Diane von Furstenberg
Diane von Furstenberg
Diane von Fürstenberg, formerly Princess Diane of Fürstenbergis a Belgian-born American fashion designer best known for her iconic wrap dress...
NationalityBelgian
ProfessionDesigner
Date of Birth31 December 1946
CountryBelgium
Diane von Furstenberg quotes about
art packing nomad
I have always been a nomad and I have mastered the art of packing! I always say: pack lightly, live lightly.
feelings arriving excitement
There is nothing more thrilling than arriving in a new place on your own and feeling the sense of possibility and excitement that brings with it.
people simplicity want
Simplicity and sexiness, that's what people want. At a price that's not outrageous.
son france hospitality
My son loves the Hotel du Cap, in the south of France.
fashion energy impossible
Fashion is a mysterious energy, a visual moment-impossible to predict where it goes,
mean ipads vices
My biggest vice is playing solitaire on my iPad. It's bad. I mean, it's ridiculous.
close-friends individual existence
When a woman becomes her individual most effective close friend existence is simpler.
school america citizens
I was born in Belgium. I went to school in England and in Switzerland, then I came to America, so I really feel like I am a citizen of the world.
dream hard-work passion
Passion and persistence are what matter. Dreams are achievable and you can make your fantasy come true, but there are no shortcuts. Nothing happens without hard work.
fashion trying want
I never try to make a major fashion statement but I want to be the friend in a woman's closet. I make dresses that women get laid in.
block simple dresses
I had a very down-to-earth product, my wrap dress, which was really a uniform. It was just a simple little cotton-jersey dress that everybody loved and everybody wore. That one dress sold about 3 or 4 million. I would see 20, 30 dresses walking down one block. All sorts of different women. It felt very good. Young and old, and fat and thin, and poor and rich.
years zippers interesting
It's more than just a dress; it's a spirit. The wrap dress was an interesting cultural phenomenon, and one that has lasted 30 years. What is so special about it is that it's actually a very traditional form of clothing. It's like a toga, it's like a kimono, without buttons, without a zipper. What made my wrap dresses different is that they were made out of jersey and they sculpted the body.
fashion mysterious-things yellow
We are living in such a troubled world that fashion seems completely irrelevant. Yet...it's a very, very mysterious thing. Why all of a sudden do people like yellow? Why all of a sudden do people wear combat boots?
italian men trying
The best-dressed man is an Italian who is trying to look English, or an Englishman who is trying to look Italian.