I don’t personally knows large amounts of women that look as “ordinary” as Diana and Meghan.
I do think certain people are renowned more for their personal style than their looks per se. I believe Jackie Kennedy Onassis falls into that category. She grew up in an extremely wealthy and privileged environment, rode horses, played lots of upper-class sports, was well travelled, spoke fluent French and I think a woman like that can have an attractiveness in person that can be hard to gauge from photographs alone. It will be their manner, their posture, the way they move and talk, their wit and intelligence, their sense of humour and personal magnetism. Some people’s beauty has to be in motion as it were, to be experienced.
When she came on the scene her style of dressing was very sophisticated to an American audience, it was a clean, sharp, simple silhouette and she dressed mostly in French couture. She and the president were also a young couple to be in the White House. So it really was a combination of factors that created the impact she made. As a young teen I was quite baffled to hear she was a renowned beauty as her eyes seemed a bit too far apart
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But as someone up thread noted, were we all groomed and styled within an inch of our lives with fabulous clothes that fit like a glove combined with the luxury of not needing be in paid work, with time to exercise and eat properly and always get enough sleep because a member of staff would care for the baby I think we would all very likely be transformed into our best selves!
Queenofarles no worries. I really hope Curly and Bloomin will be back soon and keep the fun and gracious vibe going that QueenOftheAndals has created.