“I design for the woman who loves being a woman.” – Diane von Furstenberg
Known
as the “most marketable designer since Coco Chanel”, Diane Von Furstenberg top American fashion designer, was born in Belgium. Her father immigrated to
Belgium from Chisinau (the capital of Moldavia) in 1929. Her mother was
Greek-born a Holocaust survivor. She studied economics in Switzerland. At school Diane Halfin met her future husband
Prince Egon Von Furstenberg (who she was married to from 1969-1972). She got
her first job in 1969 at a silk printing factory and soon found herself
creating sample dresses. The following year, the new Von Furstenberg, along
with her husband, relocated to New York City. Determined to make something of
herself, by 1972 she had designed her first article of clothing, a shirtdress.
With $30,000 and support from then editor of Vogue, Diana Vreeland, the ‘Diane
Von Furstenberg’ label was established. By 1974, inspired by traditional
Japanese kimonos, Von Furstenberg unveiled her signature look; the wrap dress.
Her subtle yet sexy dress intended for the working woman to wear both in the
boardroom and out on the town, was an overnight success. Within a year, she
expanded her label to include production on eyewear, accessories and luggage;
quickly becoming a lifestyle brand. Just two years after the introduction of
the wrap dress, Von Furstenberg’s sales were in the millions, landing her on
the cover of both Newsweek and The Wall Street Journal. To this day, Diane Von
Furstenberg is the only fashion designer to grace the cover of Newsweek
magazine. In 1985 she moved to Paris, where she started up the publishing
house, ‘Salvy’. After five years, she returned home to New York City and in
1992 re-entered the fashion world by producing the clothing line, ‘Silk
Assets’, Her new line was a hit and by 1997, Diane Von Furstenberg was ready to
build her brand again. She successfully re-launched her label, this time under
the name ‘DVF’. Her hippie chick look mixed in with forties glamour appeals to
women of all ages and ranks including celebrities like Mary Tyler Moore, Uma
Thurman, Heidi Klum, Jennifer Garner, Blake Lively and America Ferrera. Thanks
to the important influence Diane Von Furstenberg’s ‘wrap dress’ had on women’s
fashion, a sample hangs in the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute.
With her triumphant re-launch and a fresh new start, in 1998, Von Furstenberg
published her memoir; “Diane: A Signature Life”.
Диана фон Фюрстенберг(1946) ,
известный американский дизайнер одежды. Ее отец Леон Халфин эмигрировал в Бельгию из
Кишинева (Молдавия) в 1929 году. Мать Дианы – Лилиан Нахмияс – гречанка
еврейского происхождения (oсталась в живых после пребывания в фашистском лагере
Освенцим).Диана воспитывалась в различных интернатах в Испании и
Франции. Затем она переехала к матери в Швейцарию, где изучала экономику в
университете Женевы. Когда ей было 18 лет, она познакомилась с принцем Эгоном фон
Фюрстенбергом,
старшим сыном немецкого принца и его первой жены. В 1969 году они поженились (расстались
спустя 3 года после свадьбы). Своим детям Диана дала русские имена – Татьяна и
Александр. Так звали подругу Владимира Маяковского Татьяну Яковлеву и ее мужа,
с которыми также дружила будущий дизайнер.
“Я люблю Россию, я выросла на русской литературе
и русских героинях. Мой отец разговаривал со мной по-русски, когда я была
маленькая. Он меня очень любил, и с тех пор русский язык у меня ассоциируется с
любовью”.
На момент своей свадьбы Диана является ассистентом владельца крупной
текстильной мануфактуры Анджело Феретти. Уже тогда проявилась присущая
модельеру целеустремленность и стремление к самостоятельности: Диана не желает
зависеть целиком и полностью от мужа-миллиардера и начинает создавать свои
собственные платья. Приехав в Нью-Йорк, дизайнер встречается с Дайаной Вриланд
(главным редактором издания Vogue на тот момент), которая высоко оценила
творения начинающего модельера.В 1970 году, имея стартовый капитал в 30 000$,
Диана занялась дизайном женской одежды. Через два года появляется бренд Diane
Von Furstenberg. В 1973 году модельер создает свое знаменитое платье с запахом – wrap
dress, в котором
полностью отсутствуют такие элементы, как пуговицы и молнии. Экземпляр этого платья находится
в коллекции Costume Institut of the Metropolitan Museum of Art (Институт
Костюма Музея Искусств Метрополитен).Однако с годами
популярность DVF стала падать, и в 1985 году Диана фон Фюрстенберг решает оставить модный
бизнес и переехать в Париж. Там она основала издательство
Slavy, занимавшееся переводом книг с английского на французский.Модельер
возвращается в Нью-Йорк в 1990 году, однако в тот момент про нее уже мало кто
помнит. Двумя годами позже она заканчивает работу над шелковым балахоном – Silk
Assets, который с успехом продается и пользуется небывалой популярностью.
Возможно именно этот факт способствовал тому, что в середине 90-х многие
вспомнили и о знаменитых платьях с запахом от Дианы фон Фюрстенберг и начали
скупать их в винтажных магазинах и на блошиных рынках.В 1997 году Диана
возвращается в модную индустрию. В 2001 году Диана вышла замуж во второй раз, за американского миллиардера и медиа магната Барри Диллера, с которым в течение пяти лет в середине 1970-х ее связывали романтические отношения. Тогда пара, все же, рассталась.
Diane von Furstenberg Fall 2012
In
2001, she married American billionaire media mogul Barry Diller, with whom she
had been involved, off and on, since the 1970s.
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