![]() ![]() ![]() It is this image that defined an enduring fashion look of the late twentieth century. Superb cut and luxurious materials worn with coordinated colored accessories, handbags, jewelry, and shoes became her hallmark. Her look became more international with a sophisticated and simple silhouette and an effect that was all in the details. Increasingly, however, she turned to European designers-the Italian designers Versace and Valentino and to the French couture houses of Dior, Lacroix, and Chanel. ![]() These photographs have come to define the look and glamour of a woman who became an important fashion icon of the twentieth century. In the 1990s, in search of a new look, she remained loyal to British designers, notably Jacques Azagury, who encouraged her to wear dresses cut revealingly low and to wear shorter skirts. In 1997 the influential fashion photographer Mario Testino shot a series of seminal images of Princess Diana wearing Gianni Versace for Vanity Fair magazine. Diana understood her role as a fashion icon and that everything she wore-every new accessory and change of hairstyle-would be scrutinized. After her divorce from Prince Charles, Diana went on to develop a more individual style that reflected her new independence and freedom. From the 1980s Catherine Walker helped Diana create a streamlined modern version of clothes for her public life as the Princess of Wales. ![]()
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