Avenging Luftwaffe pilot: Cheryl saved her best outfit for last when she returned from L.A.
Cheryl Cole is the picture of dejection: Bambi eyes shielded by giant sunglasses, glossy hair in an austere ponytail.
But she is no victim.
For ten days, she"s been fighting a focused popularity campaign - all without saying a word.
Nothing Cheryl does is guileless. Every appearance and accessory is faultlessly stage-managed.
She"s graduated from wedding ringMorse code - whipping off the gobstopper- sized sparkler to signalmarital difficulties - to sending more specific messages through herdesigner outfits.
Atthe Brit Awards, just after revelations of Ashley"s sex-textingemerged, she performed a hard-faced, show-stopping version of her songFight For This Love.
She was dressed as a sex-worker"s idea of a private detective and then as a glamorous Asbo hoodie in a spangly black leotard.
Both said: "Don"t mess with me."
Thenshe flew to Los Angeles in a Beatrice Boyle T-shirt featuring a weepingwoman and toting a 1,000 Christian Louboutin bag that looked more likea medieval torture weapon.
This time the message was: "I"m crying inside, but I"m a fighter."
For her arrival in LA, Cheryl changed into a 855 Acne cardigan in dove grey, a colour that whispers: "Don"t hurt me."
Oncenews broke of Ashley"s alleged other infidelities, she was snapped in a1,300 draped Chapurin black dress that stopped just below herknickers.
Itinstantly inspired memories of the traffic-stopping black dress worn byPrincess Diana on the day Charles admitted his infidelity on TV.
Let the clothes do the talking (from left): That traffic-stopping dress; "hide the tears" sunglasses and wearing her heart on her T-shirt
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Woman scorned: Princess Diana wore this showstopping dress to the Serpentine Gallery, June 1994 after her split from Prince Charles
Later in the week, she wore giant "hide the tears" sunglasses with a soft Wildfox pink T-shirt with a red heart over her own, bearing the message: "I left my heart in Beverly Hills."
She might just as well have said: "I"m still a romantic, even though the love of my life has destroyed me."
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Two days later, she was in a chic Alexander McQueen diffusion shift dress, channelling Jackie Onassis - another wronged, elegant woman, adored by the public, but betrayed by her playboy husband.
Cheryl saved the best outfit forlast. Arriving back in Britain, she emerged from the plane dressed likean avenging Luftwaffe pilot.
Shewas trussed into a 995 black leather jacket by Burberry, withtourniquet black J Brand jeans, black Chanel nail polish and stillhauling the bag that looks like a nail-bomb.
We certainly didn"t need the official statement the next day to tell us the couple were separating.
If the next time she appears in public she"s wearing a business suit, make no mistake - she"s begun divorce proceedings.
Last night Cheryl remained locked inside her home since her return from Los Angeles, while her estranged husband is in France for treatment on a broken ankle.
Wronged woman: Cheryl flew to L.A. in a BeatriceBoyle T-shirt featuring a weeping woman and then channelled Jackie Onassis in an Alexander McQueen shift dress
Don"t mess with me: The singer chose show-stopping outfits as she performed hard-faced at The Brits
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