Diane von Furstenberg
Diane Simone Michelle von Fürstenberg , also Diane von Furstenberg or Diane Princess zu Fürstenberg , born. Diane Simone Michelle Halfin (born December 31, 1946 in Brussels , Belgium ) is a Belgian- American fashion designer .
Live and act
Diane Halfin was born into an upper middle-class Jewish family. Her father was Leon Halfin, an Ashkenazi Jew from Chisinau , who emigrated to Belgium in 1929 and spent World War II in Switzerland . Your from Greece coming Sephardic mother Liliane Nahmias was a survivor of the Holocaust .
Diane Halfin studied Spanish in Madrid and business administration at the University of Geneva , where she first met Egon von Fürstenberg . In 1969 the two married in the Yvelines department in France and moved to New York , where they became darlings of the scene . Soon son Alexandre and daughter Tatiana were born. Shortly after the birth of their second child, the two divorced in 1972 . Diane von Fürstenberg was portrayed by Helmut Newton , Andy Warhol and Francesco Clemente and also took part in the party luxury life in Studio 54 . At the same time, von Fürstenberg began to build up her own business so as not to be dependent on her father or her husband. She sold brightly printed Jersey Accesories and brought in 1974 the so-called wrap dress ( wrap dress ) out, which proved so stylistically that today a copy of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York is issued.
In 1985 she temporarily withdrew from the fashion business and founded the Salvy publishing house in Paris .
In 1997, when she returned to New York, she began a second career as a fashion designer. Diane von Fürstenberg also brought out a cosmetics series and entered the home shopping business in 1991 . Until 2007 in a studio in Greenwich Village and since then based in the Meatpacking District , von Fürstenberg has designed an exclusive women's collection to this day , which is only offered in posh boutiques and department stores such as Bergdorf Goodman or Saks Fifth Avenue .
She is now a grandmother of four. Her memoir, Diane: A Signature Life , was published in 1998. In 2001, she married the American media mogul Barry Diller and received American citizenship the following year . She spends part of her time in New York, Paris, Los Angeles and Connecticut .
Awards
- 1985 Awarded the New York Mayor's Liberty Medal for citizens of the world who have achieved the American dream
- 2005 Lifetime Achievement Award from the Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA)
- 2006 election as President of the Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Short biography of Léon Halfin ( Memento of the original from July 27, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (French)
- ↑ The dress paid all bills , General-Anzeiger, Bonn, p. 32, December 28, 2016
- ↑ Alfons Kaiser: Designer ABC: von Fürstenberg, Diane FAZ from January 1, 2012. Retrieved on July 4, 2020.
Web links
- Official website of her fashion company "Diane von Fürstenberg" (DvF) (English)
- Literature by and about Diane von Fürstenberg in the catalog of the German National Library
- Diane von Fürstenberg in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Portrait of the designer
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Fürstenberg, Diane von |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Halfin, Diane Simone Michelle (maiden name); von Fürstenberg, Diane Simone Michelle (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Belgian-American fashion designer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 31, 1946 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Brussels , Belgium |