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  History of Fashion Designer Diane Von Furstenberg   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Von Furstenberg favours jersey and often uses geometric prints in the dresses she designs.
Diane deducated her show to the Glamazon (which also happens to be the name of her newest beauty line).
Diane Von Furstenberg : the Wrap by Amy Spindler and Andre Leon Talley
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 Designer Diane von Furstenberg stays in touch with style in Seattle
Von Furstenberg was traveling with her friend, Christian Louboutin, French designer of shoes, boots and bags.
While von Furstenberg was helping women with dresses, Louboutin was suggesting appropriate shoes: A fl sleeveless wrap dress with rhinestone trim was paired with high-heeled fl satin pumps, for example.
When she was approached with the idea, von Furstenberg said her first thought was, "Why do we need another makeup line?" But when she thought it over, she decided too many men were creating makeup, so she decided to give it a try.
seattlepi.nwsource.com /lifestyle/148368_diane.html   (947 words)

  
 20/20’s Conversation Diane Von Furstenberg   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Diane became an actual princess when she married Prince Egon Von Furstenberg and has created a life light-years removed from what she viewed as a dull, albeit happy, childhood.
For a quarter of a century, Diane Von Furstenberg has been a living icon for modern women of her generation and now of her children’s generation—in part because of the incredible success of her now classic wrap dress, which debuted in 1973.
Right now Von Furstenberg is looking forward to the birth of her first grandchild, a girl, who is expected in May. She plans to place the baby in an infant seat in the center of her enormous desk.
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 Indelibles.com - Fashion Designer Diane Von Furstenberg
Diane Von Furstenberg was born Diane Michelle Halfin in Brussels, Belgium in 1946.
Diane Von Furstenberg was called New York's fashion queen by Newsweek magazine in 1975.
Nine years later, Diane von Furstenberg became a Director on the Board of the Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA) the ruling body of the American fashion industry.
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 Diane Von Furstenberg Returns to Wrap a New Generation -- Newsday.com
Von Furstenberg, 57, plops to the floor, pulls a red one over her slim calf and admires it.
Von Furstenberg sought early on to establish financial independence and an individual identity from her new royal family.
Von Furstenberg says at her peak, she was selling 25,000 dresses a week, and Newsweek reported that in the first 10 months of 1975 her basic dress style made "more than $14 million in wholesale sales."
www.newsday.com /entertainment/ny-p2cover3654990feb05,0,7217042.story?coll%3Dny-entertainment-headlines   (1167 words)

  
 SurfWax: News, Reviews and Articles On Wrap Dresses
Diane von Furstenberg's spring collection of skirt suits, Bermuda shorts and, of course, wrap dresses is sophisticated yet has the designer's signature touches of flamboyance...
Von Furstenberg's signature wrap dresses, including a standout version in navy cotton eyelet, had fuller skirts and were paired with cork platform shoes by Christian Louboutin.
Von Furstenberg is best known for her wrap dresses, a classic design which she describes as the DNA of her label, and no DvF catwalk show would be complete without a new-look wrap dress.
clothing.surfwax.com /files/Wrap_Dresses.html   (1908 words)

  
 Diane von Furstenberg - Fashion Designer - Diane von Furstenberg
In 1972 Diane von Furstenberg landed on the fashion scene with a simple, yet radical, credo: "Feel like a woman.
After a stint with her own cosmetics line and a home furnishings collection, Brussels-born von Furstenberg stepped away from the fashion limelight and moved to Paris, only to reenter in 1992 with Silk Assets, a pioneer in television-shopping with its debut collection selling out in less than two hours.
With the help of her daughter-in-law Alexandra, von Furstenberg relaunched her clothing line in 1997, and a full sportswear line soon followed.
www.newyorkmetro.com /fashion/fashionshows/designers/bios/dianevonfurstenberg.htm   (163 words)

  
 Diane von Furstenberg Clothing: Designer News, Articles, & Winter 2005 Collection
Diane von Furstenberg's strength:NEW YORK, — In the past few seasons, this collection drifted a bit from its identity, with excessive retro references and extraneous detailing obscuring Diane von Furstenberg's strength: chic, sexy clothes for a smart, worldly woman.
Diane Von Furstenberg StudioAmazon Services, Inc. and Diane von Furstenberg (DVF) today announced that DVF Studio has chosen Amazon Services to operate www.dvf.com.
InStyle - Diane's Gem of a PartyAt her Beverly Hills home, venerated designer (and avid entertainer) Diane von Furstenberg treats her Hollywood fans to a lunch of champagne and caviar - not to mention the first look at her new line of jewelry more...
www.couturecandy.com /diane-von-furstenberg/summary.html   (263 words)

