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Grand balls and charity galas, for example, will usually have higher expectations of tuxedos and black-tie attire

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It was termed 'too rebellious' by critics but transformed Diana into a fashion icon

But then you have to see the plain delight with which she did these preposterous things, these moments, as if she could not resist or do without the comfort that came with the gasps and the whistles at Madison Square Garden when she came into the platinum light, shrugged off her wrap and stood there, with her massed blonde waves jutting off to one side, like the control on tower an aircraft carrier, in a dress that could have been painted on her