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Having being very disappointed that we didn't end up making the wedding dress,

I thought it was wonderful that we got what was the next best thing - the going away outfit.

When Diana was choosing the outfit in our little studio she noticed a sketch on the wall

and she said "Oh I like the mood of that".

And we did some designs for that and we did them with slightly flared skirts

but Princess Diana said "Oh no, no - I want a straight pencil skirt"

So she had this lovely idea that it was more sophisticated to have a pencil skirt.

I think there is a language of clothes and Diana really got to understand that.

You can make a real statement and show what you're feeling at the time

and we had a certain handwriting and sometimes it wasn't the handwriting she was looking for

she wanted something else, so she started to go to other designers.

I've always believed that with clothes that the most important thing is that

when you see a woman in a dress, the reaction should be "You look wonderful!"

it's not "What a wonderful dress!", the first thing is "You look wonderful!".

Following from the separation from the Prince of Wales

she decided she wanted to be known as a work horse

rather than a clothes horse and so she deliberately started to dress down

and so Catherine Walker helped created a capsule wardrobe of very simple suits and schiff dresses

that the Princess became known for in the 90s.

The Princess of Wales' work throughout the sixteen years that we knew her

changed from being very much an ambassador for the UK to start with

towards the end of her life she'd carved out a respected position on the world stage

through her humanitarian work and working for various charities.

She put the issue of land mines right at the top of the international agenda.

It had previously been a security issue and she made it a humanitarian issue.

In 1997 when Diana visited the minefield in Wambo in Angola

Halo didn't, at that time, have it's logo on any of it's body armour

it didn't quite understand the significance of branding.

Realising a lot of journalists would be coming, Paul Heslop, the programme manager in Angola

spent the evening before the visit cutting up a pillowcase

and stenciling on in felt-tip pen the Halo logo.

Twenty years later, when we introduce ourselves for the first time

the first thing they say is "Oh yes, the Diana picture" or "the Diana body armour".

She didn't have dinners with ambassadors, she didn't meet the president's wife

she met people in clinics who had lost limbs.

Our work, when we were asked, was to provide designs that performed in different ways.

We felt that we were giving her the tools to do the job.

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Melania Isn't Just a Fashion Icon – She Knows Exactly How To Pull Off Best State Dinner In History - Duration: 6:08.

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Melania Isn't Just a Fashion Icon –She Knows Exactly How To Pull Off Best State Dinner In History - Duration: 5:57.

Melania Isn't Just a Fashion Icon – She Knows Exactly How To Pull Off Best State Dinner

In History The Trump family will be hosting the French

president Emmanuel Macron and his wife Brigitte for the first state dinner of the Trump administration.

For this glorious event, the First Lady has opted to decorate the state dining room with

all white and gold tableware along with elaborate floral centerpieces that rival any masterpiece

ever seen.

For the last few days, our First Lady has been busy at work setting up the white house

for what will be her first formal state dinner in several months.

It certainly looks like the hard work has paid off.

Although First Lady Melania Trump was a model by trade she also knows how to throw a party.

It has also been confirmed that the Trumps will be serving a French-inspired meal with

a rack of spring lamb.

Along with a goat cheese gateau and a nectarine tart dessert.

This formal dinner comes at a time where there is renewed hope for U.S. French relations.

Although it was said President Trump wasn't going to be able to work with Macron he seems

to be doing just fine.

In fact, he is doing so well that he was able to get the help of the French to attack Assad

in Syria after he used chemical weapons on his own people.

This is something not every president has been able to get the French to do.

But then again, we all know by now that Donald Trump isn't just any president.

In fact, he has done what just two short years ago was deemed as impossible.

He has been able to bring Kim Jong Un to the table to negotiate as he has vowed to shut

down his nuclear facilities in an effort to have a renewed relationship with the US.

Here is more on President Macron's visit via MSN:

"WASHINGTON — Weighing withdrawal from the Iran nuclear deal, President Donald Trump

declared on Tuesday that if the Iranians "restart their nuclear program, they will have bigger

problems than they've ever had before."

Trump issued his warning alongside French President Emmanuel Macron in the Oval Office,

where the two allies were to discuss the multinational nuclear accord, the war in Syria and other

issues during a day of meetings at the White House.

Speaking at a joint news conference Tuesday, Trump appeared to be more in line with Macron's

push for a longer-term U.S. presence in Syria.