  
 SurfWax: News, Reviews and Articles On Diane Von Furstenberg
Diane von Furstenberg holds her presentation at her large studio and store in the trendy downtown meatpacking district.
Diane Von Furstenberg said in her program notes that she was inspired by "La Dolce Vita." Maybe so, but there wasn't much here that we haven't already seen in her lifelong pursuit of the good life.
Diane von Furstenberg wore one of her signature wrap dresses as she was honored for her three decades in the fashion business.
clothing.surfwax.com /files/Diane_Von_Furstenberg_fashion.html   (4224 words)

  
 Diane Von Furstenberg - eBags
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 Diane Von Furstenberg
Scotsman,: The Diane von Furstenberg moment is far from over, with the wrap-diva's strong signature dresses (from £235) still barnstorming the rails at the upper end of...
New York Times,: Diane von Furstenberg was in the home department buying four high-backed orange suede chairs, $1,400 for the set; the country singer LeAnn Rimes took her...
Vogue.com,: DIANE VON FURSTENBERG won't be drawn into a discussion as to whether or not she is courting the CFDA president's position that will be freed up when Stan...
fashion.za-news.com /fashion/Diane_Von_Furstenberg.html   (2667 words)

  
 WHAS11.com | News for Louisville, Kentucky | Fashion/Style
Von Furstenberg says she's honored, of course, to be recognized by people she considers both competitors and colleagues, but the award isn't the crowning jewel for her.
Von Furstenberg doesn't even give fashion advice to her husband of almost four years, media mogul Barry Diller, although "I make fun of him if I don't like it," she says with a laugh.
When von Furstenberg first emerged on the New York fashion scene in 1972 she was married to Prince Egon von Furstenberg, a European royal and an up-and-coming designer himself.
www.whas11.com /sharedcontent/southwest/azfamily/style/news/NW_061405FAKdiane_von_furstenbergJM.b4fe610.html   (1485 words)

  
 Diane von Furstenberg Fall 2005 Ready-to-Wear Collection on Style.com: Runway Review
The grand tour Diane von Furstenberg took for spring deposited her on the Russian Steppes.
Citing the great heroines of that country's literature as inspiration in her program notes, she not only hit upon what is shaping up as a big fall trend, but also delivered one of her most consistent collections in seasons.
The show opened with one of von Furstenberg's signature wrap dresses trussed up with military details, but the Revolution was just the beginning.
www.style.com /fashionshows/collections/F2005RTW/review/DVFURSTE   (273 words)

  
 Diane Von Furstenberg Biography and profiles of fashion designers
Fashion Designer Diane von Furstenberg was born in Brussels, Belgium.
Today, the children are grown, and von Furstenberg runs the New York-based design and marketing studio bearing her name.
Splitting her time between homes in Connecticut, New York, Paris, and the Bahamas, von Furstenberg is always on the go, gathering inspiration for ventures as eclectic as she is.
www.infomat.com /whoswho/dianevonfurstenberg.html   (449 words)

  
 26 Most Fascinating Entrepreneurs: Diane von Furstenberg   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Diane von Furstenberg faced a bitter quandary when she returned to the American fashion scene in 1990: Her signature product, the wrap dress, hung in the Smithsonian, yet no stores would carry it.
The Belgian-born von Furstenberg had made her mark on the New York fashion world in 1972 with her versatile dress, which was appropriate for the office yet sexy enough for a night at Studio 54.
For von Furstenberg, 58, whose fall 2005 collection features a Russian theme, success has been sweeter this time.
www.inc.com /magazine/20050401/26-furstenberg.html   (386 words)

  
 For Diane von Furstenberg, success is all wrapped up | IndyStar.com
Von Furstenberg says she's honored, but the award isn't the crowning jewel for her.
But it was Diane who became the household name because she tapped into a need among women of that era who wanted to flaunt their femininity and their new independence.
Von Furstenberg says a lot of her character comes from her now-deceased mother, Lily, a survivor of the Nazi concentration camps; "fear" and "impossible" were two words her mother didn't know.
www.indystar.com /apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050707/LIVING/507070305/1007/LIVING   (792 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Diane: A Signature Life: Books: Diane Von Furstenberg   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
In 1973, Diane Von Furstenburg introduced her now famous wrap dress, an outfit she estimates has "found its way into almost every closet in America," becoming a cultural icon, symbolic of women's growing sexual and financial freedom.
Diane gives us a facinating glimpse into her world of the fast lane of the 70s and the glamous life which she led.
But a glimpse is all we really get and Diane spares us many details which she must have felt would offend the people still important in her life.
www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0684843838?v=glance   (1405 words)

  
 Diane von Furstenberg - Knit Dresses, Wraps, Designer Clothing
In 1970, Diane von Furstenberg entered the American fashion scene with her knit dresses.
Diane became an icon of 70s fashion and the liberated woman.
In 1984, Diane von Furstenberg took a step back from the whirlwind of the American fashion industry and moved to Paris.
www.saratogatrunk.com /dsnr_dvfurstenberg.html   (412 words)

