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2:33 PM PDT, October 18, 2024
Pack it up! When Diane von Fürstenberg gets dressed, a elemental mantra guides her. The Brussels, Belgium native, 77, told ET her tips for nailing a chic look portion celebrating the opening of the Diane von Fürstenberg: Woman Before Fashion exhibition astatine the Skirball Cultural Center successful Los Angeles, California.
"I've ever referred to the motto la petite valise portion designing my collections and curating my ain wardrobe. The gallic phrase, which translates to the small suitcase, is simply a awesome of dressing for easiness and practicality; 2 factors I've ever recovered imperative erstwhile creating the cleanable outfit. If you cognize however to pack, you cognize however to live," she explained.
"The instauration of a woman’s closet should beryllium applicable staple pieces that ne'er spell retired of style. Once you person your go-to classics, you tin weave successful connection pieces done bold colors, fabrics and silhouettes to coincide with each season. … It's a elemental mode to adhd a small other to immoderate day-to-day look," she added.
An implicit must-have? The designer’s beloved wrapper dress, which has been worn by A-listers including Cindy Crawford, Madonna, Zoe Saldana, Kate Hudson, Paris Hilton, Sarah Jessica Parker, Kendall Jenner and more.
“While the designs and silhouettes person shifted passim the years to support up with the ever-changing trends, the halfway values of the DVF marque person ever remained the same. We've kept our iconic designs, specified arsenic the wrapper dress, but person recovered ways to elevate the styles to support current," the philanthropist noted.
von Fürstenberg is adjacent influenced by her brand’s wearers erstwhile creating pieces.
"The Woman Before Fashion rubric of the accumulation explains it all. … DVF pieces are designed with the women wearing and surviving successful them, archetypal and foremost. … I perpetually find myself inspired by the unthinkable women astir me, which I past incorporated into my designs," she said.
"With each plan determination I make, whether it beryllium fabrics, colors oregon silhouettes, I anticipation to make iconic looks that animate women to consciousness assured and free. … My designs are ever astir freedom, which tin beryllium seen wrong the looks showcased passim the Woman Before Fashion exhibition."
Visit the multidisciplinary exhibition from present done Aug. 31, 2025.
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