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Fashion designer

Diane von Furstenberg, born on December 31, 1946, is a renowned fashion designer. She is best known for her iconic wrap dress, which became a symbol of women's fashion in the 1970s. von Furstenberg's influence in the fashion industry continues to this day, with her brand representing elegance, feminine power, and a commitment to social justice and women's empowerment.

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Famous Diane von Furstenberg Quotes

“I am not allowed to be afraid. My mother made me like that. As a child, if I was afraid of the dark, she would lock me in the closet. Things like this. And she would talk about the time she spent in the concentration camp, but not about being afraid, only about the good side of it.”

Ifs Children Made Mother Sides Dark Concentration Camps Locks Closets Being Afraid Concentration Camp

Author:Diane von Furstenberg

“I've always liked wrinkles. When I was a young girl, I used to make lines on my face with my nails because I loved Jeanne Moreau. I always wanted to be older; I always added years to my life. For the longest time, if people thought I was older I would take it as a compliment.”

People Ifs Years Wanted Faces Young Used Girl Lines Compliment Nails Wrinkles

Author:Diane von Furstenberg

“If you like trekking, go to the Himalayas or Peru. I love those kinds of trips. But it all depends on your own life and what you like and what you expect.”

Ifs Kind Depends Travel Trekking Peru Himalayas

Author:Diane von Furstenberg

“When I was a little girl, if I didn't eat my soup, my mother would say, 'You have to think of all the Chinese children who have nothing to eat.' But now, for my children, Chinese people make everything, and for my grandchildren, they buy everything.”

People Ifs Thinking Children Littles Mother Girl Chinese My Children Soup Grandchildren My Grandchildren

Author:Diane von Furstenberg

“There's design and there's art. Good design is total harmony. There's no better designer than nature - if you look at a branch or a leaf, it's perfect. It's all function. Art is different. It's about emotion. It's about suffering and beauty - but mostly suffering!”

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Author:Diane von Furstenberg

“It's important to leave your face without makeup for a while after waking up...Let your skin breathe a while before applying your makeup, even if it means waking up a bit earlier.”

Ifs Mean Important Faces Bits Skins Wake Up Breathe Makeup Your Face Waking Without Makeup

Author:Diane von Furstenberg

“Even if your skin is perfect, even if it's glowing and beautiful, electric lights defeat you. They deaden the complexion, make it look drab. They rob you of color...In the evening, you just can't play the natural kid bit, that fresh-scrubbed look.”

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Author:Diane von Furstenberg

“If you're not sure what to wear, if you don't know how everyone else is going to be, then just be at your most beautiful.”

Ifs Knows Beautiful Know How Not Sure

Book:Diane Von Furstenberg's Book of Beauty: How to Become a More Attractive, Confident, and Sensual Woman

Source: Diane Von Furstenberg's Book of Beauty: How to Become a More Attractive, Confident, and Sensual Woman

“If you're short, don't wear extremely high heels. After a certain age, you shouldn't wear little girls' clothes. That's going against your nature.”

Ifs Littles Age Certain Girl Clothes Heels High Heels

Book:Diane Von Furstenberg's Book of Beauty: How to Become a More Attractive, Confident, and Sensual Woman

Source: Diane Von Furstenberg's Book of Beauty: How to Become a More Attractive, Confident, and Sensual Woman

“If you're a little hippy and full-bosomed, don't try to remake yourself in the image of a skinny fashion model. It won't work. You can trim down your hips. You should always concentrate on special movements to keep your breasts firm and lifted and young. Hippy and bosomy can be very nice, very desirable. Accept it.”

Source: Diane Von Furstenberg's Book of Beauty: How to Become a More Attractive, Confident, and Sensual Woman

“If you're trying to lose weight, you just have to eat less. I mean that.”

Ifs Trying Mean Loses Weight Lose Weight

Book:Diane Von Furstenberg's Book of Beauty: How to Become a More Attractive, Confident, and Sensual Woman

Source: Diane Von Furstenberg's Book of Beauty: How to Become a More Attractive, Confident, and Sensual Woman

“It's like learning to fall properly. If you can manage not to tighten up you won't hurt yourself as much. The same theory applies to your day, physically and emotionally. The tensions simply can't take hold.”

Ifs Fall Hurt Theory Manage Tension

Book:Diane Von Furstenberg's Book of Beauty: How to Become a More Attractive, Confident, and Sensual Woman

Source: Diane Von Furstenberg's Book of Beauty: How to Become a More Attractive, Confident, and Sensual Woman

“If you are trying to slip out without waking a sleeping man, zips are a nightmare. Haven't you ever tried to creep out of the room unnoticed the following morning? I've done that many times.”

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Author:Diane von Furstenberg

“Clarity is the most important thing. I can compare clarity to pruning in gardening. You know, you need to be clear. If you are not clear, nothing is going to happen. You have to be clear. Then you have to be confident about your vision. And after that, you just have to put a lot of work in.”

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Author:Diane von Furstenberg

“If there is one rule for dressing, for fashion, it’s pretty much the same rule as for everything else in life: Don’t go against yourself, don’t go against your own nature. It’s only going to show.”

Ifs Shows Fashion Dressings

Book:Diane Von Furstenberg's Book of Beauty: How to Become a More Attractive, Confident, and Sensual Woman

Source: Diane Von Furstenberg's Book of Beauty: How to Become a More Attractive, Confident, and Sensual Woman

“The other day I went to a school in Harlem to talk to some 7th graders [12-year-olds] and I said, ‘If I have to give you some advice, the most important thing is: the sooner you become your own best friend, the better your life will be,’”

Ifs Giving Years Said Important School Advice Important Things Harlem

Author:Diane von Furstenberg

“I can honestly say that I understand women very well. If you understand yourself, you understand women, because, in the end, all women are the same.”

Ifs Wells I Can Ends Honestly

Author:Diane von Furstenberg

“All women are strong. My mother survived Auschwitz, and fear wasn't an option when we were growing up. If we were afraid of the dark, we were put into the closet until we weren't.”

Ifs Mother Strong Dark Growing Up Growing Survival Survived Closets Auschwitz

Author:Diane von Furstenberg

“If you're a good person, the goodness will continue through your descendants.”

Ifs Persons Goodness Good Person Descendants

Author:Diane von Furstenberg

“If you pay attention, everyone is a novel. The most boring person, if you sit down and really listen, is someone interesting.”

Ifs Persons Interesting Pay Attention Novel Down And Boring Pay Attention Boring Person

Author:Diane von Furstenberg

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

Author:Diane von Furstenberg

About the Author

Born: December 31, 1946
Known for: Fashion designer
Quotes: 189

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