Diane Von Furstenberg A Life Unwrapped Hardcover Book
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Item specifics
- Condition
- ISBN
- 9780062041227
- Book Title
- Diane Von Furstenberg : Alife Unwrapped
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Item Length
- 9 in
- Publication Year
- 2015
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Illustrator
- Yes
- Item Height
- 1 in
- Genre
- Health & Fitness, Biography & Autobiography
- Topic
- Diseases / Cancer, Rich & Famous, General
- Item Weight
- 18.7 Oz
- Item Width
- 6 in
- Number of Pages
- 320 Pages
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
HarperCollins
ISBN-10
0062041223
ISBN-13
9780062041227
eBay Product ID (ePID)
205680768
Product Key Features
Book Title
Diane Von Furstenberg : Alife Unwrapped
Number of Pages
320 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Diseases / Cancer, Rich & Famous, General
Publication Year
2015
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Health & Fitness, Biography & Autobiography
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1 in
Item Weight
18.7 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2015-451540
Reviews
Fascinating . . . examines the designer's rise to stardom from her postwar, European childhood to the personal scandals of her adulthood through a feminist lens., One of BUSTLE's "11 Women In Nonfiction Who Are Totally Killing It" "Diliberto captures Diane's determination in the early days to build a fashion brand and her great success striking the exact right note at the right moment with the creation of her modern wrap dress.", Diliberto's prose . . . sings . . . leaves the reader with a vivid sense of the beauty in question, in both the painter's version, and the lady's herself., "Fascinating." -- New York Times Sunday Book Review "Un-put-downable." -- Wall Street Journal One of BUSTLE's "11 Women In Nonfiction Who Are Totally Killing It" "Diliberto captures Diane's determination in the early days to build a fashion brand and her great success striking the exact right note at the right moment with the creation of her modern wrap dress." -- Providence Journal "A compelling portrait." -- Atlanta Journal-Constitution "Absorbing . . . an all-access pass into the life of this enterprising artist [and] a lively portrait of a bold and determined woman as colorful and alluring as her fashions." -- Chicago Tribune "Fast and engrossing...a fun and insightful read about both the woman and the larger fashion universe." -- Chicago Business Journal "A fresh look at DVF's life...as powerfully seductive as the designer's iconic wrap dress." -- DuJour "Fascinating . . . examines the designer's rise to stardom from her postwar, European childhood to the personal scandals of her adulthood through a feminist lens." -- Bustle "Diliberto's biography of a determined yet often self-destructive woman adds to the legacy this force for fashion and female autonomy has bequeathed to the world." -- Booklist "Explores the pulse and impulses of the designer." -- Daily Mail (London) "Thoroughly reported . . . rich with delicious details . . . a timely tale of a woman who knows what other women want: Everything." -- USA Today "Unwrap and enjoy." -- Library Journal "Fascinating....A detailed, grittier portrait of the woman Hemingway loved and left." -- Newsday on Paris without End "A bittersweet modern love story [that] reads as easily as a novel . . . their intimacy and candour was the raw material for Hemingway's great early short stories which achieved a powerful new realism about he relations between men and women." -- Vogue on Paris Without End "A fresh and incisive look at the first--and most intriguing--of [Hemingway's] four wives." -- The Boston Globe on Paris Without End "Diliberto's prose . . . sings . . . leaves the reader with a vivid sense of the beauty in question, in both the painter's version, and the lady's herself." -- San Francisco Chronicle on I Am Madame X "A complex and often incredibly fun portrait . . . Diliberto deftly highlights the heady social whirl of Paris . . . [A] handsomely imagined story." -- Los Angeles Times on I Am Madame X "Postwar Paris and the ruthlessly competitive atelier of Coco Chanel come to glamorously gritty life." -- Vogue on The Collection, A complex and often incredibly fun portrait . . . Diliberto deftly highlights the heady social whirl of Paris . . . [A] handsomely imagined story., Postwar Paris and the ruthlessly competitive atelier of Coco Chanel come to glamorously gritty life., Fast and engrossing...a fun and insightful read about both the woman and the larger fashion universe., Absorbing . . . an all-access pass into the life of this enterprising artist [and] a lively portrait of a bold and determined woman as colorful and alluring as her fashions., Thoroughly reported . . . rich with delicious details . . . a timely tale of a woman who knows what other women want: Everything., Diliberto's biography of a determined yet often self-destructive woman adds to the legacy this force for fashion and female autonomy has bequeathed to the world., A bittersweet modern love story [that] reads as easily as a novel . . . their intimacy and candour was the raw material for Hemingway's great early short stories which achieved a powerful new realism about he relations between men and women.
