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Diane Von Furstenberg On Wrinkles, Wrap Dresses & Barry Diller As Doc About Iconic Designer Opens Tribeca Festival


Diane von Furstenberg talked wrinkles, wrap dresses and Barry Diller as a world premiere doc on the iconic designer opened the Tribeca Festival.

Mirrors are a theme throughout the doc, directed by Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy and Trish Dalton, as the strikingly beautiful Belgian-born creative sets out to find success and independence. Big was marrying her boyfriend, German prince Egon von Furstenberg, after becoming pregnant, moving to New York, having two children in quick succession, started a company, designing the wrap dress in her 20s and becoming extremely wealthy. Emerging from a slump, Von Furstenberg went down-market on QVC, which Diller acquired, to relaunch her career, was immensely successful and back in business, ultimately making wrap dresses a staple again for a younger generation.

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