On the tenth anniversary of the September 11th attacks, Diane von Furstenberg debuted a collection at Fashion Week that she dubbed, perhaps appropriately, Beginnings. "Dawn has broken," the program reads. "She is brand new." The loaded title, and flowery text that accompanied it, made no direct reference to the tragedy, and for most of the Read More
Tatiana von Furstenberg met Francesca Gregorini, her co-director on the new film Tanner Hall, at Brown, but she knew about her long before that. “I was still in boarding school,” said the alumna of England’s Cranborne Chase School and daughter of designer Diane von Furstenberg, “and Interview magazine did a piece on interesting people who went to Brown University. Read More
Hurricane Irene is ruining everything! Diane von Furstenberg and Barry Diller were all set to host a party for the premiere of Tanner Hall, a new film starring the soon-to-be-Dragon-Tattooed Rooney Mara and written by the designer's daughter, Tatiana von Furstenberg. There was to be a screening, followed by dinner at Nobu, and a party Read More
At Tina Brown's girl-power extravaganza last night, Women in the World 2011, hosted by Newsweek and The Daily Beast, Diane Von Furstenberg named her female role model as Rebecca Lolosoli, a woman credited with creating a girls-only village in Kenya.
"I met Rebecca two years ago," said Ms. Von Furstenburg. "She came to visit me. She Read More
Until hours before last night’s lavish amfAR Gala at Cipriani Wall Street, the glam and star-studded Fashion Week kickoff that happens just hours before the models and their gawkers descend upon Lincoln Center, it was unclear whether or not Diane von Furstenberg, the night's honoree, would make her appearance.
The reason? The queen of Read More
The Gap's first-ever Chinese ad campaign features the petit, blond Julia Frakes. [Refinery 29]
Diane von Furstenberg left last night's fundraiser with Michelle Obama at Donna Karan's home early to attend another fundraiser for U.S. Senate candidate Richard Blumenthal. Russell Simmons left early to go to yoga. [WWD]
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Over the weekend, Guest of a Guest uncovered photos of mogul Barry Diller and wife Diane von Furstenberg lounging around their home in Western Connecticut with the designer's daughter Tatiana and granddaughter Antonia. This must be Cloudwalk farm, the 19th Century estate the designer owns not far from the weekend home of Read More
Stefano Tonchi — the editor of W and, to put it lightly, a very sharp dressed man — stood unblinking at the DVF Studio in the Meatpacking District Wednesday night. His hand held no cocktail, and he waved off a number of the choice hors d'oeuvres: seared tuna, quiche, salmon roe. He posed for a few pictures and then talked to Read More
"Oh, I beg your pardon, sorry!" Tina Brown exclaimed to The Observer at the Diane von Furstenberg show yesterday. She was looking for her seat and, for a moment, had mistaken us for an assistant. "I'm not asking you for our seat assignment!" Ms. Brown did eventually find her placement — it was in the Read More
We, somewhat unexpectedly, spent Fashion's Night Out in the Meatpacking District last night; we'd planned to head over to Soho, but after we saw the parties Diane Von Furstenberg and Catherine Malandrino were throwing, couldn't tear ourselves away.
Ms. Von Furstenberg spent the evening flitting back and forth between her Washington Street boutique and fittings Read More
"I tell you, I Twitter. And the first day I Twittered, I got robbed. I had only sent two Twitters, and then I was in Madrid in a museum and I got robbed. So I Twittered, 'I got robbed,' and wow! Did I see the power! It was all over, and I felt so bad, Read More
"Ah. Good evening," sighed Diane von Furstenberg at the podium at the start of the Council of Fashion Designers of America award ceremony last night at Lincoln Center. She was dressed in a fluttery blue dress with colorful stripes. "Everyone is in such a good mood."
The awards at Alice Tully Hall were scheduled to begin Read More
Last night, Diane von Furstenberg announced the Council of Fashion Designers of America's 2010 award nominees, and the names among the top categories are, well, somewhat predictable. Marc Jacobs (also nominated last year), Donna Karan, and Alexander Wang are competing for Womenswear Designer of the Year. Mr. Jacobs and Mr. Wang are also nominated in Read More
The night after the Academy Awards, where Barbra Streisand gravely told an audience of Hollywood personages that "the time has come" and handed the Best Director Oscar to Kathryn Bigelow, the first woman to ever take the award, New York designer Diane von Furstenberg hosted a party at her meatpacking district store for International Women's Read More
“In fashion, you’re either in or you’re out.” So says Teutonic temptress Heidi Klum at the beginning of every episode of Project Runway, currently unspooling its seventh season on Lifetime.
Achtung! If Heidi were correct, I would be out of a job and so would vast numbers of other fashionably employed New Yorkers. Thankfully, Mrs. Read More
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