Diane Von Fustenberg Research Paper

Diane von Furstenberg is known as many things. A daughter, a mother, a fashion designer, the list goes on and on, but most importantly she is a pioneer for women. In 1972, she turned the fashion world around with her signature wrap dress that changed women’s fashion forever. Today, she runs a fashion powerhouse that in many ways wasn’t supposed to exist. To discover the woman that Diane von Furstenberg is today, we must first tell the story of her mother. She was a prisoner of war in Germany during the Second World War. She lived there for fourteen months, and when she finally got out she weighed at a staggering forty-nine pounds. After being told for two and half years that she could never have children, she had her miracle child. Diane says that her mother’s story made her the woman she is today. Diane once told Ashley and Mary Kate Olsen, “The only thing [my mother] told me was that fear is not an option-and the other is that you have to be your best friend.” From early on she knew the type of woman she wanted to be: independent, decisive, and strong. Diane was studying economics at the University of Geneva, when she met Prince Egon von Furstenberg. It was a fast romance, they quickly became engaged
Her iconic jersey wrap dresses are still produced today, and still have the popularity that they did in the 70’s. Without the innovative style created by Diane von Furstenberg the women’s fashion industry would not have grown into the empire that it is today. Her designs not only re-created feminism for women in fashion, she also showed women how they could overcome the conservative societal perception of women at that time. Her simple wrap dress created an hourglass silhouette that many women began to desire. Diane has an unparalleled compassion for woman, which is easily seen in her designs. She wants women to love themselves first, and love what their wearing