Happy Birthday Diane Von Furstenberg
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Thats right, she was a princess.
Its the real-life version of the recent, campy Princess Diary films. She married Prince Egon of Furstenberg, a German princely House, in 1969. "All of a sudden I was pregnant. When we came to America, I was determined to prove myself, she told The Wall Street Journal.
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Shes officially no longer a princess.
Though she kept the title through her amicable 1973 divorce, she lost it when she remarried in 2001, to mogul Barry Diller. The next year she also became an American citizen.
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Andy Warhol painted her portrait.
And in 2008, Von Furstenberg began a collaborative collection with the Andy Warhol foundation, featuring his art and her design. Andy and I were contemporaries, so it feels right," she told Vogue. As for that 70s era, she said in an Independent interview that it influenced her most famous design: "The wrap dress made women feel what they wanted to feel like... free and sexy... It also fitted in with the sexual revolution: a woman who chose to could be out of it in less than a minute!"
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Her initial success surprised her.
"The minute I knew I was about to be Egon's wife, I decided to have a career. I wanted to be someone of my own, and not just a plain little girl who got married beyond her desserts, she told The New York Times in 1977. She added later, in a Wall Street Journal interview, I went into fashion almost by accident, to determine my own destiny, to pay my bills [...] I went to this man who owned this factory and I said, Im going to get married and move to New York. Would you allow me to make a few samples and maybe I can sell them in America? I didnt think I would have my own label, but thats how I started.
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She took a long break from her business.
After a dazzling initial success in the 70s (she had sold more than 5 million dresses by 1976), Von Furstenbergs business hit a snag in the 80s. She moved to Paris in 1985, and, she told Harpers Bazaar, I was living with a writer. And I really didn't do very much, except I read a lot, and I had this fantasy of having a literary salon. When you live with writers when you live with an artist you don't do much except live their lives.
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Then she made a triumphant comeback.
She relaunched her label in 1997 and the iconic wrap dress catapulted back into vogue, helped by stars like Gwyneth Paltrow, whod already been wearing vintage versions of the style. In years since, shes become a prominent figure, appearing on magazine covers and shows like Project Runway and Americas Next Top Model.
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Shes a feminist.
Sometimes, when people hear the word 'feminist', they think that means looking down on the idea of being feminine, but you can be feminine and feminist. But I do believe in the strength of women and I do believe that women can save the world, she told The Independent.
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Her mother set a powerful example for her.
Her mother, a concentration camp survivor, was a profound influence on Von Furstenberg, who said in an interview that she "was extraordinary. She survived the camps at the age of 22, she taught me only to look at positive things no matter what happens. When she talked about the camps she talked about the camaraderie. I think she was trying to protect me. She only weighed 49 pounds when she came out, but I was born 18 months later. I was her victory."
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Von Furstenberg herself is a cancer survivor.
She was diagnosed after a lunch with Ralph Lauren, who told her about his recent brain cancer treatment and discussed how he knew he had the disease. Furstenberg started noticing symptoms herself, though at first she thought she was being a hypochondriac. It turned out to be a bit of both; the noise she was hearing in her ear was psychosomatic, but she had malignant cells in a cyst on her tongue and had to have eight weeks of radiation.
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She doesnt do Botox.
...though shes clearly been favored by genetics. "I obviously don't feel under pressure to look young, because I have had no Botox or surgery. I don't judge people who choose to have it, but I don't want to erase who I am," she said in an interview with The Independent. She certainly hasnt. Happy birthday, Diane, and a happy New Year to her and everyone else.
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