Hardback: In The Woman I Wanted To Be (2014), Diane von Furstenberg reflects with signature candour on the extraordinary journey of her life, in a story certain to inspire optimism and confidence in readers of all ages.
After exploring her roots in Belgium as the daughter of a Holocaust survivor, she recounts her glamorous travels across Europe as a young, jet-set princess and evokes the freedom of '70s era New York, from Fifth Avenue to Studio 54.
She tells of adventures in Bali and Paris, finding peace in Connecticut, and all that she learned about love, beauty and ageing along the way.
She also revisits the three phases of her business life: living The American Dream as a fashion tycoon in the '70s, re-emerging after several setbacks as The Comeback Kid in the '90s and finally, the phase she living as she writes, The New Era, in which she works to cement her professional and philanthropic efforts into a lasting legacy.
Reading The Woman I Wanted To Be is like having an intimate conversation with a modern-day muse who is generous with her wisdom and humour.
What emerges is a bold and honest portrait of a woman who was determined to carve an identity of her own and, having achieved that goal, is empowering others to do the same.
About the author: Diane von Furstenberg first entered the fashion world in 1972 with a suitcase full of jersey dresses. Two years later, she created the wrap dress, which came to symbolize power and independence for an entire generation of women.
By 1976, she had sold more than a million of the dresses and was featured on the cover of Newsweek. After a hiatus from fashion, Diane relaunched the iconic dress that started it all in 1997, reestablishing her company as the global luxury lifestyle brand that it is today. DVF is now sold in over fifty-five countries.
In 2005, Diane received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA) for her impact on fashion, and one year later was elected the CFDA's president, an office she continues to hold. Director of the Diller-von Furstenberg Family Foundation, she is an active philanthropist and supporter of emerging women leaders and social entrepreneurs.
In 2012, Diane was named the most powerful woman in fashion by Forbes magazine.
As of 2014, she is listed as the sixty-eighth most powerful woman in the world by Forbes and her company has eighty-five stores worldwide.
She is also the author of Diane: A Signature Life (2009) and Diane von Furstenberg's Book of Beauty: How to Become a More Attractive, Confident, and Sensual Woman (1979).
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