Diane von Furstenberg Quotes About Life, Love, and Her Wrap Dress |

"Attitude is everything."

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"Usually, the fairy tale ends with the girl marrying the prince. But mine started as soon as the marriage was over."

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"Confidence. If you have it, you can make anything look good."

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"Fashion can be this mysterious thing that you can't explain."

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"I've been working seriously in giving fashion a place that it deserves."

diane von furstenberg sits at her office desk, legs crossed and one hand resting on her face

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"I wanted to be an empowered woman, and I became an empowered woman. And now I want to empower every woman. And I do it through my clothes, I do it through my words, I do it through my money, I do it through everything."

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"I always wanted to be a femme fatale. Even when I was a young girl, I never really wanted to be a girl. I wanted to be a woman."

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"I had good legs, and I loved showing them off."

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"My best friend is me, and I take good care of me."

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"I don't like to talk about my dreams. I like to make them happen. I prefer to talk about them when they're done."

diane von furstenberg sits on top of her desk, a bouquet of roses next to her and pictures hanging on the wall behind her

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"Beauty is perfect in its imperfections. So you just have to go with the imperfections."

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"I was 26 when I invented the wrap dress. It was just a nothing little printed dress made out of a jersey, and before I know it, I lived an American Dream making more than 25,000 dresses a week."

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"I design for the woman who loves being a woman."

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"The most important relationship in your life is with yourself. Because no matter what happens you will always be yourself."

diane von furstenberg sits on a ledge by the water, in an off the shoulder shirt

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"I wanted to be an independent woman, a woman who could pay her bill, a woman who could run her own life—and I became that woman."

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"I travel light. I think the most important thing is to be in a good mood and enjoy life, wherever you are."

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"My favorite days are the ones where I deal only with my own team, design, marketing, working on the next accessories collection."

diane von furstenberg talks on the phone in her office, with a big board of pictures and papers on the wall behind her

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"I never knew what I wanted to do, but I knew the kind of woman I wanted to be."

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"The idea of being able to go into Studio 54 alone is what thrilled me the most: again, a man's life in a woman's body."

diane von furstenberg sits on a club couch with spotted stockings, two men on either side

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"I was lucky because I got so successful so early, and when you get successful early, then you can afford to be a little bit humble."

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Diane von Furstenberg Quotes About Life, Love, and Her Wrap Dress

"Attitude is everything."

"Usually, the fairy tale ends with the girl marrying the prince. But mine started as soon as the marriage was over."

"Confidence. If you have it, you can make anything look good."

"Fashion can be this mysterious thing that you can't explain."

"I've been working seriously in giving fashion a place that it deserves."

"I wanted to be an empowered woman, and I became an empowered woman. And now I want to empower every woman. And I do it through my clothes, I do it through my words, I do it through my money, I do it through everything."

"I always wanted to be a femme fatale. Even when I was a young girl, I never really wanted to be a girl. I wanted to be a woman."

"I had good legs, and I loved showing them off."

"My best friend is me, and I take good care of me."

"I don't like to talk about my dreams. I like to make them happen. I prefer to talk about them when they're done."

"Beauty is perfect in its imperfections. So you just have to go with the imperfections."

"I was 26 when I invented the wrap dress. It was just a nothing little printed dress made out of a jersey, and before I know it, I lived an American Dream making more than 25,000 dresses a week."

"I design for the woman who loves being a woman."

"The most important relationship in your life is with yourself. Because no matter what happens you will always be yourself."

"I wanted to be an independent woman, a woman who could pay her bill, a woman who could run her own life—and I became that woman."

"I travel light. I think the most important thing is to be in a good mood and enjoy life, wherever you are."

"My favorite days are the ones where I deal only with my own team, design, marketing, working on the next accessories collection."

"I never knew what I wanted to do, but I knew the kind of woman I wanted to be."

"The idea of being able to go into Studio 54 alone is what thrilled me the most: again, a man's life in a woman's body."

"I was lucky because I got so successful so early, and when you get successful early, then you can afford to be a little bit humble."

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