Diane von Furstenberg (44 page)

216
     
“was around”:
Kathy Landau to the author, August 7, 2013.

216
     
“Welcome to my bathroom”:
Dan Shaw, “The Night; Not Home Alone,”
New York Times,
September 5, 1993.

219
     
“It’s cancer” and following:
TVF to the author, June 15, 2013.

220
     
“I have these moments”:
Bianca Kermorvant to the author, September, 2011.

220
     
“As I walked”:
Von Furstenberg,
Diane,
p. 222.

221
     
“My mom was never”:
TVF to the author, June 15, 2013.

221
     
“Powerful,”
Suzy Menkes, “Lacroix Explores Limits of Ready-to-Wear,”
International Herald Tribune,
March 7, 1994.

221
     
“Perhaps the most celebrated”:
Michael Specter, “The Fantasist: How John Galliano Reimagined Fashion”
New Yorker,
September 22, 2003.

222
     
“the most uncomfortable”:
Von Furstenberg,
Diane,
p. 223.

222
     
“Diane got the dress”:
André Leon Talley to the author, December 4, 2013.

222
     
“He intensely”:
TVF to the author, June 15, 2013.

222
     
“soul mate,”
Bernard Weinraub, “What’s Driving Diller to Play for Paramount,”
New York Times,
September 22, 1993.

The Comeback

225
     
“to honor,” Diane,
p. 237

225
     
“reflects my desire”:
“Diane von Furstenberg Names Three VPs, Board of Advisors,”
WWD,
August 22, 1995.

226
     
“seemed like”:
AVF to the author, June 14, 2013.

226
     
“Everyone told her”:
Kathy Landau to the author, August 7, 2013.

227
     
“had saved my life” and following:
DVF to the author, October 2, 2014.

227
     
“I’d spy on her” and following,
DVF to the author, October 2, 2014

228
     
“resilience is bred”:
Ruth La Ferla, “The Designer Tries on Another Image,”
New York Times,
November 1, 1998.

228
     
“Most people would”:
Sue Feinberg to the author, October 2, 2014.

228
     
“I’m not dead yet,”
Diane von Furstenberg,
Diane: A Signature Life
(New York: Simon & Schuster, 2009), p. 22.

229
     
“I was going down”:
Rose Marie Bravo to the author, November 1, 2010.

230
     
“You have to know”:
Charles Scribner III, quoted in “The Glamour Girls Guide to Life” by Monique Yazigi,
New York Times,
April 5, 1998.

230
     
“I found some”:
DVF to the author, August 1, 2014.

230
     
“A certain Mr. Lam” and following:
Diane von Furstenberg with Linda Bird Francke,
The Woman I Wanted to Be
(New York: Simon & Schuster, 2014), pp. 184–85.

231
     
“She got the idea”:
Kathy Landau to the author, August 7, 2013.

231
     
“Diane was a little nervous”:
Alexandra von Furstenberg to the author, June 14, 2013.

231
     
“He stared at me”: WWD,
August 22, 1997.

231
     
“wanted to roll out” and following:
Kathy Landau to the author. August 7, 2013.

232
     
“the winding cloth” and following:
Herbert Muschamp, “Liberty, Equality, Sorority,”
New York Times,
April 3, 1998.

232
     
“It’s great to be back”, Diane,
p. 20.

233
     
“were probably”:
Barry Diller to the author, July 15, 2013.

233
     
“They feel small”:
Julie L. Belcove, “Diane’s Wild Ride,”
WWD,
September 17, 1998.

233
     
“No one could compete” and following:
DVF to the author, July 31–August 1, 2014.

234
     “We were on the road”: Alexandra von Furstenberg to the author, June 14, 2013.

234
     
“The wrap dress” and following:
Stefani Greenfield to the author, January 21, 2014.

235
     
“was boringly repetitious”:
Anne-Marie Schiro, “The Rewards of Keeping Faith,” Review/Fashion,
New York Times,
November 5, 1997.

