Diane von Furstenberg

Designer

1946-12-31

Books by Diane von Furstenberg

The fashion designer survival guide
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Diane von Furstenberg's Book of beauty
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The woman I wanted to be
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Quotes by Diane von Furstenberg

I've never met a woman who is not strong, but sometimes they don't let it out. Then there's a tragedy, and then all of a sudden that strength comes. My message is let the strength come out before the tragedy.
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Character. Intelligence. Strength. Style. That makes beauty.
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Now is the time to become a myth.
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You're always with yourself, so you might as well enjoy the company.
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The most important relationship in your life is the relationship you have with yourself. Because no matter what happens, you will always be with yourself.
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When a woman becomes her own best friend life is easier.
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Character. Intelligence. Strength. Style. That makes beauty.
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The most important relationship in your life is the relationship you have with yourself. Because no matter what happens, you will always be with yourself.
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When a woman becomes her own best friend life is easier.
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Now is the time to become a myth.
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You're always with yourself, so you might as well enjoy the company.
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I've never met a woman who is not strong, but sometimes they don't let it out. Then there's a tragedy, and then all of a sudden that strength comes. My message is let the strength come out before the tragedy.
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I travel in so many different ways; I travel high, I rough it... it all depends on who I travel with.
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What I think I sell with my clothes is confidence, so hopefully all my dresses, my accessories, are friends to the women. When you open the closet, and your eyes are swollen, and you don't like the way you look, you go to your friends.
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Animals come from nature. They were not designed. All my inspiration comes from nature, whether it's an animal or the layout of bark or of a leaf. Sometimes my patterns are very bold, and you can barely see where they come from, but all the textures and all the prints come out of nature.
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I am a traveler. I am a nomad. I rarely sleep in the same bed more than three or four nights. And I know hotel life better than anyone.
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Harbour Island in the Bahamas is beautiful, with turquoise water and pink sand.
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A challenging economy is always good for design. It unites necessity and functionality. You are forced to be creative with poor materials.
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My mother said that we're so lucky to be women. It's not that men are weak. Men are men. We're two completely different animals.
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Eighteen months before I was born, my mother was in Auschwitz. She weighed 49 pounds. She always told me that God saved her so she could give me life. I was born out of nothing.
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