Diane von Fürstenberg is a Belgian-American fashion designer best known for her wrap dress designs that became popular in the 1970s. She was born Diane Simone Michelle Halfin on December 31, 1946, in Brussels, Belgium. Her father was a wealthy industrialist and her mother was a Holocaust survivor.
She studied economics at the Institut Le Rosey in Switzerland and later at the University of Geneva. She then moved to Paris to study fashion at the Chambre Syndicale de la Haute Couture. After her studies, she worked as an assistant to several famous fashion designers such as Cristóbal Balenciaga and was a model for several famous photographers.
In 1970, Diane married Prince Egon von Fürstenberg and became Princess Diane von Fürstenberg. She moved to New York City and launched her first collection of wrap dresses, which quickly became popular and synonymous with the empowered and confident women of the 1970s more...
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