Diane von Furstenberg (48 page)

Roure Bertrand Dupont, 127

Rousso, Eli, 204

Rousso, Irving, 204–5

Rowley, Cynthia, 247

Royko, Mike, 137

Rubell, Steve, 138–39, 166–67

Rubinstein, Helena, 125

Rucci, Ralph, 241

Ruffin, Clovis, 106

Ruskin, Ron, 62

Russ Togs, 204–6

S

Sachs, Gunther, 42

Sackville-West, Vita, 191

Saint, Clara, 195

Saint Laurent, Yves, 59, 76, 87, 109, 110, 111, 114, 123–24, 195, 202, 242, 246

Saks, 107, 144, 151, 231–32, 234, 236

Salvy, Gérard-Julien, 191

Salvy publishing house, 191, 202

Sanchez, Fernando, 75

Sander, Jil, 247

Sant’Angelo, Giorgio di, 55, 74, 75, 200

Sara Fredericks, 65

Sargent, John Singer, 114

Saunders, DeBare, 94, 110, 154–55

Savage, Gary, 161, 162, 177, 178, 179, 181

Sawyer, Diane, 252

Scapula, Pierre, 70

Scavullo, Francesco, 54, 76, 125, 146

Schiaparelli, Elsa, 42, 43–44, 50, 111

Schiff, Gloria, 66

Schiffer, Claudia, 189

Schiro, Anne-Marie, 235

Schmatta
(documentary), 205

Schrager, Ian, 166, 252

Sears home furnishings, 143–44, 178, 191, 197

Segel, Joseph M., 208

Seidel, Frederick, 189, 214, 221

Sert, Misia, 73

seventies:

kidnappings in, 77

nudity in, 76–77, 79

sex and drugs in, 76, 77, 167

women’s movement in, 96

Sharif, Omar, 40

Shepherd, Cybill, 108–9

Shields, Brooke, 54, 163

Shiva, Gil and Susan, 131

Shrimpton, Jean, 28

Silano, Bill, 38

Silk Assets, 210–12, 214, 227, 230, 246

Silvercup Studios, Queens, 217

Silver King Communications, 223

sixties:

anti-Semitism in, 57–58

excess and flamboyance in, 50, 54, 72

sex and drugs in, 50, 54, 60–61, 72

youth revolt in, 40–41

Smith, Willi, 170

Sontag, Susan, 1, 71, 147

Specter, Michael, 221

Spellman, Joe, 207–9, 210

Spindler, Amy, 199

Spoleto festival, Umbria, 191

Sprouse, Stephen, 237

Steffe, Cynthia, 247

Stein, Jules, 131

Stein, Marion, 114

Steinberg, Russell, 249, 252

Steinem, Gloria, 97, 108, 146–48, 203

Stokowski, Leopold, 117

Strauss, Levi, 81

Streep, Meryl, 171, 264

Stuart, Amanda Mackenzie, 64

Studio 54, New York, 138–40, 141, 166–67

Sui, Anna, 247

Summer, Donna, 139

Sutter, Paula, 246, 260

Swanson, Gloria, 156

T

Talley, André Leon, 109, 141, 222, 251, 253

Tannenbaum, Allan, 76–77

Target, 143, 205

Tatiana (fragrance), 126–27, 162, 178, 197, 206

Taylor, Elizabeth, 51, 60, 75, 203

Tele-Communications, Inc., 213

Thakoon, 241

Theodoracopulos, Taki, 30, 41, 215

Thomas, Danny, 133

Thomas, Marlo, 133, 138

Thompson, Danièle, 39

Thrifty Drug Stores, 205

Tiel, Vicky, 111

Town & Country,
76, 79

Traub, Marvin, 208–9, 210

Travolta, John, 164

Treacy, Jane Rudolph, 211

Trebay, Guy, 90

Trump, Ivana, 216

Turlington, Christy, 222

Turner, Ted, 182, 204

Twiggy, 144

U

Ungaro, Emanuel, 87, 202, 242

University of Madrid, 29–30

Urban Cowboy,
163–64

V

Valentino, 46, 72, 189, 202, 214

Van Bruyssel, Didier, 20

Vanderbilt, Gloria, 163, 205

Vanity Fair,
216

Vanity Fair
Hall of Fame, 214

Van Ness, Kathy, 91, 206–7

Venice Film Festival (1967), 51

Versace, Donatella, 247

Versace, Gianni, 217

Versailles, fashion show (1973), 86–88

Veruschka, 144

Vionnet, Madeleine, 201

Vital Voices Global Partnership, 5, 263

Vogue,
42, 64, 65, 66–67, 75, 85, 147, 232, 240

Volcan d’Amour (fragrance), 177–78

Vollbracht, Michael, 144

Volpi, Giuseppe, 35, 171

von Bülow, Claus, 215

von Furstenberg, Alexandra Miller (Alex’s first wife), 226, 229–31, 234, 252, 266

