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Diane von Fürstenberg
Princess + Prince
Female
Born
Dec 31, 1946
Age
66
Hometown
Brussels
Diane von Furstenberg, formerly Diane, Princess of Furstenberg, is a Belgian-American fashion designer best known for her wrap dress. She initially rose to prominence when she married into the German princely House of Fürstenberg, as the wife of Prince… Read More
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Diane von Fürstenberg
Age 66
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Liliane NahmiasMother
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Ada Polla: 9 Ways D.C. Has StyleHuffington Post - Apr 26, 2013
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Craig Kanalley: 10 Smart Things Said By Smart PeopleHuffington Post - Apr 24, 2013
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Tamie Adaya: La Brea Avenue: Los Angeles' Eclectic International Shopping DestinationHuffington Post - Apr 23, 2013
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Diane Von Furstenberg's Latest Gap Kids Collection Celebrates Young Explorers With African Safari Themed ChildrenswearDaily Mail (UK) - Apr 22, 2013
Timeline
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CHILDHOOD
1946
Birth
Born on December 31, 1946.
TWENTIES
1969
22 Years Old
Married in 1969, the couple had two children, Prince Alexander (born six months after their wedding) and Princess Tatiana, who were born in New York City.
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1970
23 Years Old
In 1970, with a $30,000 investment, Diane began designing women's clothes - "The minute I knew I was about to be Egon's wife, I decided to have a career.
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1972
25 Years Old
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Following their divorce in 1972, she has continued to use his family name, although she is no longer entitled to use the title princess following her divorce and subsequent remarriage in 2001.
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She is best known for introducing the knitted jersey "wrap dress" in 1974, an example of which, due to its influence on women's fashion, is in the collection of the Costume Institute of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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THIRTIES
1985
38 Years Old
In 1985, she moved to Paris, France where she founded Salvy, a French-language publishing house.
FORTIES
1991
44 Years Old
Fürstenberg started a number of other businesses including a line of cosmetics and a home-shopping business, which she launched in 1991.
1992
45 Years Old
In 1992, Diane sold $1.2 million dollars worth of her Silk Assets collection in two hours on QVC.
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FIFTIES
1997
50 Years Old
Diane re-launched her company in 1997, and re-introduced the wrap dress, which gained traction with an entirely new generation of women.
1998
51 Years Old
In 1998, she published her business memoir, Diane: A Signature Life.
The Fürstenberg's marriage, though not popular with the groom's family because of the bride's Jewish ethnicity, was considered dynastic, and on her marriage Diane became Her Highness Princess Diane of Fürstenberg, but is no longer entitled to use the title following her divorce and then her remarriage in 2001.
2004
57 Years Old
In 2004, she introduced the DVF by H. Stern fine jewelry collection, and launched scarves and beachwear.
2005
58 Years Old
In 2005, the Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA) awarded her the Lifetime Achievement Award and the following year named her as their president, a position she has held since 2006.
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LATE ADULTHOOD
2008
61 Years Old
In 2008, she received a star on Seventh Avenue’s Fashion Walk of Fame.
2009
62 Years Old
In 2009, a large-scale retrospective exhibition entitled "Diane von Fürstenberg: Journey of a Dress" opened at the Manezh, one of Moscow's largest public exhibition spaces.
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Also in 2010, Diane von Fürstenberg was award a Gold Medal at the annual Queen Sofia Spanish Institute Gold Medal Gala.
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2012
65 Years Old
In 2012, she launched her first children’s collection with GapKids and a denim collaboration with CURRENT/ELLIOTT.
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