  
 Diane Von Furstenberg   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
New York Sun (subscription),: Diane von Furstenberg has included African-style beaded dresses and giraffe and banana-leaf prints in her collection, which is inspired by Ava Gardner on...
Sydney Morning Herald (subscription),: She doesn't know that the wrap dress was first designed by Diane von Furstenberg in the 1970s, and that this year it has suddenly experienced a massive revival...
Diane von Furstenberg's printed wrap-dresses in silk or jersey are a sound investment, and she has just opened her first London store in Ledbury Road, Notting...
fashion.za-news.com /news/Diane_Von_Furstenberg.html   (4023 words)

  
 Amazon.com: DIANE VON FURSTENBERG: THE WRAP: Books   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Diane von Furstenberg arrived in the fashion world in 1972 with her simple knit jersey wrap dresses.
By 1976, Diane had sold more than 5 million of her signature wrap dresses, which had come to symbolize female power and liberation to an entire generation.
Almost 20 years later, with the nostalgia for '70s fashion at its peak, Diane re-emerged on the New York fashion scene with her signature wrap modified for a new generation of chic young women.
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 Diane von Furstenberg
Calvin Klein called fashion icon Diane von Furstenberg the quintessential modern woman.
Von Furstenberg sees Central Park and the park bench as a place where people meet to enjoy life.
Her husband, Barry Diller, is a frequent bike rider in Central Park.
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 Diane Von Furstenberg Fashions on sale clearance save mens womens designer accesories discount   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Diane Von Furstenberg got her start as a working woman's designer.
Von Furstenberg, intent on keeping her loyal customers satisfied, aims to meet all those needs and then some with her expanding collection.
And if there were any doubts about DVF's appeal to the modern working woman, the hearty applause from her power-heavy front row—Diane Sawyer, Ellen Barkin, Julianne Moore, Candace Bushnell, Natasha Richardson, Bianca Jagger—should lay them to rest.
www.style-fashion.com /diane_von_furstenberg.html   (278 words)

  
 Diane Von Furstenberg eyewear - eyeglasses.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
The designer who created the wrap-around skirt, Diane von Furstenberg, changed the casual look of the American woman twenty years ago.
The combination of design and function continues to be the trademark of her work.
Diane Von Furstenberg eyewear is no exception, if her glasses are for reading or everyday wear, they are recognizable as hers.
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 Diane von Furstenberg Spring 2005 Ready-to-Wear Collection on Style.com: Runway Review   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
In the past few seasons, this collection drifted a bit from its identity, with excessive retro references and extraneous detailing obscuring Diane von Furstenberg's strength: chic, sexy clothes for a smart, worldly woman.
Ironically, it was a travel theme that brought DVF back home: Spring's collection, designed by von Furstenberg and creative director Nathan Jendon, based on the idea of a grand tour, was bold, breezy, and focused.
Von Furstenberg added a glam touch by fashioning them in chocolate satin that would suit urban explorers as well as globetrotters.
www.style.com /fashionshows/collections/S2005RTW/review/DVFURSTE   (276 words)

  
 Diane Von Furstenberg - Travel - SHOP.COM
Diane Von Furstenberg - Newport Canvas Expandable Carry-On Upright
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 Compare Prices and Read Reviews on Diane Von Furstenberg Signature Expandable Upright at Epinions.com
Part of the Signature line, the suede model is sometimes referred to as "Private Jet." It is identical to the pictured case, with suede replacing the Signature fabric, and with a classy square-shaped hardware piece with "DVF" logo on the front, centered on ornamental intersecting stitched lines.
The DVF case has a convenient, sturdy handle on top as well as on one side, which aid in getting up curbs and stairs.
It used to exhaust me making all the trips in and out of her condo that I used to make to get all my gear inside.
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 Spring 2004 Ready-to-Wear - Diane Von Furstenberg Spring 2004 Ready-to-Wear Collection on Style.com: Runway Review
Who knows better how to dress the Samanthas and Carries of the world but von Furstenberg, whose savvy at combining sex appeal with serious flair has made her a commercial force to be reckoned with (she’s just added cosmetics to the DVF empire).
This season, von Furstenberg and creative director Nathan Jenden were inspired by the original Sex symbol, the twenties flapper.
They jazzed her up for the present day, though, cutting floaty chiffon dresses close to the body, cropping a tennis skirt into a mini (and producing it in perforated leather), and dip-dying a pair of white sailor’s trousers in rainbow colors.
www.style.com /fashionshows/collections/S2004RTW/review/DVFURSTE   (325 words)

  
 Diane Von Furstenberg Signature Brights Expandable 26" Upright Rolling Luggage   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
The Diane Von Furstenberg Signature Brights Expandable 26" Upright is a great size for 4-7 day trips..
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 Diane Von Furstenberg
Von Furstenberg is the creator of the now-classic V-neck wraparound knit dress.
During the 1970s, when Von Furstenberg introduced the slinky dress, she was selling about 20,000 a week.
Her wraparound dress had a revival in the late 1990s, when Von Furstenberg brought it back by popular demand.
www.infoplease.com /ipa/A0906904.html   (182 words)

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