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When the Lord Chancellor announced Prince Charless engagement to Lady Diana Spencer on 24 February 1981, American Vogue promptly commissioned a table laying out the betrotheds cars, clubs, income [and] endearing mannerisms. Charles, readers learned in the May 1981 issue, loved Aleksandr Isayevich Solzhenitsyns works on the Gulag, was nicknamed Action Man and Golden Eagle, counted Verdi as his favorite composer (with a particular fondness for La Traviata ), and habitually wore both Turnbull & Asser shirts and Penhaligons cologne

Meguire Hennes is the fashion staff writer at Marie Claire, where she breaks down the celebrity looks living rent-free in her head (and yours)

If you want an outerwear piece or accessory to be a statement piece, pair your black cords with a black top

For shorter hair, styles like finger waves or a sleek bob can create a modern yet classy ambiance suitable for black tie events

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