235
     
“This should be”:
Suzy Menkes, “A Wave of Femininity Sweeps In,”
International Herald Tribune,
November 5, 1997.

236
     
“Everyone was primed”:
“New York Get Moving,”
WWD,
November 4, 1997.

236
     
“You can’t go from”:
Landau to the author, August 7, 2013

236
     
“make a major marriage”:
Eric Wilson, “Von Furstenberg Seeking a Buyer for Dress Line,”
WWD,
October 20, 1998.

237
     
“deeply troubled” and following:
Constance C. R. White and Jennifer Steinhauer, “Fashion Relearns Its Darwin: Be Adaptable or Be Extinct,”
New York Times
, August 6, 1996.

238
     
“Tell everyone” and following:
Julie L. Belcove, “Diane’s Wild Ride,”
WWD,
September 17, 1998.

238
     
“When your identity”:
Kathy Landau to the author, August 7, 2013.

238
     
“I mean you swell”:
Julie L. Belcove, “Diane’s Wild Ride,”
WWD,
September 17, 1998.

239
     
“I didn’t have”:
DVF to the author, March 18, 2012.

239
     
“consummate image maker” and following:
Ruth La Ferla, “The Designer Tries On Another Image,”
New York Times
, November 1, 1998.

240
     
“Diane is wonderfully gifted”:
“Letter from the Editor,” Anna Wintour,
Vogue,
November 1998.

241
     
“Either Anna Wintour”:
anonymous to the author.

241
     
“bouts of superficiality”:
Michele Orecklin, review of
Diane: A Signature Life,
etc.
New York Times
, November 22, 1998.

241
     
“bathetic” and following:
Suzy Menkes, “The Charmed Lives and Free Spirit of Diane von Furstenberg: It’s a Wrap: The Image of an Era,”
International Herald Tribune,
December 1, 1998.

242
     
“Diane was so sensual” and following:
Catherine Malandrino to the author, February 17, 2011.

243
     
“looked very schizophrenic”:
Eric Wilson, “Falk’s DVF: Not Just a Wrap Star,”
WWD,
March 24, 1998.

243
     
“for the wired woman”:
Suzy Menkes, “American Designers Shoot for the Year 2000: A Comfort in Modernity,”
International Herald Tribune,
February 16, 1999.

243
     
“It’s an enormous,”:
Eric Wilson, “Fashion Shows: Industry Lifeblood or Dance of Death?,”
WWD
, September 10, 2001.

244
     
“wanted to pull” and following:
Barry Diller to the author, July 15, 2013.

244
     
“She had savings”:
AVF to the author, June 17, 2013.

244
     
“Give me six months”:
Von Furstenberg with Francke,
Woman I Wanted to Be,
p. 196.

244
     
“We tried to talk” and following:
Barry Diller to the author, July 15, 2013.

245
     
“a hit” and following:
“Anything Goes,” WWD, September 14, 1999.

245
     
“sexy variations”:
Cathy Horyn, “Boatloads of Stars, But Ideas Are Elsewhere,”
New York Times
, September 14, 1999.

245
     
“dramatic,”
Eric Wilson, “Old Names with New Games,”
WWD,
November 22, 1999.

246
     
“I knew I had”:
DVF to the author, October 2, 2014.

246
     
“She made it easy”:
Kathy Landau to the author, August 7, 2013.

246
     
“a tendency to hide”:
Stephanie Rosenbloom, “Tightening Belts? She’s the Expert,”
New York Times,
July 18, 2009.

247
     “You
blew that deal
”
and following:
anonymous to the author.

248
     
“caught the spirit”:
Suzy Menkes, “New York Fashion: A Fresh Look at Female Empowerment,”
International Herald Tribune,
September 19, 2000.

248
     
“Ms. von Furstenberg is not”:
Cathy Horyn, “Choosing a Destiny: Here-to-Stay or Here-to-Play,”
New York Times,
September 19, 2000.

249
     
“was still in love”:
Martin Muller to the author, September 27, 2013.

249
     
“had rested deeply” and following:
TVF in an email to the author, November 25, 2013.