Tuesday, October 21, 2008

Trinny bounces back with a confident smile and daughter by her side after painful split from husband

She may have cut a sombre figure just a few days ago following a miserable divorce from her husband of nine years - but Trinny Woodall was all smiles last night at the opening of exclusive children's clothing store Marie-Chantal in London.

The TV fashion queen emerged a different woman as she held four-year-old daughter Lyla by her side at the launch of Greek royal family member Marie-Chantal's store in Sloane Street, Kensington.

Trinny looked calm and collected as she stepped out in another trademark classic black hat, and braved the cooler temperatures with a khaki-coloured quilted jacket.
Trinny Woodall

New woman: Trinny braves the public eye with her daughter Lyla at the launch of children's clothing store Marie-Chantal in London

But she was upstaged by her cute daughter who was wearing a gorgeous pink dress and hooded soft-white cardigan for the children's fashion event.

It was not long ago that Trinny, 44, officially announced her divorce from businessman Johnny Elichaoff, 48, following a string of arguments about her increasing work load.

Despite months of marriage counselling, the couple decided to call it a day for the sake of their daughter Lyla, and Elichaoff's son Zak.

Trinny and the children will continue to live in the couple's £2 million property in London's fashionable Notting Hill, while Elichaoff plans to move out in a few weeks.
Trinny Woodall

Trinny appears much more relaxed despite having officially split from her husband a day ago

Rumours of their troubled marriage have been rife since June with Trinny becoming increasingly prone to arriving at fashion events without her wedding ring.

Two months ago, she was linked to Hollywood actor Keanu Reeves who Trinny was introduced to through a mutual friend British artist Amanda Eliasch.

Sources close to the glamorous presenter said she flew to Los Angeles for a holiday and had hoped to meet the actor during her trip.

‘Trinny met Keanu through a friend in London and they really clicked,’ says a source.

‘Trinny was desperate to meet him again in LA.
Trinny Woodall

But earlier... both Trinny Woodall and Johnny Elichaoff looked miserable following the announcement of their divorce

She asked Amanda to throw a welcome dinner for her and the plan was for Keanu to come along to the party last weekend, but he didn’t show. Trinny was really disappointed because she was hoping they could catch up.’

During her marriage, Trinny - who rose to stardom with Susannah Constantine in shows like the BBC's What Not To Wear and ITV's Trinny And Susannah Undress -
suffered two miscarriages and had nine IVF attempts before their daughter was born.

Two years ago, Elichaoff ended up in a California rehabilitation clinic to beat a dependence on prescription painkillers. He became hooked on them following 20 operations after a motorbike crash.

Trinny has also been through rehab for alcoholism from which she suffered from her late teens until she was 26 and still attends Alcoholics Anonymous.

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