Diane von Furstenberg (49 page)

Brody disease of, 119, 179

childhood of, 118–20, 144, 166

and Diane’s business, 244, 245–46, 266–67

and Diane’s cancer, 219, 221

and Diller, 136, 251, 253

and Egon, 166, 268

and Elkann, 191–92

and Leon, 222

and Lily, 18, 22, 24, 26, 119, 172–73, 180, 249–50

and Paulo, 179, 180

and school, 179–80, 186

von Furstenberg family, 5, 37, 48, 51, 60

Vreeland, Diana, 53, 64, 66, 70, 75, 146, 147, 176, 240

W

Wall Street Journal,
145

Walters, Barbara, 203

Wang, Vera, 245

Warhol, Andy, 65, 71, 90, 171, 182

anti-Semitism of, 114

catty remarks by, 110–11, 135, 138, 143, 185, 257

at parties, 53, 139, 164, 194

portraits by, 6, 114–16, 140, 142, 258, 270

Webb, David, 76

Weber, Bruce, 199

Weitz, John, 124

Welch, Raquel, 257

Weltman, Phil, 133

Wenner, Jann, 71

Wertheimer, Alain, 186

Wertheimer, Gerard, 186

White, Barry, 87

White, Edmund, 188, 189–90

White, Vanna, 223

Wilhelmina Models, 54, 169

William Morris agency, 132–33

Williams, Gigi, 50, 125–26, 128–29

Wilson, Rita, 231

Wilson, Woodrow, 117

Winehouse, Amy, 258

Winfrey, Oprah, 235, 251, 264

Wintour, Anna, 240–41

Wittamer, Myriam, 23

women:

and beauty, 97–98, 129

bisexual partners of, 136–37

business empires of, 125, 145

causes helping, 263–64

confidence of, 7, 78, 105–6

dependence of, 96, 104, 187

designers, 247

dressing to please themselves, 69, 97, 246

DVF Awards to, 5, 263–64

DVF Woman, 21, 78–79, 91, 183, 242

exploitation of, 109

feminism, 79–80, 96–97, 109, 112, 129, 147–48, 264

independent, 79, 80, 91, 174, 248, 265

liberated, 79, 146

mistress role of, 30–31

role models for, 146

sense of self, 28–29

traditional roles of, 96

wanting it all, 79–80, 187, 199, 255

working, 207

Women in the World Summit, 147

World War II, postwar fashion, 86–88

Worth, Charles Frederick, 46, 84, 243

wrap dress:

as big trend, 111, 112

creation of, 2, 106–7, 142

critical reviews of, 235–36

decline of, 151–54, 164, 205

fabric of, 48, 158, 230

“Journey of a Dress” (fortieth anniversary), 6, 257–58

popularity of, 3, 107–9, 111, 112–14, 145, 147, 154

precursors of, 111–12

prints, 27, 48–49, 94–95, 107, 113–14, 207, 230, 231, 243, 245, 254, 263

profitability of, 114, 125, 127, 140, 143, 248

relaunch of, 228–29, 230–33, 234–36, 244, 249

Silk Assets version, 211, 212, 230

variations on, 113, 207, 230–31, 249, 258, 271

in vintage shops, 228–29, 236

wrap top and skirt, 95, 105–6, 206

Wu, Jason, 143, 241

WWD (Women’s Wear Daily),
67–69, 75, 79, 83, 97, 98–99, 109, 113, 152–53, 163–64, 183, 232, 236, 245

Wyatt, Lynn, 164

Z

Zhang Huan, 270

Zinaich, Danielle, 231

Zinovoy, Sheppard, 161, 181

Zuckerman, Mort, 147, 202–4, 221, 252

Photo Section

Curls and smiles—Diane as a child.

(Courtesy of Diane von Furstenberg)

Diane, Hans, Martin, Lily and Philippe in Geneva, summer 1963.

(Courtesy of Martin Muller)

Future femme fatale—Diane in the 1960s.

(Courtesy of Martin Muller)

Climbing up—Diane in the 1960s.

(Courtesy of Martin Muller)

Diane and Egon at a party at the Venice Film Festival, 1967.

(Photograph by Countess Marina Cicogna, courtesy of Countess Marina Cicogna)

The prince and his future princess.

(Courtesy of Martin Muller)

Angelo Ferretti in Monte Carlo.

(Courtesy of Diane von Furstenberg)

Posing in DVF for
Vogue
—Diane and two models.

(Photograph by Marcio Madeira/Clifford Ling/Evening News/Rex USA)