Trump, who announced weeks ago that he would withdraw American troops, said Macron reinforced

the idea of a potential Iranian takeover of territory liberated from the Islamic State

group.

"We'll be coming home," Trump said, "but we want to leave a strong and lasting

footprint."

Macron told Trump that together the U.S. and France would defeat terrorism, curtail weapons

of mass destruction in North Korea and Iran and act together on behalf of the planet,

a reference to Macron's work to revive a U.S. role in the Paris climate accord.

As for Iran, Trump was asked if he might be willing to stay in the accord.

He replied, "People know my views on the Iran deal.

… It's insane, it's ridiculous.

It should have never been made."

One of Macron's main objectives during his three-day visit to Washington is to persuade

Trump to stay in the accord.

Trump remains publicly undecided but reminded his French counterpart of what he sees as

flaws in the agreement, which he said fails to address ballistic missiles or Iran's

activities in Yemen or Syria.

Macron told reporters that he and Trump would look at the Iran deal "in a wider regional

context," taking into account the situation in Syria.

"We have a common objective, we want to make sure there's no escalation and no nuclear

proliferation in the region.

We now need to find the right path forward," Macron said.

Trump suggested he was open to "doing something" on the Iran agreement as long as it was done

"strongly."

He told Macron, "We could have at least an agreement among ourselves very quickly."

But when he was asked by reporters what that agreement would be, Trump said, "You'll

find out."

During the press conference, Macron added that he and Trump discussed pursuing a "new

agreement" with Iran on the broader regional concerns, including Syria.

But it was not clear whether Trump would be willing to keep the U.S. in the current deal,

known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, in the meantime.

U.S. military and intelligence officials have urged Trump not to pull out of the agreement,

arguing it has halted Iran's nuclear program.

Trump also informed Macron that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un wanted to meet "as soon

as possible."

The president, who once derided Kim as "Little Rocket Man," said the North Korean dictator

had been "very open" and "very honorable" so far.

Domestic concerns were also near the surface for Trump.

He refused to answer a reporter's question as to whether he is considering a pardon for

his personal lawyer, Michael Cohen, whose office was raided by the FBI.

Trump called it "a stupid question."

Cohen has not been charged in the case.

As Trump hosted the French president for the first official state visit of his administration,

he and Macron lavished praise — and even a pair of kisses — on one another Tuesday.

"It's an honor to call you my friend," Trump said, after predicting Macron would

be a historic leader of France.

In a lighter moment, Trump and Macron demonstrated some of the chemistry that has marked their

relationship.

The U.S. president brushed something off Macron's suit jacket, saying, "We have a very special

relationship, in fact I'll get that little piece of dandruff off."

Trump added, "We have to make him perfect — he is perfect."

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Melania Trump's High Fashion Cape Trend Popularized And It's A Brilliant Strategic - Duration: 2:13.

The first lady sported a $2790 Givenchy cape to welcome French president Emmanuel Macron,

and his wife Bridgette to the White House.

This isn't the first time the first lady has been spotted in a high-fashion cape.

Unlike Michelle Obama, who is known for her down-to-earth J. Crew, Trump has doubled down

on her glamorous fashion choices.

There's a clear strategy behind Trump's fashion choices which align her with another cape-lover

.

Here's a brief history of Melania Trump's cape obsession, as well as why the cape craze

is on the cusp of spreading across the US.

French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife Brigitte Macron's visit is just the most recent

instance of Trump donning a cape.

She wore a $8,000 Monique Lhuillier caplet gown during a black tie dinner at the White

House.

Melania Trump also wore a cape-style dress while on a trip to Mar-a-Lago.

Even when Trump isn't wearing an actual cape, it often looks as if she is.

The first lady frequently wears her coats off her shoulders, creating the illusion that

she is wearing a cape instead of using the sleeves to warm her arms.

The frequency of Trump's off-the-shoulder looks has sparked discussion.

Slate's Christina Cauterucci theorized that sleeves served as a buffer for Trump, who

has been spotted more than once denying her husband's attempts to grab her hand in public.

"Trump's empty sleeve functioned as a safety buffer," Cauterucci writes.

"When your arms aren't where they're supposed to be, it's a lot harder for other people

to find them."

Hand-grabbing concerns may play into Trump's love for capes and pseudo-capes, but the cape

also captures the message Melania Trump is trying to send to Americans.

Capes have fallen out of fashion since the early '90s, with Sozzani writing they're bound

to have a comeback "sooner or later."

Now, it looks like Trump may be helping fuel that return.