Diane von Furstenberg

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by Gioia Diliberto

in New York, 53–55

  open marriage of, 73, 101, 102–4, 145–46

  and parties, 60–61, 71–72, 73, 76, 100, 202

  personal traits of, 35, 36, 56, 61, 73, 100, 166, 268

  as a prince, 53, 71, 120, 215

  remarriage of, 165, 268

  and wealth, 51, 54

  wedding of Diane and, 56–60

  von Furstenberg, Ira (Egon’s sister), 36

  von Furstenberg, Leon (Alex’s son), 266

  von Furstenberg, Sebastian (Egon’s brother), 36

  von Furstenberg, Talita (Alex’s daughter), 249, 266

  von Furstenberg, Tassilo (Alex’s son), 266

  von Furstenberg, Tassilo (Egon’s father), 35, 36, 38, 58, 60, 102

  von Furstenberg, Tatiana (daughter), 137, 142, 170

  and Antonia (daughter), 249

  birth of, 69–70

  Brody disease of, 119, 179

  childhood of, 118–20, 144, 166

  and Diane’s business, 244, 245–46, 266–67

  and Diane’s cancer, 219, 221

  and Diller, 136, 251, 253

  and Egon, 166, 268

  and Elkann, 191–92

  and Leon, 222

  and Lily, 18, 22, 24, 26, 119, 172–73, 180, 249–50

  and Paulo, 179, 180

  and school, 179–80, 186

  von Furstenberg family, 5, 37, 48, 51, 60

  Vreeland, Diana, 53, 64, 66, 70, 75, 146, 147, 176, 240

  W

  Wall Street Journal, 145

  Walters, Barbara, 203

  Wang, Vera, 245

  Warhol, Andy, 65, 71, 90, 171, 182

  anti-Semitism of, 114

  catty remarks by, 110–11, 135, 138, 143, 185, 257

  at parties, 53, 139, 164, 194

  portraits by, 6, 114–16, 140, 142, 258, 270

  Webb, David, 76

  Weber, Bruce, 199

  Weitz, John, 124

  Welch, Raquel, 257

  Weltman, Phil, 133

  Wenner, Jann, 71

  Wertheimer, Alain, 186

  Wertheimer, Gerard, 186

  White, Barry, 87

  White, Edmund, 188, 189–90

  White, Vanna, 223

  Wilhelmina Models, 54, 169

  William Morris agency, 132–33

  Williams, Gigi, 50, 125–26, 128–29

  Wilson, Rita, 231

  Wilson, Woodrow, 117

  Winehouse, Amy, 258

  Winfrey, Oprah, 235, 251, 264

  Wintour, Anna, 240–41

  Wittamer, Myriam, 23

  women:

  and beauty, 97–98, 129

  bisexual partners of, 136–37

  business empires of, 125, 145

  causes helping, 263–64

  confidence of, 7, 78, 105–6

  dependence of, 96, 104, 187

  designers, 247

  dressing to please themselves, 69, 97, 246

  DVF Awards to, 5, 263–64

  DVF Woman, 21, 78–79, 91, 183, 242

  exploitation of, 109

  feminism, 79–80, 96–97, 109, 112, 129, 147–48, 264

  independent, 79, 80, 91, 174, 248, 265

  liberated, 79, 146

  mistress role of, 30–31

  role models for, 146

  sense of self, 28–29

  traditional roles of, 96

  wanting it all, 79–80, 187, 199, 255

  working, 207

  Women in the World Summit, 147

  World War II, postwar fashion, 86–88

  Worth, Charles Frederick, 46, 84, 243

  wrap dress:

  as big trend, 111, 112

  creation of, 2, 106–7, 142

  critical reviews of, 235–36

  decline of, 151–54, 164, 205

  fabric of, 48, 158, 230

  “Journey of a Dress” (fortieth anniversary), 6, 257–58

  popularity of, 3, 107–9, 111, 112–14, 145, 147, 154

  precursors of, 111–12

  prints, 27, 48–49, 94–95, 107, 113–14, 207, 230, 231, 243, 245, 254, 263

  profitability of, 114, 125, 127, 140, 143, 248

  relaunch of, 228–29, 230–33, 234–36, 244, 249

  Silk Assets version, 211, 212, 230

  variations on, 113, 207, 230–31, 249, 258, 271

  in vintage shops, 228–29, 236

  wrap top and skirt, 95, 105–6, 206

  Wu, Jason, 143, 241

  WWD (Women’s Wear Daily), 67–69, 75, 79, 83, 97, 98–99, 109, 113, 152–53, 163–64, 183, 232, 236, 245

  Wyatt, Lynn, 164

  Z

  Zhang Huan, 270

  Zinaich, Danielle, 231

  Zinovoy, Sheppard, 161, 181

  Zuckerman, Mort, 147, 202–4, 221, 252

  Photo Section

  Curls and smiles—Diane as a child.

