Diane von Furstenberg's Best Quotes About Life, Love, and Fashion
The designer's wisdom goes way beyond the runway.
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Diane von Furstenberg is one of the most inspiring fashion designers in the industry. But it wasn't an easy road to becoming the ultimate fashionista and feminist. As the daughter of a Holocaust survivor, she was taught that fear is never an option and put in serious work to build her style empire from scratch. The Belgian-born designer began crafting clothes in 1970, and hasn't looked back since.
As for her personal life, it's just as inspiring as you'd expect. While attending the University of Geneva in Switzerland, she met her first husband, Prince Egon zu Furstenberg. However, after learning royal life wasn't for her, they amicably divorced after three years of marriage—but not before welcoming a son, Prince Alexandre von Furstenberg, and daughter, Princess Tatiana von Furstenberg. She's since found love again and remarried longtime friend Barry Diller in 2001.
And then there's her wrap dress (you know the one). The legendary garment, created by von Furstenberg when she was just 26 years old, was seen as a symbol of liberation in the '70s. The inclusive fit and flattering style was exactly what the fashion industry needed, in a time where empowering women was so important.
To learn more about Diane von Furstenberg's life and her career, check out these inspiring quotes from her.
"Attitude is everything."
"Usually, the fairy tale ends with the girl marrying the prince. But mine started as soon as the marriage was over."
"Confidence. If you have it, you can make anything look good."
"Fashion can be this mysterious thing that you can't explain."
"I've been working seriously in giving fashion a place that it deserves."
"I wanted to be an empowered woman, and I became an empowered woman. And now I want to empower every woman. And I do it through my clothes, I do it through my words, I do it through my money, I do it through everything."
"I always wanted to be a femme fatale. Even when I was a young girl, I never really wanted to be a girl. I wanted to be a woman."
"I had good legs, and I loved showing them off."
"My best friend is me, and I take good care of me."
"I don't like to talk about my dreams. I like to make them happen. I prefer to talk about them when they're done."
"Beauty is perfect in its imperfections. So you just have to go with the imperfections."
"I was 26 when I invented the wrap dress. It was just a nothing little printed dress made out of a jersey, and before I know it, I lived an American Dream making more than 25,000 dresses a week."
"I design for the woman who loves being a woman."
"The most important relationship in your life is with yourself. Because no matter what happens you will always be yourself."
"I wanted to be an independent woman, a woman who could pay her bill, a woman who could run her own life—and I became that woman."
"I travel light. I think the most important thing is to be in a good mood and enjoy life, wherever you are."
"My favorite days are the ones where I deal only with my own team, design, marketing, working on the next accessories collection."
"I never knew what I wanted to do, but I knew the kind of woman I wanted to be."
"The idea of being able to go into Studio 54 alone is what thrilled me the most: again, a man's life in a woman's body."
"I was lucky because I got so successful so early, and when you get successful early, then you can afford to be a little bit humble."
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