Diana Vreeland
Diana Vreeland (born September 29, 1903 in Paris , † August 22, 1989 in New York City ) was an American fashion designer , columnist , critic and editor in the department of fashion and design and a big name in New York . At times she served as editor-in-chief of the American edition of Vogue magazine .
Life
Born Diana Dalziel in Paris, she was the eldest daughter of a British father (Frederick Young Dalziel) and an American mother (Emily Key Hoffman). Vreeland came from an American high society family whose ancestors are said to date back to George Washington . The family moved to America at the end of the First World War .
Diana Dalziel (Vreeland) married the banker Thomas Reed Vreeland in 1924. After their wedding, the couple moved to London ; here Vreeland initially ran a women's fashion shop. a. Wallis Simpson (who later became Duchess of Windsor ) belonged to. She often visited Paris, where she met Coco Chanel and her friend, jewelry designer Suzanne Belperron .
In 1937 the Vreelands moved back to New York City. It was here that Diana Vreeland's career began as a columnist and editor for the fashion magazine Harper's Bazaar . From 1963 to 1971 she was editor-in-chief of the American Vogue magazine. Her husband died 1967. 1971 was technical advisor to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in the field of fashion design .
Diana Vreeland had a sister (Alexandra Dalziel) and was the cousin of Pauline de Rothschild , a fashion and style icon of the 1960s who was often featured in numerous magazines for which Vreeland worked. Moreover counted Andy Warhol -class connections to Upper her circle because of their New Yorker.
literature
- Eleanor Dwight: Diana Vreeland , New York, NY: Morrow, 2002, ISBN 0-688-16738-1
- Diana Vreeland: DV , Da Capo Press, 2003, ISBN 0-306-81263-0 (paperback edition of the autobiography)
documentation
- Diana Vreeland: The Eye has to Travel (United States 2011, directed by Lisa Immordino Vreeland, Bent-Jorgen Perlmutt, Frédéric Tcheng)
Web links
- dianavreeland.com (English)
- Diana Vreeland in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Not verified. Various sources cite July 29, 1903 as the date of birth
- ↑ Baroin and Raulet: Suzanne Belperron . Antique Collectors Club, 2011, ISBN 978-1-85149-625-9 (p. 8, p. 109: “Diana Vreeland is a loyal friend of Suzanne Belperron”, p. 110: “She loved the designer's style”, P. 280: “The names of her friends Elsa Schiaparelli and Diana Vreeland appeared in their notebooks”).
- ↑ Imagine that! in Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung on January 13, 2013, page 43
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Vreeland, Diana |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Dalziel, Diana (maiden name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American fashion designer, critic, and editor |
DATE OF BIRTH | September 29, 1903 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Paris |
DATE OF DEATH | August 22, 1989 |
Place of death | New York City |