“I was 26 when I invented the wrap dress. It was just a nothing little printed dress made out an jersey, and before I know it, I lived an American Dream making more than 25,000 dresses a week.” KnowsLittlesMadeDreamWeekDressesAmerican DreamWrapsJerseyPrinted Author:Diane von Furstenberg
“I’ve always been inspired by women, and my mission was to inspire women. I always wanted to become a certain kind of woman and I became that woman through fashion. It was a dialogue. I would see that the wrap dress made those women confident, and made them act with confidence.” KindMadeWantedCertainFashionInspireDressesInspiredMissionsDialogueWrapsInspire Women Author:Diane von Furstenberg
“The wrap dress is the most traditional form of dressing: It's like a robe, it's like a kimono, it's like a toga. It doesn't have buttons or zippers. What made it different was that it was jersey; therefore, it was close to the body and it was a print.” MadeDifferentBodyFormDressesTraditionalMade ItPrintButtonsDressingsWrapsJerseyRobesZippersTogasKimonos Author:Diane von Furstenberg
“I think to be a true style icon, you just have to dress yourself. There are so many actresses floating around who have people picking out their outfits for them; that's hard for me to wrap my head around or celebrate.” PeopleThinkingHardStyleDressesActressesCelebrateFloatingWrapsIconsOutfitsStyle Icons Author:Chloe Sevigny
“I had a very down-to-earth product, my wrap dress, which was really a uniform. It was just a simple little cotton-jersey dress that everybody loved and everybody wore. That one dress sold about 3 or 4 million. I would see 20, 30 dresses walking down one block. All sorts of different women. It felt very good. Young and old, and fat and thin, and poor and rich.” LittlesDifferentEarthYoungFeltSimplePoorMillionsRichProductsWalkingDressesVery GoodFatsBlockUniformsWrapsJerseyCottonDown To EarthYoung And Old Author:Diane von Furstenberg
“It's more than just a dress; it's a spirit. The wrap dress was an interesting cultural phenomenon, and one that has lasted 30 years. What is so special about it is that it's actually a very traditional form of clothing. It's like a toga, it's like a kimono, without buttons, without a zipper. What made my wrap dresses different is that they were made out of jersey and they sculpted the body.” YearsMadeDifferentBodyFormSpiritInterestingSpecialDressesTraditionalPhenomenonClothingsButtonsWrapsJerseyZippersTogasKimonos Author:Diane von Furstenberg
“Athena came to stand by her side. She reached out and ran a light touch over the read wrap. 'Nice dress." Grace frowned in disbelief. 'They're fighting to the death and you're admiring my clothes?' Athena laughed. 'Trust me, I pick my generals well. Priapus doesn't stand a chance.” WellsLightFightingSidesChanceGraceNiceClothesPicksDressesRanLaughedTrust MeWrapsDisbeliefAdmiringAthena Author:Sherrilyn Kenyon
“I love leather and I love lace, but not necessarily together. I'm probably happiest in a long black velvet dress, black suede boots, and some kind of really beautiful wrap than I am in anything else. I don't even own a pair of jeans.” KindLongTogetherBeautifulBlackDressesPairsBootsJeansWrapsLeatherVelvetLaceReally Beautiful Author:Stevie Nicks