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Going straight
She was a frumpy student. Now Chelsea Clinton is wearing Versace and hanging with Madonna. And those curls have gone. Emma Brockes on the reinvention of the president's daughter
Emma Brockes
Guardian
Tuesday January 22, 2002
Side by side they sat, a publicist's wildest fantasy. There was Gwyneth Paltrow, a pipe-cleaner in a halter neck. There was Madonna, betraying a touch of the Joan Crawfords in limousine-black shades and Dracula-white concealer - the look of a woman who refers to herself in the third person. But it was the final member of the improbable trinity who harnessed the most attention. No sooner had the shock of seeing Chelsea Clinton out of context subsided, than the impact of how she looked delivered another power surge.

This because the ex-prez' daughter has had her hair straightened. It went on for a whole page. You've got to laugh @ thee last bit, haven't you:

the impact of how she looked delivered another power surge
Pah. It did occur to me that it's a bit rich to publically complain abt "Cliqueyness" @ OxBridge uni (tho she's prob. right) and then turn up at a fashion show with (deep breath - someone left a copy ov "The Daily Mirror" on thee metro to-day) Madge, G. Paltrow, Cheryl Crow, Ron Wood, and er, some other figures from the world of celeb tittle-tattle. Whatever, anyway. It amused me, in a sad sort of way.