Autumn/Winter 2012 Ready-To-Wear: Diane von Furstenberg

Entitled ‘Rendezvous,’ Diane von Furstenberg explained backstage that her Autumn/Winter Collection for 2012 is,

“about loving to be a woman. It’s about seduction. It is bold. It is daring. It is strong, but it has humor. It’s all about liking your body, and at the same time with big coats, so it’s the yin and the yang.”

Thus, the result was a collection full of subtle sultriness, pencil skirts, DvF’s signature [Read more...]

Backstage at New York Fashion Week FW12: Diane von Furstenberg

Diane von Furstenberg is the epitome of trendy grace and eloquent style.

I adore her and this season is no different.

Von Furstenberg’s Fall/Winter 2012 collection was meant to be seductive, bold and daring. [Read more...]

Pre-Fall 2012: Diane von Furstenberg

Fashion Queen Diane von Furstenberg named her pre-Fall collection ‘Macadam Diva.’ [Read more...]

Fragrance & Wisdom: Diane von Furstenberg Launches ‘Diane’

Diane von Furstenberg: style, success, fame and staying power.

From marrying a prince once upon a time, to being one of the world’s most iconic designers, Furstenberg added another facet to her lengthy portfolio in 2011 by coming out with a fragrance.

Designed over the course of two years to capture her timeless style, it is the infusion of her world in a bottle.

‘Diane,’ the fragrance, which bears the name she was born with, is bright, glamorous and magnetic.

One of my favourite quotes that Furstenberg ever said, was taken out of a Harper’s Bazaar article written about her in March 2011, DVF Up Close: Chuck Close Portrait of Diane Von Furstenberg .

“Beauty is perfect in its imperfections, so you just have to go with the imperfections.”

- Diane von Furstenberg

I spent a long time [Read more...]

NYFW Fashion’s Night Out 2011: Mulberry, A|X, L’Occitane, DvF, Vera Wang etc.

As a way to kick start the economy by encouraging people to start shopping and spending money again in 2009, Fashion’s Night Out has become a contemporary fashion tradition.

Co-hosted by Vogue, its sister publications and taking place in 27 cities around the United States and 15 countries around the world, 2011 marked the first time many of the events were live streamed on the Internet as well as having products available online. [Read more...]

{iStyle} NYFW SS ’11: Day 01, Day 02 and the Weekend Round-Up

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Sheer. Neutral. Silky.

Those are the trends we’re seeing for Spring 2011 alongside the return of chunky heels, and bootie, open-toed (or even gladiator-inspired) stilettos.

A few highlights below… [Read more...]

WE THE PEOPLE: Designer Rights Make Debut at New York Fashion Week 2010

By: Kelly Ahern, guest blogger

As their newest creations emerge along the runways during New York’s Spring/Summer 2011 Fashion Week, the fight for designer’s intellectual property rights is underway.

With the induction of the Fordham Law’s, Fashion Law Institute, legendary designer Diane von Furstenberg was on site, commending this new opportunity available to surfacing designers who need to protect their ideas and pieces.

According to a post from AFP, [Read more...]

{iStyle Home} Fashion: There’s More Than Just the Clothes!

By: Julia Rachlin, guest blogger

We greatly anticipate Fashion Week each season knowing that we’ll get to see a bit more into the thoughts and inspirations of our favorite designers, the well-established darling as well as the next up-and-coming star. But this year, with the excitement sure to come with the approach of this September’s Spring 2012 Collections, the fashion world has another reason to be giddy. We are going to be allowed to explore and see into another area of these designers’ worlds – their homes.

Through a collaboration with the Council of Fashion Designers of America, Assouline is publishing “American Fashion Designers at Home,” a coffee-table book filled with luxurious images of homes of more than 100 American designers. We’ll get a peek into how Ralph Lauren, Donna Karen, Diane von Furstenberg, Carolina Herrara and scores more style [Read more...]

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