The woman I wanted to be /
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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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY :
Simon & Schuster,
2014.
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| Edition: | First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition. |
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| 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. "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'"-- |
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| Physical Description: | 239 pages, 48 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm |
| ISBN: | 9781451651546 (hardcover) : 1451651546 (hardcover) |