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Diane von Fürstenberg

Diane von Fürstenberg (born Diane Simone Michele Halfin, 31 December 1946)[2] is a Belgian fashion designer best known for her wrap dress.[3][4][5][6] She initially rose to prominence in 1969 when she married into the German princely House of Fürstenberg, as the wife of Prince Egon von Fürstenberg. Following their separation in 1972 and divorce in 1983, she has continued to use his family name.

Diane von Fürstenberg
von Fürstenberg in 2012
Born
Diane Simone Michele Halfin[1]

(1946-12-31) 31 December 1946 (age 76)
Brussels, Belgium
OccupationFashion designer
Spouses
(m. 1969; div. 1983)
(m. 2001)
ChildrenAlexander
Tatiana
Alma materUniversity of Geneva
Websitewww.dvf.com

Her fashion company, Diane von Furstenberg (DvF),[7] is available in over 70 countries and 45 free-standing shops worldwide,[8] with the company's headquarters and flagship boutique located in Manhattan's Meatpacking District.[9]

She is the past chairwoman of the Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA), a position she held from 2006 to 2019;[4] in 2014 was listed as the 68th most powerful woman in the world by Forbes;[10] and in 2015 was included in the Time 100, as an icon, by Time magazine.[11] In 2016, she was awarded an honorary doctorate from the New School.[12] In 2019, she was inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame.[13]

Early years edit

Fürstenberg was born Diane Simone Michele Halfin in Brussels, Belgium, to Jewish parents.[14] Her father, Bessarabian-born Leon (Lipa) Halfin, migrated to Belgium in 1929 from Chişinău, Kingdom of Romania (now Moldova) and later sought refuge from the Nazis in Switzerland.[15][1] Her mother was Greek-born Liliane Nahmias, from Thessaloniki, a Holocaust survivor, who was initially captured by the Nazis while she was a member of the Resistance during World War II.[16][17][1] Eighteen months before Fürstenberg was born, her mother was a prisoner at Auschwitz concentration camp. Escaping from a concentration camp and weighing only 49 pounds, her mother was told by doctors she should not have children, and that she could die in childbirth and that her baby would not be normal.[18] Fürstenberg has spoken broadly about her mother's influence in her life, crediting her with teaching her that "fear is not an option."[19]

Fürstenberg attended a boarding school in Oxfordshire.[20] She studied at Madrid University before transferring to the University of Geneva to study economics.[21] She then moved to Paris and worked as an assistant to fashion photographer's agent Albert Koski.[4] She left Paris for Italy to apprentice to the textile manufacturer Angelo Ferretti in his factory, where she learned about cut, color and fabric.[4] It was here that she designed and produced her first silk jersey dresses.

Career and brand edit

 
von Fürstenberg at the 2008 New York Fashion Week

A year after marrying, Fürstenberg began designing women's clothes: "The minute I knew I was about to be Egon's wife, I decided to have a career. I wanted to be someone of my own, and not just a plain little girl who got married beyond her deserts."[22] After the Fürstenbergs separated in 1973, Egon also became a fashion designer.[23][24] After moving to New York, she met high-profile Vogue editor Diana Vreeland, who declared her designs "absolutely smashing". She had her name listed on the Fashion Calendar for New York Fashion Week, and so her business was created.[4] She moved into an estate in Connecticut she named Cloudwalk and has lived there ever since.[25]

In 1974, she introduced the knitted jersey "wrap dress", which became an iconic piece in women's fashion; it is included in the collection of the Costume Institute of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.[3][7][26][27] Soon after the launch, 25,000 dresses were selling each week; one million dresses had been sold by 1976, according to Forbes.. After the success of the wrap dress, von Fürstenberg was featured on the cover of Newsweek magazine in 1976.[28][29] The accompanying article declared her "the most marketable woman since Coco Chanel."[30] She launched a cosmetic line and her first fragrance, "Tatiana", named after her daughter.[30] The New York Times reported that by 1979 the annual retail sales for the company were $150 million (equivalent to $605 million in 2022).[4]

In 1985, von Fürstenberg moved to Paris, where she founded Salvy, a French-language publishing house.[4] She started a number of other businesses, including a line of cosmetics and a home-shopping business, which she launched in 1991. In 1992, von Fürstenberg sold $1.2 million (equivalent to $2.5 million in 2022) of her Silk Assets collection in two hours on QVC.[30] She credits the success with giving her the confidence to relaunch her company.[citation needed]

