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First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition. |
| Description |
239 pages, 48 pages of unnumbered plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm |
| Summary |
The influential fashion designer and author of Diane: A Signature Life describes her pursuit of a creativity and independence, providing coverage of such topics as her childhood in Brussels, her struggles with cancer and her creation of a genre-defining dress design. |
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"Von Furstenberg reflects on her extraordinary life from childhood in Brussels to her days as a young, jet-set princess, to creating the dress that came to symbolize independence and power for an entire generation of women, ... [mining] the rich territory of what it means to be a woman. She opens up about her family and career, overcoming cancer, building a global brand, and devoting herself to empowering other women, writing, 'I want every woman to know that she can be the woman she wants to be'"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Contents |
The woman I am. Roots ; Love ; Beauty -- The business of fashion. The American dream ; The comeback kid ; The new era. |
| Subject |
Von Furstenberg, Diane.
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Women fashion designers -- United States -- Biography.
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Fashion designers -- United States -- Biography.
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Women philanthropists -- United States -- Biography.
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Cancer -- Patients -- United States -- Biography.
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Von Furstenberg, Diane -- Family.
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Women -- Identity.
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Artists, Architects, Photographers.
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / Fashion & Textile Industry.
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| ISBN |
9781451651546 (hardback) |
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1451651546 (hardback) |
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9781451651553 (pbk.) |
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1451651554 (pbk.) |
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