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‘Diane von Furstenberg: Woman in Charge’ Review: A Fashion Revolutionary Framed by a Straightforward Documentary
Tribeca's opening night gala, 'Diane von Furstenberg: Woman in Charge,' coming to Hulu on June 25, explores an icon through a scrap-book aesthetic.
The story of an iconic 20th-century fashionista, it takes the form of a traditional talking-head documentary while exploring its eponymous subject: the Belgian designer and princess best known for bringing the wrap dress to prominence in the early 1970s. It’s quick to employ old photographs, which shimmy into frame backed by colorful designs until the screen resembles a fashion magazine — or a DIY scrapbook cut up from the glossy pages of one — but this ends up being a one-size-fits-all approach, no matter the lightness or seriousness of the topic at hand. It settles, quite quickly, into a rote rhythm of interviews with friends, family members, fashion experts and the occasional celebrity, like Oprah Winfrey or Hillary Clinton, who have little connection to von Furstenberg, but show up because they boast their own cultural cachet as women in the media spotlight.
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