Hillary Clinton has been telling everyone that organizing her daughter Chelsea's wedding was the most stressful thing she'd done in some time.

But with that happy event out of the way, most observers would expect her to be back at the top of her game in time to take on Iran's President Ahmadinejad at the United Nations General Assembly this week.

With two of the three American hikers still being held by the Tehran regime and Sakineh Ashtiani still facing death by stoning, a mighty war of words is expected in New York.

But if her plan of action seemed to be in place as she attacked Ahmadinejad's 'flawed election' to a second term, her hair wasn't.


The normally perfect bouffant was gone, to be replaced by what came to be known on Kate Moss at least as the Croydon Facelift.

Mrs Clinton's hair was scraped back and clipped on top of her head, but looked lank and in need of some love and understanding.

She wore a brilliant blue suit but that served only to make her features stand out more sharply as she met delegates - including the UK's International Development Secretary Andrew Mitchell - at UN HQ last night.

With minimal make-up, Mrs Clinton's 63 years came into sharp focus as she moved neatly from urging Pakistan to mend its reputation to an attempt to undermine Mr Ahmadinejad within his own country.

She urged the people of Iran to reject what she says is an expansion of the Iranian military's role and power.