Fürstenberg relaunched her company in 1997, and reintroduced the wrap dress, which gained popularity with a new generation of women. Initially, the relaunch was a failure but, with the appointment of Paula Sutter as president of the brand, it was seemingly restored to its heyday of the mid-seventies. In 1998, she published her business memoir, Diane: A Signature Life.[4] In 2004, she introduced the DVF by H. Stern fine jewelry collection, and launched scarves and beachwear. In 2006, she was elected president of the Council of Fashion Designers of America, a position she still holds. In 2008, she received a star on Seventh Avenue's Fashion Walk of Fame.[4]

 
First Lady Michelle Obama wearing a Diane von Fürstenberg wrap dress

In 2009, Michelle Obama wore the DVF signature "Chain Link" print wrap dress on the official White House Christmas card.[31] That same year, a large-scale retrospective exhibition entitled "Diane von Furstenberg: Journey of a Dress" opened at the Manezh, one of Moscow's largest public exhibition spaces. Curated by Andre Leon Talley, it attracted media attention. In 2010, the exhibition traveled to São Paulo; and in 2011, to the Pace Gallery in Beijing.[32]

In 2010,the designer was awarded a gold medal at the annual Queen Sofía Spanish Institute Gold Medal Gala.[33] In 2011, DVF introduced a home collection, and a signature fragrance, Diane.[34]

In 2012, von Fürstenberg launched her first children's collection with GapKids[35] and a denim collaboration with Current/Elliott.[36]

 
A dress von Fürstenberg designed in the 1970s was part of the Metropolitan Museum of Art exhibition, In America: A Lexicon of Fashion

Her clothes have been worn by celebrities including Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, Gwyneth Paltrow, Kate Beckinsale, Madonna, Tina Brown, Jessica Alba, Susan Sarandon, Priyanka Chopra, Jennifer Lopez and Whitney Houston.[37] Google Glass made its New York Fashion Week debut at the designer's Spring 2013 fashion show.[38]

In 2014, the designer joined the Ban Bossy campaign as a spokesperson advocating leadership roles for girls.[39][40][41] She also released her second memoir, The Women I Wanted to Be, an autobiography which delved into her personal life and upbringing.

Between 2017 and 2019, the DVF brand lost nearly $80 million, leading to an eventual 75% of the workforce made redundant in the U.S in May 2020. By 2018, sales, which had been $300 million before the 2008 recession, were down to $150 million.[42]

In 2018, the brand banned mohair use after a PETA exposé showed workers mutilating and killing goats to obtain it.[43] All fur, angora and exotic skins were also banned from future collections.[44]

In 2020, DVF closed 18 of its 19 USA stores permanently.[45]

Philanthropy edit

Fürstenberg is a director of the Diller – von Furstenberg Family Foundation, which provides support to nonprofit organizations in the area of community building, education, human rights, arts, health and the environment.[46] In 2010, the foundation created The DVF Awards, presented annually to four women who display leadership, strength and courage in their commitment to women's causes.[47] In 2011, the foundation made a $20 million commitment to the High Line.[48]

In 2006, she was elected the President of The Council of Fashion Designers of America, (CFDA), after winning the Andre Leon Talley Lifetime Achievement Award in 2005.

Fürstenberg sits on the board of Vital Voices, a women's leadership organization,[49] and served as one of the project chairs for New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg's review of the future of NYC's Fashion industry, prepared by New York City Economic Development Corporation.[50]

In 2016, Fürstenberg designed shirts for Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign.[51][52]

In 2019, Fürstenberg launched #InCharge podcast, exclusively on Spotify, with a goal of empowerment for women. Podcast guests were Kris Jenner, Elaine Welteroth, Karlie Kloss, Priyanka Chopra and Martine Rothblatt, Teo Wan Lin,[53] among others.[54]

In popular culture edit

In 2014, Ovation TV featured The Fashion Fund, a documentary about the CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund competition. Fürstenberg starred alongside Anna Wintour in the program.[55]

In November 2014, the E! network started airing the first season of reality show House of DVF. Contestants on the show performed various tasks and challenges in the hopes of becoming a global brand ambassador for Fürstenberg.[56][57] In September 2015, it returned for a second (final) season.[58]

Personal life edit

 
von Fürstenberg with her second husband Barry Diller at the 2009 Metropolitan Opera premiere

At university, when she was 18, she met Prince Egon von Fürstenberg, the elder son of Prince Tassilo zu Fürstenberg (1903-1987), a German Roman Catholic prince, and his first wife, Clara Agnelli, an heiress to the Fiat automotive fortune and member of the Italian nobility. Married in 1969,[27] the couple had two children, Alexander[22] and Tatiana, who were born in New York City. She is now the grandmother of five, including Talita von Fürstenberg.

