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Diane von Fürstenberg
A Woman With A Vision
She’s a public icon, but there’s still a lot you won’t
know about her until you read her new memoir.
T his designing woman with a
vision, that of her 1974 jersey
‘Wrap Dress’, has influenced the
world of fashion forever. Her
extraordinary jet-set life is depicted in her latest Her designs have been worn by many celebrities friend, the billionaire American media mogul
memoir The Woman I Wanted to Be where she
talks about her concentration camp survivor
mother, her family and career, overcoming
cancer, building a global brand, and devoting
herself to empowering other women, stating, “I
want every woman to know that she can be the
woman she wants to be.”
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In 1997, von Fürstenberg re-launched her
company and re-introduced the wrap dress,
which was enthusiastically received by a new
generation of women.
including Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge,
Gwyneth Paltrow, Madonna, Susan Sarandon,
and Jennifer Lopez.
“T here is a saying
that with
age, you look
outside what you are inside. If
you are someone who never
smiles your face gets saggy. If
you’re a person who smiles a
lot, you will have more smile
lines.
Your wrinkles reflect the
roads you have taken; they
form the map of your life.
My face reflects the wind and
sun and rain and dust from
the trips I’ve taken. My face
carries all my memories. Why
should I erase them?”
Her life’s motto is: “Love is life is love.”
She notes she is quite content to have married
twice for love. In 2001, she married longtime
Barry Diller, though keeping her name, that
of her first husband, the late Prince Egon von
Fürstenberg.