish your main season.

The easiest and most accurate way to find out is to have your colors assessed by an experienced Image Consultant. Find out about my in-person color analysis service by clicking here.

If for some reason you can't get to an Image Consultant the next best alternative is an online color analysis where you supply a good quality photo and answer some questions about your coloring. Contact me to find out about my online color analysis service. Alternatively, as a rough indicator you may be able to assess yourself (or get a friend to help), at least for your main season.