The von Fürstenbergs' marriage, although unpopular with the groom's family because of the bride's Jewish ethnicity, was considered dynastic, and on her marriage she became Her Serene Highness Princess Diane of Fürstenberg.[59] However, she lost any claim to the title following their separation in 1972 and divorce in 1983.[60][61]

In 2001, she married American media mogul Barry Diller.[22]

In 2009, Fürstenberg signed a petition in support of film director Roman Polanski, calling for his release after Polanski was arrested in Switzerland in relation to his 1977 sexual abuse case.[62]

On 28 February 2020, von Fürstenberg was made a Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur for her contributions to fashion, women's leadership, and philanthropy. She was presented the award by Christine Lagarde, president of the European Central Bank, in a ceremony at the Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs headquarters on the Quai d'Orsay.[63]

Details of her ancestry were included in the episode "Fashion's Roots" (season 6, 13 October 2020), of the PBS series Finding Your Roots.[64]

Fürstenberg enjoys her time on her 'floating home' a super-yacht, she swims in the sea every morning for two hours, and hikes in the afternoons. She has travelled the world and claims to be "the world’s lightest packer and always ready to go".[65]

Published works edit

  • Furstenberg, Diane von (1976). Diane Von Furstenberg's Book of Beauty: How to Become a More Attractive, Confident, and Sensual Woman. Simon & Schuster. ISBN 978-0671219048.
  • Furstenberg, Diane von (1998). Diane: A Signature Life. Simon & Schuster. ISBN 978-0684843834.
  • Furstenberg, Diane von (2014). The Woman I Wanted to Be. Simon & Schuster. ISBN 978-1451651546.
  • Furstenberg, Diane von (2021). Own It: The Secret to Life. Phaidon Press. ISBN 978-1838662325.

