Diane Von Furstenberg: Woman Before Fashion

Diane Von Furstenberg's iconic wrap dress,created fifty years ago,is a symbol of personal expression and self-empowerment for women. This book pays tribute to her creative vision and feminist philosophy, featuring photographs, essays, and anecdotes from collaborators.

Format: Hardback
Length: 208 pages
Publication date: 26 September 2023
Publisher: Rizzoli International Publications

In 1972, Diane von Furstenberg created a chic and universally flattering ready-to-wear jersey wrap dress that launched her career and would forever change the landscape of women's fashion.

Since then, DVF, the woman and the brand, have created designs that empower and promote a woman's sense of self, weaving feminism and activism into the brand's DNA.

This visually vibrant tome, which accompanies an exhibition held in von Furstenberg's hometown of Brussels, features nostalgic and contemporary photographs of her journey as a designer.

Printed with three different luxe paper stocks with varying inserts within each chapters, features beautiful graphic fabrics flooding each page, alongside images of the wrap dress worn by von Furstenberg and models Jerry Hall, Naomi Campbell, and Cindy Crawford.

Original essays discuss the intersection of Von Furstenberg and her designs with feminism, gender politics, and entrepreneurship, with personal anecdotes from collaborators like model Karlie Kloss and entrepreneur Stefani Greenfield.

Unique and contemporary, this is a story of the inimitable designer, her brand, and the significant role of a single dress that continues to inspire generations of women.

Weight: 1082g
Dimension: 286 x 223 x 17 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780847873111