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Diane von Furstenberg: She’s her own muse
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Let’s start with the finish. After a decade of making her finale walk with a creative director by her side, Diane von Furstenberg took to the runway alone. She wasn’t a bit shy, mouthing the words; “I’m everywoman, oh, oh, oh,” to the blasting disco anthem.
It said a lot about the collection called “Glam Rock,” which more than referenced the '70s high life (and we mean high) intertwining a...
Read more »Diane von Furstenberg: She’s such a princess!
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Show notes at Diane von Furstenberg’s afternoon show at the tents on Sunday opened this way, “Some fairy tales end with the girl marrying the prince…some start there.” What happens next? The princess (who has the heart of a Gypsy, by the way) travels from Rome to Marrakech and in fairy tale fashion, ends up, “far from the palace now…she is the woman she wants to be.”
First off, anyone who...
Read more »Diane von Furstenberg: Puzzle solved
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Invitations to Diane von Furstenberg’s packed house at the tents on Sunday afternoon featured puzzle pieces. Her excellent runway show, a bit more scaled back than usual in the bells-and-whistles department, provided answers.
The puzzle? Age-old. What do women really want to wear?
For von Furstenberg and her three season creative director, Yvan Mispelaere, and we’re thinking a whole...
Read more »Red-hot start to Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week
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It was all about being in the red – a good thing – as Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week revved up on Wednesday night at The Heart Truth’s Red Dress Collection fashion show at the Hammerstein Ballroom. Here, celebs, clad, natch, in red designer dresses worked the runway for a wildly appreciative crowd to create awareness about women’s heart health. Models included “The Millionaire Matchmaker” Patti Stanger...
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