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External links edit

  • Official website
  • Diane von Fürstenberg at FMD

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Diane von Furstenberg born Diane Simone Michele Halfin 31 December 1946 2 is a Belgian fashion designer best known for her wrap dress 3 4 5 6 She initially rose to prominence in 1969 when she married into the German princely House of Furstenberg as the wife of Prince Egon von Furstenberg Following their separation in 1972 and divorce in 1983 she has continued to use his family name Diane von Furstenbergvon Furstenberg in 2012BornDiane Simone Michele Halfin 1 1946 12 31 31 December 1946 age 76 Brussels BelgiumOccupationFashion designerSpousesPrince Egon von Furstenberg m 1969 div 1983 wbr Barry Diller m 2001 wbr ChildrenAlexanderTatianaAlma materUniversity of GenevaWebsitewww wbr dvf wbr comHer fashion company Diane von Furstenberg DvF 7 is available in over 70 countries and 45 free standing shops worldwide 8 with the company s headquarters and flagship boutique located in Manhattan s Meatpacking District 9 She is the past chairwoman of the Council of Fashion Designers of America CFDA a position she held from 2006 to 2019 4 in 2014 was listed as the 68th most powerful woman in the world by Forbes 10 and in 2015 was included in the Time 100 as an icon by Time magazine 11 In 2016 she was awarded an honorary doctorate from the New School 12 In 2019 she was inducted into the National Women s Hall of Fame 13 Contents 1 Early years 2 Career and brand 3 Philanthropy 4 In popular culture 5 Personal life 6 Published works 7 References 8 External linksEarly years editFurstenberg was born Diane Simone Michele Halfin in Brussels Belgium to Jewish parents 14 Her father Bessarabian born Leon Lipa Halfin migrated to Belgium in 1929 from Chisinău Kingdom of Romania now Moldova and later sought refuge from the Nazis in Switzerland 15 1 Her mother was Greek born Liliane Nahmias from Thessaloniki a Holocaust survivor who was initially captured by the Nazis while she was a member of the Resistance during World War II 16 17 1 Eighteen months before Furstenberg was born her mother was a prisoner at Auschwitz concentration camp Escaping from a concentration camp and weighing only 49 pounds her mother was told by doctors she should not have children and that she could die in childbirth and that her baby would not be normal 18 Furstenberg has spoken broadly about her mother s influence in her life crediting her with teaching her that fear is not an option 19 Furstenberg attended a boarding school in Oxfordshire 20 She studied at Madrid University before transferring to the University of Geneva to study economics 21 She then moved to Paris and worked as an assistant to fashion photographer s agent Albert Koski 4 She left Paris for Italy to apprentice to the textile manufacturer Angelo Ferretti in his factory where she learned about cut color and fabric 4 It was here that she designed and produced her first silk jersey dresses Career and brand edit nbsp von Furstenberg at the 2008 New York Fashion WeekA year after marrying Furstenberg began designing women s clothes The minute I knew I was about to be Egon s wife I decided to have a career I wanted to be someone of my own and not just a plain little girl who got married beyond her deserts 22 After the Furstenbergs separated in 1973 Egon also became a fashion designer 23 24 After moving to New York she met high profile Vogue editor Diana Vreeland who declared her designs absolutely smashing She had her name listed on the Fashion Calendar for New York Fashion Week and so her business was created 4 She moved into an estate in Connecticut she named Cloudwalk and has lived there ever since 25 In 1974 she introduced the knitted jersey wrap dress which became an iconic piece in women s fashion it is included in the collection of the Costume Institute of the Metropolitan Museum of Art 3 7 26 27 Soon after the launch 25 000 dresses were selling each week one million dresses had been sold by 1976 according to Forbes After the success of the wrap dress von Furstenberg was featured on the cover of Newsweek magazine in 1976 28 29 The accompanying article declared her the most marketable woman since Coco Chanel 30 She launched a cosmetic line and her first fragrance Tatiana named after her daughter 30 The New York Times reported that by 1979 the annual retail sales for the company were 150 million equivalent to 605 million in 2022 4 In 1985 von Furstenberg moved to Paris where she founded Salvy a French language publishing house 4 She started a number of other businesses including a line of cosmetics and a home shopping business which she launched in 1991 In 1992 von Furstenberg sold 1 2 million equivalent to 2 5 million in 2022 of her Silk Assets collection in two hours on QVC 30 She credits the success with giving her the confidence to relaunch her company citation needed Furstenberg relaunched her company in 1997 and reintroduced the wrap dress which gained popularity with a new generation of women Initially the relaunch was a failure but with the appointment of Paula Sutter as president of the brand it was seemingly restored to its heyday of the mid seventies In 1998 she published her business memoir Diane A Signature Life 4 In 2004 she introduced the DVF by H Stern fine jewelry collection and launched scarves and beachwear In 2006 she was elected president of the Council of Fashion Designers of America a position she still holds In 2008 she received a star on Seventh Avenue s Fashion Walk of Fame 4 nbsp First Lady Michelle Obama wearing a Diane von Furstenberg wrap dressIn 2009 Michelle Obama wore the DVF signature Chain Link print wrap dress on the official White House Christmas card 31 That same year a large scale retrospective exhibition entitled Diane von Furstenberg Journey of a Dress opened at the Manezh one of Moscow s largest public exhibition spaces Curated by Andre Leon Talley it attracted media attention In 2010 the exhibition traveled to Sao Paulo and in 2011 to the Pace Gallery in Beijing 32 In 2010 