Dewey Edition
23
Dewey Decimal
746.9/2092 B
Synopsis
A sweeping biography of one of the most influential and controversial legends of late twentieth-century fashion, an iconic designer whose colorful creations, including the "wrap dress," captured the modern feminist spirit. The daughter of a Holocaust survivor and wife of an Austrian nobleman, Diane von Furstenberg burst onto New York's fashion scene in 1969, and within a few years became an international sensation with her colorful wrap dress in printed jersey. Embraced by millions of American women of all ages, sizes, and shapes, the dress became a cult object and symbol of women's liberation, tied inexorably to the image of youth, independence, and sex Diane herself projected. In this masterful biography, Gioia Diliberto brings Diane's extraordinary life into focus, from her post-World-War-II childhood in Belgium, through her rise to the top of the fashion world during the decadent seventies and glamorous go-go eighties, to her humiliating failures both professional and personal, and her remarkable comeback in the nineties. Like Coco Chanel, Diane has always been her own best advertisement. Morphing from a frizzy brunette outsider in a sea of sleek blondes to a stunning pop cultural icon, she embodied the brand she created--"the DVF woman," a model of self-sufficiency, sensuality, and confidence. Diliberto's captivating, balanced portrait, based on scores of interviews with Diane's family, friends, lovers, employees, and the designer herself, explores von Furstenberg's relationships with her husbands and lovers, and illuminates fashion's evolution from rare luxury to marketing monster and the development of a uniquely American style. Lively and insightful, the book also explores the larger world of the nation's elite, where fashion, culture, society, politics, and Hollywood collide. Diane von Furstenberg is a modern fable of self-invention, fame, wealth, failure, and success that mirrors late-twentieth century America itself., A sweeping biography of one of the most influential and controversial legends of late twentieth-century fashion, an iconic designer whose colorful creations, including the "wrap dress," captured the modern feminist spirit. The daughter of a Holocaust survivor and wife of an Austrian nobleman, Diane von Furstenberg burst onto New York's fashion scene in 1969, and within a few years became an international sensation with her colorful wrap dress in printed jersey. Embraced by millions of American women of all ages, sizes, and shapes, the dress became a cult object and symbol of women's liberation, tied inexorably to the image of youth, independence, and sex Diane herself projected. In this masterful biography, Gioia Diliberto brings Diane's extraordinary life into focus, from her post-World-War-II childhood in Belgium, through her rise to the top of the fashion world during the decadent seventies and glamorous go-go eighties, to her humiliating failures both professional and personal, and her remarkable comeback in the nineties. Like Coco Chanel, Diane has always been her own best advertisement. Morphing from a frizzy brunette outsider in a sea of sleek blondes to a stunning pop cultural icon, she embodied the brand she created-"the DVF woman," a model of self-sufficiency, sensuality, and confidence. Diliberto's captivating, balanced portrait, based on scores of interviews with Diane's family, friends, lovers, employees, and the designer herself, explores von Furstenberg's relationships with her husbands and lovers, and illuminates fashion's evolution from rare luxury to marketing monster and the development of a uniquely American style. Lively and insightful, the book also explores the larger world of the nation's elite, where fashion, culture, society, politics, and Hollywood collide. Diane von Furstenberg is a modern fable of self-invention, fame, wealth, failure, and success that mirrors late-twentieth century America itself.
LC Classification Number
TT505.V66D55 2015
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- v***o (1248)- Feedback left by buyer.Past 6 monthsVerified purchaseThe skirt was perfect! Thank you for the beautiful skirt, great pricing and fast shipping - all served up with great communication and terrific customer service! A+++++++++Chadwicks women's size 10 100% wool black skirt lined (#146073440341)
- c***r (1620)- Feedback left by buyer.Past 6 monthsVerified purchaseReceived better than described, well packaged, pleasure to deal with. Thanks!The Timeless Swing by Tom. Watson (2011, Hardcover) (#145962774868)