The Woman I Wanted to Be (36 page)

With Google cofounder Sergey Brin showing Google Glass for the first time.
(Greg Kessler, courtesy of Kessler Studio)

Upside-down doing yoga, and on the phone.

At my desk, surrounded by photos of my loved ones.
(Thomas Whiteside)

Entrance to
Journey of a Dress,
Los Angeles, 2014.
(Fredrik Nilsen, courtesy of the artist)

Moment of joy at the press conference for
Journey of a Dress. (Courtesy of Getty Images)

The “army” of wrap dresses at the exhibit.
(Fredrik Nilsen, courtesy of the artist)

Press conference at the opening of the
Journey of a Dress
exhibit on January 10, 2014.
(Courtesy of Getty Images)

My first “Love is life” on a 1991 postcard.

About the Author

DIANE VON FURSTENBERG
first entered the fashion world in 1972 with a suitcase full of jersey dresses. Two years later, she created the wrap dress, which came to symbolize power and independence for an entire generation of women. By 1976, she had sold more than a million of the dresses and was featured on the cover of
Newsweek
. After a hiatus from fashion, Diane relaunched the iconic dress that started it all in 1997, reestablishing her company as the global luxury lifestyle brand that it is today. DVF is now sold in over fifty-five countries. In 2005, Diane received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA) for her impact on fashion, and one year later was elected the CFDA’s president, an office she continues to hold. In 2012, Diane was named the most powerful woman in fashion by
Forbes
magazine.

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Interior design by Ruth Lee-Mui

Jacket design by Tara Romeo

Jacket art (chain link print) © DVF Studio, LLC

Front cover photograph by Peter Lindbergh

Author photograph by Hans Dorsinville

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Von Furstenberg, Diane.

The woman I wanted to be / Diane von Furstenberg.—First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.

pages cm

1. Von Furstenberg, Diane. 2. Women fashion designers—United States—Biography. 3. Fashion designers—United States—Biography. 4. Women philanthropists—United States—Biography. 5. Cancer—Patients—United States—Biography. 6. Von Furstenberg, Diane—Family. 7. Women—Identity. I. Title.

TT505.V66A3 2014

746.9&2092—dc23

[B]        2014033232

ISBN 978-1-4516-5154-6

ISBN 978-1-4516-5157-7 (ebook)