Diane von Furstenberg (47 page)

and Diane, 11, 22–26, 30, 39, 51, 57, 137, 171, 173

and Diane’s business, 161

and Diane’s cancer, 219, 220, 227

and Egon, 56, 58

and fortune-tellers, 92

and grandchildren, 118–19, 171–72, 180

and great-grandchildren, 249–50

and Holocaust, 11–16, 18–19, 21–22, 24, 26, 39, 171, 173, 239

marriage to Leon, 11, 16–17

and Muller, 24–25, 26, 33, 39, 118, 172, 180

and Paulo, 178, 185

and style, 17

as survivor, 158, 239, 255

Halfin, Philippe, 13, 17–22, 27, 171, 172–73, 180, 250, 252

Halston, 96, 110, 114, 115, 149, 195, 246

and AIDS, 170

and celebrity, 74, 75

eponymous fragrance of, 127

and Fashion, 2, 55, 59, 74, 87, 95, 112, 198

and licensing, 124, 143

socializing, 71, 76, 139, 194

and Versailles (1973), 87

Hamnett, Katharine, 147

Hanover, Christian von, 37

Hartman, John, 132

Hayman, Fred and Gayle, 65

Heche, Anne, 235

Hepburn, Audrey, 17

Herman, Stan, 261

Herrera, Carolina, 252

Herz, Michael, 260–61, 272

Hoffman, Dustin, 138

Hofmann, Hans, 70

Hohenlohe-Langenburg, Alfonso, 36

Holocaust, 11–16, 18–19, 21–22, 24, 26, 39, 171, 173, 239

Home Shopping Network (HSN), 208, 223, 228, 237, 246

Horowitz, Joel, 260

Horyn, Cathy, 245, 248, 260

Huston, Anjelica, 75

I

IAC, 223

International Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union (ILGWU), 90

Interview, 71, 115, 144, 202

Investors Overseas Services (IOS), 33–34

Isabel (jet set friend), 30

Italy:

Milan Fashion Week, 262–63

unification of, 55

J

Jackson, Dakota, 177

Jacobs, Marc, 241

Jagger, Bianca, 75, 109, 139

Jagger, Jade, 184

Jagger, Mick, 71, 75, 118, 139

Javits, Marion, 91

Jenden, Nathan, 260

jet set, 30, 60

Johnson, Evangeline, 117

Jonathan Logan, 80

Jourdan, Charles, 141

K

Kakanias, Konstantin, 202

Kamali, Norma, 113, 141

Kan, Deborah, 258

Kane, Art, 38

Karan, Donna, 81, 147, 198–99, 201, 247

Kay, Ali, 266–67

Keeble, Kezia, 65

Kempner, Nan, 53, 91, 98, 109, 203

Kermorvant, Bianca, 220

Khan, Aga, 60

King, Tom, 135

Kissinger, Henry A., 71, 117, 203, 253

Klein, Anne, 87, 124, 198

Klein, Calvin, 75, 81, 95, 139, 157, 160, 163, 198, 199–201, 203, 204, 217, 252

Klossowski, Thadée, 195

Knight, Laurence, 265

Koch, Edward, 148, 193

Kors, Michael, 259, 260, 261, 271

Koski, Albert, 38–39, 46

Kosner, Edward, 145

Kramer, Charlotte, 103–4

L

Lacroix, Christian, 189, 202

La Ferla, Ruth, 228, 239–40

Lagerfeld, Karl, 110, 143, 189, 190, 202, 217, 240, 246

Lam, Mr. (Hong Kong), 230

Lambert, Eleanor, 85–86, 171

Landau, Kathy, 8, 205, 206, 207, 216, 226, 231, 232, 236, 238, 246

Landeau, Marc, 36, 49, 55–56, 268

Lane, Jane F., 168–69

Lane, Kenneth Jay, 63, 98, 117, 202, 210

Lanvin, 85, 143, 156

Lauder, Estée, 125, 126, 127, 160, 161

Lauren, Ralph, 81, 157, 198, 199, 201, 217, 218, 227

La Vielle Russie, New York, 181–82

Lebowitz, Fran, 22, 167, 168, 176, 178, 186–87

Léger, Herve, 191

Leibovitz, Annie, 214, 252, 258

Leighton, Fred, 141

Leslie Fay, 80–81, 236

Levi, Darius and Juliette, 12, 14, 15

Levis jeans, 163

Lincoln, Abraham, 167

Linter, Sandy, 169

Lopez-Huici, Cedric, 36, 40, 268

Louboutin, Christian, 217

Louis XIV, king of France, 45, 84

Louis XVI, king of France, 86

Lucci, Susan, 209

Lundgren, Terry J., 78

Lynch, Kelly, 228

M

MacDonald, Lorna, 21, 250

MacGraw, Ali, 65

Macpherson, Elle, 189

Macy’s, 111, 143, 151, 207, 227

Madonna, 190, 258, 264

Mainbocher, 46, 86

Malandrino, Catherine, 242

Mallis, Fern, 23

Malone, John, 213

Mansau, Serge, 162

Margaret, Princess (Britain), 60

Marie-Antoinette, 46, 68, 74, 86, 96

Mark, Marky, 200

Marshall, Lynn, 165, 268

Martheleur, Astrid, 247–48, 254

Mastroianni, Marcello, 51, 188

McCardell, Claire, 86, 111

McCarthy, Joseph, 159

McCartney, Stella, 244

McQueen, Alexander, 242

Mellis, Lee, 156, 157, 163

Mengele, Josef, 15

Mengers, Sue, 132, 133

Menkes, Suzy, 221, 235–36, 241, 248

Merrill, Dina, 108

Metropolitan Museum of Art, 75, 112, 232

Michaels, Lorne, 74

Michard-Pellissier, Gisèle and Jean, 42

Miller, Arthur, 82

Miller, Chantal, 229

Miller, Nicole, 247

Miller, Robert, 229

Mills, Helen Harvey, 72

Minnelli, Liza, 42, 75, 87

Mirabella, Grace, 64, 66, 240

Mispelaere, Yvan, 260

Mizrahi, Isaac, 237

Mondadori, 188

Monroe, Marilyn, 70, 82, 132, 162, 185

Montana, Claude, 201, 217

Moran, Charles, 143

Moravia, Alberto, 8, 188, 189, 191

Morris, Bernadine, 78, 109, 111, 120

Ms.
, 146–48

Mudd Club, New York, 167

Mugler, Thierry, 201

Muller, Hans, 24–25, 26, 33, 39, 118, 172, 180

Muller, Martin, 24–25, 39

Murdoch, Rupert, 203, 209, 214

Muschamp, Herbert, 232

N

Nahmias, Diamante, 12, 14

Nahmias, Lily, see Halfin, Lily

Nahmias, Mathilde, 12, 17, 23, 39

Nahmias, Moise, 12, 14

New Age, 92, 265

New Seventies Society, 74–75

Newsweek, 2–3, 145–46, 149, 239

Newton, Helmut, 258

New York:

Diane’s homes in, 70–71, 118, 140–41, 165, 177, 186–87

Diane’s move to, 51, 53–55, 59, 61

fashion in, 55, 61, 66, 74–75, 84, 85, 88

Fashion Week, 65, 86, 243, 261–63

Garment District, 65, 81, 84, 89–90, 205, 248

garment unions in, 85, 90

Gotham Hotel showroom, 65, 66

High Line, 270–71, 272

“international white trash” in, 77

Meatpacking District, 225–26, 250, 270

nightlife in, 54, 73, 74

old guard in, 53

Scoop boutique, 231, 234, 236

Seventh Avenue, 80–82, 84, 85, 89, 90, 113, 156, 198, 217, 243, 247–48

New York Dress Institute, 85

New York
magazine, 101–4, 142, 145, 174, 239

New York Times,
77–78, 85, 125, 232, 237

Nicholson, Jack, 75

Nixon, Richard M., 72, 105

Noailles, Marie-Laure, 44

Norell, Norman, 86

Norton Simon, 124

Nuvoletti, Count Giovanni, 57

O

Oakes, John, 138

Obama, Barack, 263

Obama, Michelle, 258, 263

Oldham, Todd, 170, 228, 237

OMO, 113

Onassis, Christina, 71

O’Neal, Ryan, 116, 125

O’Neil, Jaine, 114, 158

O’Rourke, P. J., 76

Osmond, Marie, 208

Otis, Carré, 215

P

Paley, Babe, 75

Paltrow, Gwyneth, 228, 234, 257

Paramount Studio, 133, 134, 214

Paris:

beau monde in, 42

belle époque in, 96

couture houses in, 44, 46, 85, 86, 202, 231, 243

Diane’s flat in, 118, 187–89, 191–92

Diane’s move to, 38–41

fashion inspiration in, 84–85

Nazi occupation of, 85

youth revolt in, 40, 43, 44–45

Parker, Sarah Jessica, 264

Parsi, Novid, 208

Patou, Jean, 85, 156

Paulo (South American artist), 175–80, 184–85, 187, 196, 226, 252, 268

Peploe, Mark, 189, 221, 233, 252

Peretti, Elsa, 75

Peugnet, Hervé, 191

Philippe Le Bel, king of France, 84

Piaf, Edith, 186

Picasso, Paloma, 205

Pogrebin, Letty, 148

Poiret, Paul, 29, 74, 126

Pomerantz, Fred, 81

Pomerantz, John, 80–81, 236

Posen, Zac, 241

Prada, Miuccia, 240, 247

Premet, and “La Garçonne,” 111

Prigent, Roger, 97

Principal, Victoria, 208

Proust, Marcel, 57–58

Puritan Fashion, 155–57, 159, 160, 163, 181, 200, 230

Pym, Barbara, 191

Q

Q2, 217–18

Quant, Mary, 29

QVC, 208–14, 216–17, 218, 222–23

R

Rabanne, Paco, 29

Radical Chic, Age of, 72

Randall, James, 143

Randall, Sally, 164, 179

Redstone, Sumner, 214

Reese, Tracy, 261

Regine’s, New York, 182, 183

Rensin, David, 132

Revlon, 197, 216

Rheims, Bettina, 231

Rhodes, Zandra, 29

Ribes, Jacqueline de, 41

Richardson, John, 57, 73, 78, 117

Riva, Paolo, 260

Rivers, Joan, 208

Rivers, Larry, 70

Roberts, Brian L., 213, 214

Rocha, Coco, 258

Rockefeller, Rodman, 140

Roehm, Carolyne, 237

Rollin, Betty, 202

Rolling Stone,
71

Romeo (healer), 245

Romney, Ann, 263

Rosen, Carl, 155–58, 160, 162–63, 181, 200, 214, 230

Rosenfeld, Henry, 82

Rosenman, Howard, 58, 71, 73, 145

Ross, Diana, 71, 75, 176, 182

Ross, Lillian, 90

Rothschild, Marie-Hélène de, 41, 100, 142, 241

Rothschilds, 58