Diane von Furstenberg (40 page)
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Authors: Gioia Diliberto
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“The buyer for” and following:
Ibid.
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“seemed so old”
: DVF to the author, October 28, 2010.
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“Henry would say”:
Richard Conrad to the author, May 22, 2010.
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“I wore them”:
Ibid., February 9, 2013.
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“He took me”:
Ibid.
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“I’m making beautiful”:
DVF to Richard Conrad, undated, private collection.
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“We put together” and following:
Richard Conrad to the author, May 22, 2010.
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“a place of Dreiserian” and following:
Bill Blass,
Bare Blass
(New York:, HarperCollins, 2002), pp. 19–20.
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“grateful,”
Ibid., p. 20.
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“had been completely” and following:
Stephen Burrows to the author, March 17, 2011.
No Zip, No Buttons
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“all you need”:
Lillian Ross, “The Millionaire,”
New Yorker,
January 7, 1950.
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“beehives” and following:
Guy Trebay, “Needle and Thread Still Have a Home,”
New York Times,
April 29, 2010.
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“create some buzz”
: Richard Conrad to the author, June 9, 2010.
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“That woman stayed”:
Kathy van Ness to the author, August 27, 2013.
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“but we didn’t have”:
Conrad to author, May 22, 2010.
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“Oh, that’s good”:
Sue Feinberg to the author, November 1, 2010.
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“she’d have a famous”:
DVF to the author, August 1, 2014.
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“When you’re young”:
DVF to the author, August 1, 2014.
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“I had a lot of things”:
Feinberg to the author.
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“Diane’s greatest talent”:
DeBare Saunders to the author, August 27, 2014.
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“Diane would arrive”:
Conrad to author, February 9, 2013.
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“that took the color”:
Feinberg to author, October 2, 2014.
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“It felt like cashmere”
: Conrad to the author, June 9, 2010.
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“I’m very worried”:
DVF to Richard Conrad, July 1972, private collection.
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“It had dolman sleeves”:
DVF to the author, September 12, 2014.
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“with no zip, no buttons”
: EVF quoted in DVF to Richard Conrad, July 1972., private collection.
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“because they itched” and following:
Conrad to the author, February 9, 2013.
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“but when I saw the photo”:
DVF in an email to the author, January 19, 2014.
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“since men’s bodies”:
Gloria Steinem,
Revolution from Within: A Book of Self-Esteem
(New York: Little Brown, 1992), p. 218.
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“excitement” and following:
“The Globetrotters,”
WWD
, November 2, 1972.
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“a silk jersey”:
Conrad to author, May 22, 2010.
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“not for Liz Claiborne”
: Feinberg to author, November 1, 2010.
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“could have done without”:
“Globe Trotters,”
WWD,
November 2, 1972.
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“I told Ferretti”:
Conrad to the author, June 9, 2010.
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“Egon encouraged me”:
DVF to the author, July 31, 2014.
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“You always push others”:
Lee Wohlfert-Wihlborg, “The Original von Furstenberg, Egon,Wakes Up to His Own Potential,”
People,
December 21, 1981.
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“She was so much smarter”:
Francke,
Newsweek,
March 22, 1976.
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“made a strong” and following:
“Now: Fall in New York,”
WWD
, May 23, 1973.
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“I was just trying”:
DVF to the author, July 31, 2014.
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“Egon had a lot”:
Ibid., March 18, 2012.
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“Diane came to me” and following:
Fran Boyar to the author, May 24, 2011.
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“wasn’t special”:
DVF to the author, February 3, 2012.
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“You just live once” and following:
Linda Bird Francke, “The Couple That Has Everything. Is Everything Enough?”
New York,
February 5, 1973.
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“Our sex life”:
DVF to the author, July 31, 2014.
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“You destroyed my marriage” and following:
Linda Bird Francke to the author, September 17, 2014.
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“Egon was more upset”:
DVF to the author, July 31, 2014.
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“She said, ‘Egon’s leaving’” and following:
Conrad to the author, February 9, 2013.
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“Either you give me” and following:
Diane von Furstenberg,
Diane: A Signature Life
(New York: Simon & Schuster), p. 195.
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“We shared a lawyer”:
DVF to the author, October 2, 2014.
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“He still came over”:
Ibid., July 31, 2014.
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“Do you love me?”
Wolfert-Wihlborg, “Original von Furstenberg.”
The Wrap
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“I knew we could”:
Richard Conrad to the author, May 22, 2010.
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“Let’s make it”:
Sue Feinberg to the author, October 2, 2014.
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“his mother called”:
DVF to the author, October 2, 2014.
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“testing and trying” and following:
Ibid., September 12, 2014.
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“It was nothing really”:
Diane von Furstenberg,
Diane: A Signature Life
(New York: Simon & Schuster, 2009), 80.
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“We shipped it out” and following:
Conrad to the author, February 9, 2013.
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“I had a black”:
Leslie Garis in an email to the author, September 26, 2014.
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“very grateful”:
Leslie Bennetts in an email to the author, September 27, 2014.
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“We were making”:
Conrad to author, February 9, 2013.
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DARLING DICK:
DVF to Richard Conrad, October 3, 1975, private collection.
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“I can’t remember”:
Boyar to author, June 10, 2011.
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“Women are too intelligent”:
Judy Klemesrud, “Common Dresses Are Designed by a Princess,”
New York Times,
November 7, 1974.
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“I’d always see her”:
André Leon Talley to the author, December 4, 2013.
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“She knows her”:
Oscar de la Renta to the author, July 20, 2011.
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“loved Diane”:
Francois Catroux to the author, September 8, 2011.
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“I don’t pretend”:
Kathleen Brady, “Diane Means Business,”
WWD,
June 14, 1973.
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“I didn’t call myself”:
DVF to the author, July 31, 2014.
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“She took credit”:
DeBare Saunders to the author, August 27, 2014.
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“She was scared”:
Linda Bird Francke to the author, September 17, 2014.
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“beautiful bright yellow” and following:
Andy Warhol,
The Andy Warhol Diaries,
edited by Pat Hackett (New York: Grand Central Publishing, 1991), p. 326.
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“it reminded me”:
Bernadine Morris to the author, August 2, 2010.
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“Who else has done”:
DVF to the author.
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“a climax to”:
Diane von Furstenberg, “Wrap dress,” 1975–76, Gift of Richard Martin, 1997, in
Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History,
New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2000–, http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/works-of-art/1997.487.
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“one-tenth of one percent,”
Frances Cerra, “Who’s to Blame For the Ruined Clothes?”,
New York Times,
August 30, 1976.
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“The stars were aligned”:
Sue Feinberg to the author, November 1, 2010.