Starzewski initially felt sorry for the Princess. "She didn't have a gang of friends, and if you discount her public engagements, she actually didn't have much of a social life."(quoted in 'Diana, Her Life in Fashion', page 72). Her wardrobe needs primarily were for those royal duties, and he noticed that she was serious about following the dress code for the Royal Family - bright colors but conservative and tailored - but that also meant she was missing out on the lively modern clothing a lovely young woman of her age would be wearing, such as this brightly colored cocktail suit. (An indication of this suit's - and the designer's - trendiness was the fact that Jo Wood, then-wife of the Rolling Stone's Ronnie Wood, had a variation of it). Pop and rock benefit concerts were the best occasions she had for 'fun' outfits, and this suit, worn to a rock concert in November of 1991 in aid of the Chicken Shed Theater (a peforming company composed of disabled and physically challenged actors, singers and musicians, of which she was patron), was about as close as she would come in that period. It's a velvet jacket with multi-colored satin lapels and pockets that match the colors in the skirt, which featured the horizontal pleated 'stripes' that were one of Starzewski's trademarks.