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Diane von Fürstenberg: Woman in Charge review – hedonist fashion-biz phenom has tales to tell
Inventor of the wrap dress, sexual adventurer and a legendary celebrity – this amusing, affectionate doc is a tribute to someone with lots to say
Diane von Fürstenberg is the designer, entrepreneur, former Olympic-level hedonist and Studio 54 habitué, who once (separately) got it on with Warren Beatty and Ryan O’Neal over the same weekend but airily turned down a threesome with Mick Jagger and David Bowie. Wittily, the film shows a clip of Cybill Shepherd’s character wearing a Von Fürstenberg wrap dress in Taxi Driver in a scene with Robert De Niro’s Travis Bickle. Von Fürstenberg hit difficulties when the wrap dress market became saturated, though with great resourcefulness she used direct selling on the QVC shopping channel, ignoring the snobs and making millions.
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