Diane von Furstenberg (42 page)

153
     
“She was bringing in”:
anonymous to the author.

154
     
“that had four walls”:
Diane von Furstenberg,
Diane: A Signature Life
(New York: Simon & Schuster, 2009), p. 131.

154
     
“he could not make”:
Richard Conrad to the author, May 22, 2010.

154
     
Diane hates guns”:
Ibid., June 9, 2010.

154
     
“came in one morning”:
DVF to the author, August 1, 2014.

154
     
“It was a House of Eurotrash,” and following:
DeBare Saunders to the author, August 27, 2014.

155
     
“What happened” and following:
Barry Diller to the author, July 15, 2013.

156
     
“We took helicopters”:
Lee Mellis to the author, February 16, 2011.

157
     
“Designers were becoming”:
Andrew Rosen to the author, December 10, 2010.

157
     
“we approached her”:
Lee Mellis to the author.

157
     
“It was over Christmas”:
Barry Diller to the author, July 15, 2013.

158
     
“Suddenly, overnight”:
Jaine O’Neil to the author, April 17, 2011.

158
     
“But he couldn’t help”:
Richard Conrad to the author, May 22, 2010.

158
     
“Diane owed us” and following:
Mimmo Ferretti to the author, September 12, 2011.

159
     
“I don’t want to know”:
quoted in
BusinessWeek,
February 19, 1995.

159
     
“was full of beautiful” and following:
Ferretti to the author, September 12, 2011.

160
     
“I will never forget”:
Von Furstenberg,
Diane,
p. 134.

160
     
“My father got scared”:
Ferretti to author, September 12, 2011.

160
     
“I have a lot down my sleeve”:
“It’s What You Don’t Say,”
WWD
, April 14, 1978.

161
     
“asked me about my” and following:
Gary Savage to the author, June 8, 2011.

162
     
“it’s a very chic plant”:
Michael Gross, “The Education of Diane von Furstenberg,”
Manhattan, Inc.,
February 1985.

162
     
“very velvety, purple”:
Steve Ginsberg, “Beauty and the Bureaucracy,”
WWD,
February 24, 1978.

162
     
“She wanted to be” and following:
Savage to the author.

163
     
“They didn’t turn out to be”:
Mellis to the author.

164
     
“DVF groupie” and following:
Andy Warhol,
The Andy Warhol Diaries
, edited by Pat Hackett (New York: Grand Central Publishing, 1991), p. 292.

164
     
“He resented my big”
: DVF to the author, July 31, 2014.

164
     
“was really difficult” and following:
Sally Randall to the author, July 28, 2011.

165
     
“I don’t like to renege”:
DVF to Iris Love,
Interview,
November 1981.

165
     
“he found out he was”:
DVF to the author, August 1, 2014.

165
     
“I think Daddy’s gay”:
Ibid.

165
     
“He loved me”:
Ibid.

166
     
“upstairs huddled on” and following:
Bob Colacello to the author, December 6, 2011.

166
     
“We’d stay for a month” and following:
AVF to the author, June 17, 2013.

166
     
“I never once heard her”:
Colacello to author, December 6, 2011.

166
     
“She’s unbelievably loyal”:
Oscar de la Renta to the author, July 20, 2011.

167
     
“she’s not going”:
Warhol,
Warhol Diaries,
p. 237.

167
     
“didn’t like the way”:
Anthony Haden-Guest,
The Last Party: Studio 54, Disco, and the Culture of the Night
(New York: It Books, 2009), p. 108.

167
     
“Now people remake” and following:
Fran Lebowitz to the author, April 1, 2011.

168
     
“I definitely had” and following:
DVF to the author, September 12, 2014.

168
     
“was a very cruisy”:
Stephen Fried to the author, May 17, 2013.

168
     
“Diane and I always”:
Gigi Williams to the author, May 14, 2011.

169
     
“her rumored sexual”:
Jane F. Lane to the author.

169
     
“step for the briefest”:
Jane F. Lane, “Diane von Furstenberg: I Have a Man’s Life,”
W,
September 15–22, 1978

169
     
“The impression I got”:
Fried to the author.

169
     
“Later, I realized”:
Von Fursteberg,
Diane,
p. 149.

170
     
“The AIDS epidemic”:
TVF to the author, June 15, 2013.

170
     
“don’t want their money”:
Woody Hochswender, “AIDS and the Fashion World: Industry Fears for Its Health,”
New York Times,
February 11, 1990.

170
     
“The truth is”:
Barry Diller to the author, July 15, 2013.

171
     
“When the concentration camps”:
Warhol,
Andy Warhol Diaries,
p. 128.

171
     
“I remember Andy and I”:
Bob Colacello to the author, December 6, 2011.

171
     
“I think my mother”: and following:
Philippe Halfin to the author, August 30, 2011.

172
     
“She was literally crippled”:
TVF to the author, June 15, 2013.

172
     
“had lost her mind”:
Halfin to the author, August 30, 2011.

173
     
“too awful to contemplate”:
Von Furstenberg,
Diane,
p. 163.

173
     
“Why’d you get me” and following:
Julie Baumgold, “Diane Von Furstenberg and Her Jungle Romance,
New York,
May 4, 1981.

173
     
“It was a major revelation”:
JTA, Global Jewish News Source, March 3, 2013.

174
     
“to be shy and tender”:
Von Furstenberg,
Diane,
p. 155.

174
     
“too big a package”:
Baumgold, “Diane von Furstenberg.”

Volcano of Love

176
     
“Diane is wearing” and following:
Olivier Gelbsman to the author, February 11, 2013.

176
     
“this guy she met”:
Fran Lebowitz to the author, April 1, 2011.

177
     
“I’m purifying”:
Julie Baumgold, “Diane von Furstenberg and Her Jungle Romance,
New York,
May 4, 1981.

177
     
“in a factory”:
Gary Savage to the author, June 8, 2011.

178
     
“particularly pleasant”:
Savage to the author.

178
     
“Everything about it”:
Rose Marie Bravo to the author, November 1, 2010.

178
     
“Why don’t you wear”:
Diane von Furstenberg,
Diane: A Signature Life
(New York, Simon & Schuster, 2009), p. 168.

178
     
“Diane is the most romantic”:
Fran Lebowitz to the author, April 1, 2011.

179
     
“He was a nice guy”:
Savage to the author.

179
     
“He was always”:
Sally Randall to the author, July 28, 2011.

179
     
“people were dying” and following:
TVF to the author, June 15, 2013.

179
     
“taking my skateboard” and following:
AVF to the author, June 17, 2013.

179
     
“my currency” and following:
TVF to the author, June 15, 2013.

180
     
“my mom let him” and following:
AVF to the author, June 17, 2013.

180
     
“I’m so glad you’re here” and following:
DVF to the author, October 3, 2014.

180
     
“He was barely thirty”:
DVF to the author, October 3, 2014.

180
     
“told me she was”:
Ibid.

181
     
“Suddenly, all I saw” and following:
Von Furstenberg,
Diane: A Signature Life,
p. 171.

181
     
“I wasn’t involved”:
Barry Diller to the author, July 15, 2013.

182
     
“a shrine to Venus”:
Bobby Queen, “The Newest Boutiques,”
WWD,
November 30, 1984.

182
     
“not to count on a May”:
Warhol,
Warhol Diaires,
p. 567.

182
     
“fairly thin and fairly rich,”
Bernadine Morris, “Diane von Furstenberg: Couture in a New Shop,”
New York Times,
December 7, 1984.