von Furstenberg, Alexandre “Alex” (son), 5, 172, 216–17

and Alexandra, 229–31, 266

and Ali, 266–67

birth of, 62–63

childhood of, 69, 70, 118–20, 166

and Diane’s business, 244, 245–46, 259, 265–67

and Diane’s cancer, 219

and Diller, 136, 251, 253

and Egon, 165–66

and Elkann, 188, 191–92

and Paulo, 179, 180, 184

and school, 179, 186

and Tassilo, 36, 58

von Furstenberg, Clara Agnelli (Egon’s mother), 35, 36, 57–60, 268

von Furstenberg, Diane:

abortion of, 193–94, 196

adolescence of, 23–24, 25–29

and aging, 233, 238, 269–72

ambition of, 23, 54–55, 59, 73, 74, 80, 116, 125, 173, 265

awards and honors to, 193

and Barry,
see
Diller, Barry

and beauty, 27–28, 71, 97–98

birth and childhood of, 11, 17–21, 73

birthdays of, 190

as businesswoman, 4, 63–64, 153, 155, 173, 180–81, 247;
see also
Diane von Furstenberg; DVF; DVF Studio

and cancer, 218–21, 225, 227, 238

car accident of, 237–38

children of, 62–63, 69–70, 131, 165–66, 170, 173, 179, 185, 188, 193

coffee table books by, 79, 127, 202, 216

comeback of, 4–5, 6, 204–8, 225–28, 231–32

connections of, 8–9, 45, 46, 49, 53–54, 66, 71, 73–75, 91, 99–100, 203, 240

and Egon,
see
von Furstenberg, Egon

eye for fashion, 61, 192

as fashion model, 49, 54, 64

finances of, 197, 259

and friendships, 41–42, 49

grandchildren of, 249

and her mother,
see
Halfin, Lily

identity of, 7, 24, 26, 78, 91, 145, 189, 190, 203, 215, 255

and independence, 43, 47, 54, 59, 73, 100, 136, 137, 255, 259

influence of, 8, 71

insecurity of, 18–19, 50, 58–59, 63, 78, 110, 233

and Jewishness, 20–21, 73, 80, 103

learning the trade, 46–47, 62

legacy of, 259, 271

legs of, 141, 254

and loyalty, 267–68

and luck, 89, 90, 92

marketing skill, 7, 62, 78, 93, 98, 146, 163, 168, 231, 254–55

media stories about, 66–69, 78, 83, 101–4, 110, 115–16, 144–46, 152–53, 239–40, 251

memoirs of, 5, 9, 18, 21, 110, 139, 193, 203, 239–41, 271

old life of, 190, 193, 203–4

optimism of, 160–61, 196, 236

as outsider, 45, 46, 50, 53–54

and parties, 34–35, 41, 46, 51, 54, 60, 71–72, 76, 79, 100, 114, 116, 117, 132, 138–42, 163–64, 182, 184, 188, 191–92, 202, 203, 241, 257–58

personal traits of, 5, 19, 69, 71, 78, 90, 124, 128, 132, 137

and politics, 148–49, 263–64

portraits of, 6, 140, 142, 258, 270

pregnancies of, 56–57, 59, 61, 62, 69, 193–94, 268

as princess, 63, 65, 71, 77–78, 100, 110, 115

and psychic phenomena, 92–93

public image of, 1–2, 5, 7, 34, 41, 71, 78, 98, 142, 145–46, 164, 186, 190, 260

and QVC, 208–14, 216–17, 222

schooling of, 20–21, 25–28, 29

and sex, 28, 30–31, 40, 73, 96, 115–16, 136, 137, 138, 173

stressful lifestyle of, 100–101, 144–45, 162–63, 175, 176, 178, 186, 233, 237

style of, 1, 27, 41, 43, 44, 48–49, 76, 78, 94, 96–97, 98, 114, 141–42, 163–64, 187–88, 222, 248–49, 255, 271

success of, 2, 19, 99, 109, 113, 120, 126, 145, 146, 148, 173–74, 180, 254, 259

talent for divining customers’ wants, 92, 93–94, 98, 109, 144–45, 209, 250

travels of, 49, 77, 93, 95, 100, 135, 163, 175, 181, 188, 204, 233–34, 250

US citizenship of, 269

von Furstenberg, Egon:

birth and early years of, 35–36

bisexuality of, 50, 72–73, 101, 102, 120, 268

breakup with Diane, 2, 103–4, 116, 131, 233

death of, 268

and Diane’s business, 83, 99–100, 103–4, 164

Diane’s first meeting of, 35, 36

Diane’s relationship with, 37, 38–39, 49–51, 104, 120–21, 131, 146, 165–66, 170, 174, 251, 252, 268

and divorce, 131, 165

and family, 56, 131, 165–66, 170

and fashion, 61, 100, 119–20, 132, 164–65, 268

and finances, 120–21

and grandchild, 249

as HIV positive, 165

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