the designer was awarded a gold medal at the annual Queen Sofia Spanish Institute Gold Medal Gala 33 In 2011 DVF introduced a home collection and a signature fragrance Diane 34 In 2012 von Furstenberg launched her first children s collection with GapKids 35 and a denim collaboration with Current Elliott 36 nbsp A dress von Furstenberg designed in the 1970s was part of the Metropolitan Museum of Art exhibition In America A Lexicon of FashionHer clothes have been worn by celebrities including Catherine Duchess of Cambridge Gwyneth Paltrow Kate Beckinsale Madonna Tina Brown Jessica Alba Susan Sarandon Priyanka Chopra Jennifer Lopez and Whitney Houston 37 Google Glass made its New York Fashion Week debut at the designer s Spring 2013 fashion show 38 In 2014 the designer joined the Ban Bossy campaign as a spokesperson advocating leadership roles for girls 39 40 41 She also released her second memoir The Women I Wanted to Be an autobiography which delved into her personal life and upbringing Between 2017 and 2019 the DVF brand lost nearly 80 million leading to an eventual 75 of the workforce made redundant in the U S in May 2020 By 2018 sales which had been 300 million before the 2008 recession were down to 150 million 42 In 2018 the brand banned mohair use after a PETA expose showed workers mutilating and killing goats to obtain it 43 All fur angora and exotic skins were also banned from future collections 44 In 2020 DVF closed 18 of its 19 USA stores permanently 45 Philanthropy editFurstenberg is a director of the Diller von Furstenberg Family Foundation which provides support to nonprofit organizations in the area of community building education human rights arts health and the environment 46 In 2010 the foundation created The DVF Awards presented annually to four women who display leadership strength and courage in their commitment to women s causes 47 In 2011 the foundation made a 20 million commitment to the High Line 48 In 2006 she was elected the President of The Council of Fashion Designers of America CFDA after winning the Andre Leon Talley Lifetime Achievement Award in 2005 Furstenberg sits on the board of Vital Voices a women s leadership organization 49 and served as one of the project chairs for New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg s review of the future of NYC s Fashion industry prepared by New York City Economic Development Corporation 50 In 2016 Furstenberg designed shirts for Hillary Clinton s presidential campaign 51 52 In 2019 Furstenberg launched InCharge podcast exclusively on Spotify with a goal of empowerment for women Podcast guests were Kris Jenner Elaine Welteroth Karlie Kloss Priyanka Chopra and Martine Rothblatt Teo Wan Lin 53 among others 54 In popular culture editIn 2014 Ovation TV featured The Fashion Fund a documentary about the CFDA Vogue Fashion Fund competition Furstenberg starred alongside Anna Wintour in the program 55 In November 2014 the E network started airing the first season of reality show House of DVF Contestants on the show performed various tasks and challenges in the hopes of becoming a global brand ambassador for Furstenberg 56 57 In September 2015 it returned for a second final season 58 Personal life edit nbsp von Furstenberg with her second husband Barry Diller at the 2009 Metropolitan Opera premiereAt university when she was 18 she met Prince Egon von Furstenberg the elder son of Prince Tassilo zu Furstenberg 1903 1987 a German Roman Catholic prince and his first wife Clara Agnelli an heiress to the Fiat automotive fortune and member of the Italian nobility Married in 1969 27 the couple had two children Alexander 22 and Tatiana who were born in New York City She is now the grandmother of five including Talita von Furstenberg The von Furstenbergs marriage although unpopular with the groom s family because of the bride s Jewish ethnicity was considered dynastic and on her marriage she became Her Serene Highness Princess Diane of Furstenberg 59 However she lost any claim to the title following their separation in 1972 and divorce in 1983 60 61 In 2001 she married American media mogul Barry Diller 22 In 2009 Furstenberg signed a petition in support of film director Roman Polanski calling for his release after Polanski was arrested in Switzerland in relation to his 1977 sexual abuse case 62 On 28 February 2020 von Furstenberg was made a Chevalier de la Legion d honneur for her contributions to fashion women s leadership and philanthropy She was presented the award by Christine Lagarde president of the European Central Bank in a ceremony at the Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs headquarters on the Quai d Orsay 63 Details of her ancestry were included in the episode Fashion s Roots season 6 13 October 2020 of the PBS series Finding Your Roots 64 Furstenberg enjoys her time on her floating home a super yacht she swims in the sea every morning for two hours and hikes in the afternoons She has travelled the world and claims to be the world s lightest packer and always ready to go 65 Published works editFurstenberg Diane von 1976 Diane Von Furstenberg s Book of Beauty How to Become a More Attractive Confident and Sensual Woman Simon amp Schuster ISBN 978 0671219048 Furstenberg Diane von 1998 Diane A Signature Life Simon amp Schuster ISBN 978 0684843834 Furstenberg Diane von 2014 The Woman I Wanted to Be Simon amp Schuster ISBN 978 1451651546 Furstenberg Diane von 2021 Own It The Secret to Life Phaidon Press ISBN 978 1838662325 References edit a b c Stated on Finding Your Roots October 13 2020 December 31 1946 Diane von Furstenberg Designer of the Wrap Dress Was Born Lifetime Archived from the original on 28 December 2018 Retrieved 28 December 2018 a b Diane von Furstenberg RTW Fall 2014 WWD 9 February 2014 Retrieved 10 February 2014 a b c d e f g h i Diane von Furstenberg Vogue Archived from the original on 8 August 2012 Retrieved 17 July 2012 Diane von Furstenberg Belgian born American fashion designer and businesswoman Encyclopedia Britannica Retrieved 30 December 2017 von 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