It’s not so easy to create a fashion piece and to become an icon. Diane Von Furstenberg, thanks to her wrap dress, succeeded in this challenge. The Belgian-American fashion designer, former princess and Studio 54’s star, with this jersey dress, taught women to be sexy and comfortable at the same time. She’s a true fashion icon, with an amazing story to tell. Are you ready to discover everything about Diane Von Furstenberg"
 
The Seventies: she created the legendary wrap dress
The world met Diane Von Furstenberg in 1969 when she married Prince Egon, heir of a noble Swiss family. But Diane, born in 1946 as Diane Simone Michelle Halfin, already has a great story to tell behind her shoulders. Her mother Lilian survived the Holocaust and she gave her birth after a few months she lived this terrible experience. Through the years, Diane would always credited her with teaching that: “Fear is not an option”.  

At 18 years old, when she was studying in Geneve, she met for the first time Prince Egon Von Furstenberg. Despite their engagement, she wanted to become a businesswoman. The fashion world opened to her his doors in Paris where she started to work for photographer Albert Koski, she learnt everything in Como, working as an apprentice in Angelo Ferretti’s factory.

In 1970, Diane and Egon moved to New York. The Von Furstenbergs soon became the golden couple of the Big Apple’s nightlife. They are the stars o...