  (Courtesy of Diane von Furstenberg)

  Diane, Hans, Martin, Lily and Philippe in Geneva, summer 1963.

  (Courtesy of Martin Muller)

  Future femme fatale—Diane in the 1960s.

  (Courtesy of Martin Muller)

  Climbing up—Diane in the 1960s.

  (Courtesy of Martin Muller)

  Diane and Egon at a party at the Venice Film Festival, 1967.

  (Photograph by Countess Marina Cicogna, courtesy of Countess Marina Cicogna)

  The prince and his future princess.

  (Courtesy of Martin Muller)

  Angelo Ferretti in Monte Carlo.

  (Courtesy of Diane von Furstenberg)

  Posing in DVF for Vogue—Diane and two models.

  (Photograph by Marcio Madeira/Clifford Ling/Evening News/Rex USA)

  Andy Warhol in a rare moment looking up to Diane—at the Urban Cowboy premier party in Dallas, 1980.

  (John van Beekum/The Houston Chronicle)

  Diane kicking back with friends at Studio 54.

  (Ron Galella/Getty Images)

  Halston and Diane at the Costume Institute show at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in 1970.

  (Larry Morris/The New York Times)

  Olivier Gelbsman and Diane at a screening of Andy Warhol’s Frankenstein in New York, May 1974.

  (Tim Boxer/Getty Images)

  Two moguls in love—Diane and Barry.

  (Photograph courtesy Daily Mail)

  Getting ready for a night out with Alain.

  (Courtesy of Diane von Furstenberg)

  Tatiana and Alexandre attend mom’s fashion show at the Pierre Hotel in New York, 1974.

  (Courtesy of Diane von Furstenberg, photograph by Ann Phillips)

  Martin Muller, Diane, Alain and Lois Lehrman, publisher of the Nob Hill Gazette, at a signing for Alain’s book Piazza Carignano in San Francisco in 1986.

  (Courtesy of Martin Muller)

  The feline designer in her office, 1976.

  (Photograph by Ara Gallant, courtesy of Diane von Furstenberg)

  Lily and Hans in Lisbon, Portugal, 1970.

  (Courtesy of Martin Muller)

  Beating out President Gerald Ford for the Newsweek cover on March 22, 1976.

  A wrap top and the first wrap dress—from a buyer’s catalog.

  (Courtesy of Diane von Furstenberg)

  In the beginning—an ad for a wrap top and flare skirt.

  (Courtesy of Diane von Furstenberg)

  The wrap redux—Alexandra von Furstenberg and her then mother-in-law.

  (Steffen Thalemann)

  A woman for all seasons.

  (epa/Peter Foley)

  About the Author

  GIOIA DILIBERTO is a journalist, biographer, and novelist. She is the author of the biographies Paris Without End: The True Story of Hemingway’s First Wife, A Useful Woman: The Early Life of Jane Addams, and Debutante: The Story of Brenda Frazier and the novels I Am Madame X and The Collection. Her work has appeared in numerous publications, including the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, the Chicago Tribune, Smithsonian, and Vanity Fair, and she is a visiting lecturer in writi
ng at the Savannah College of Art and Design and DePaul University. She lives in Chicago.

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  NONFICTION

  Paris Without End

  A Useful Woman: The Early Life of Jane Addams

  Debutante: The Story of Brenda Frazier

  FICTION

  I Am Madame X

  The Collection

  Credits

  Cover design by Mumtaz Mustafa

  Copyright

  DIANE VON FURSTENBERG. Copyright © 2015 by Gioia Diliberto. All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the nonexclusive, nontransferable right to access and read the text of this e-book on-screen. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, downloaded, decompiled, reverse-engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage and retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereafter invented, without the express written permission of HarperCollins e-books.

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  ISBN 978-0-06-204122-7

  EPub Edition JULY 2015 ISBN 9780062041234

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