Diane von Furstenberg (40 page)

81
     
“The buyer for” and following:
Ibid.

82
     
“seemed so old”
: DVF to the author, October 28, 2010.

82
     
“Henry would say”:
Richard Conrad to the author, May 22, 2010.

83
     
“I wore them”:
Ibid., February 9, 2013.

83
     
“He took me”:
Ibid.

83
     
“I’m making beautiful”:
DVF to Richard Conrad, undated, private collection.

83
     
“We put together” and following:
Richard Conrad to the author, May 22, 2010.

84
     
“a place of Dreiserian” and following:
Bill Blass,
Bare Blass
(New York:, HarperCollins, 2002), pp. 19–20.

85
     
“grateful,”
Ibid., p. 20.

87
     
“had been completely” and following:
Stephen Burrows to the author, March 17, 2011.

No Zip, No Buttons

90
     
“all you need”:
Lillian Ross, “The Millionaire,”
New Yorker,
January 7, 1950.

90
     
“beehives” and following:
Guy Trebay, “Needle and Thread Still Have a Home,”
New York Times,
April 29, 2010.

91
     
“create some buzz”
: Richard Conrad to the author, June 9, 2010.

91
     
“That woman stayed”:
Kathy van Ness to the author, August 27, 2013.

92
     
“but we didn’t have”:
Conrad to author, May 22, 2010.

92
     
“Oh, that’s good”:
Sue Feinberg to the author, November 1, 2010.

92
     
“she’d have a famous”:
DVF to the author, August 1, 2014.

93
     
“When you’re young”:
DVF to the author, August 1, 2014.

93
     
“I had a lot of things”:
Feinberg to the author.

94
     
“Diane’s greatest talent”:
DeBare Saunders to the author, August 27, 2014.

94
     
“Diane would arrive”:
Conrad to author, February 9, 2013.

94
     
“that took the color”:
Feinberg to author, October 2, 2014.

94
     
“It felt like cashmere”
: Conrad to the author, June 9, 2010.

95
     
“I’m very worried”:
DVF to Richard Conrad, July 1972, private collection.

95
     
“It had dolman sleeves”:
DVF to the author, September 12, 2014.

95
     
“with no zip, no buttons”
: EVF quoted in DVF to Richard Conrad, July 1972., private collection.

95
     
“because they itched” and following:
Conrad to the author, February 9, 2013.

97
     
“but when I saw the photo”:
DVF in an email to the author, January 19, 2014.

97
     
“since men’s bodies”:
Gloria Steinem,
Revolution from Within: A Book of Self-Esteem
(New York: Little Brown, 1992), p. 218.

98
     
“excitement” and following:
“The Globetrotters,”
WWD
, November 2, 1972.

99
     
“a silk jersey”:
Conrad to author, May 22, 2010.

99
     
“not for Liz Claiborne”
: Feinberg to author, November 1, 2010.

99
     
“could have done without”:
“Globe Trotters,”
WWD,
November 2, 1972.

99
     
“I told Ferretti”:
Conrad to the author, June 9, 2010.

99
     
“Egon encouraged me”:
DVF to the author, July 31, 2014.

100
     
“You always push others”:
Lee Wohlfert-Wihlborg, “The Original von Furstenberg, Egon,Wakes Up to His Own Potential,”
People,
December 21, 1981.

100
     
“She was so much smarter”:
Francke,
Newsweek,
March 22, 1976.

100
     
“made a strong” and following:
“Now: Fall in New York,”
WWD
, May 23, 1973.

101
     
“I was just trying”:
DVF to the author, July 31, 2014.

101
     
“Egon had a lot”:
Ibid., March 18, 2012.

101
     
“Diane came to me” and following:
Fran Boyar to the author, May 24, 2011.

101
     
“wasn’t special”:
DVF to the author, February 3, 2012.

102
     
“You just live once” and following:
Linda Bird Francke, “The Couple That Has Everything. Is Everything Enough?”
New York,
February 5, 1973.

102
     
“Our sex life”:
DVF to the author, July 31, 2014.

102
     
“You destroyed my marriage” and following:
Linda Bird Francke to the author, September 17, 2014.

103
     
“Egon was more upset”:
DVF to the author, July 31, 2014.

103
     
“She said, ‘Egon’s leaving’” and following:
Conrad to the author, February 9, 2013.

104
     
“Either you give me” and following:
Diane von Furstenberg,
Diane: A Signature Life
(New York: Simon & Schuster), p. 195.

104
     
“We shared a lawyer”:
DVF to the author, October 2, 2014.

104
     
“He still came over”:
Ibid., July 31, 2014.

104
     
“Do you love me?”
Wolfert-Wihlborg, “Original von Furstenberg.”

The Wrap

106
     
“I knew we could”:
Richard Conrad to the author, May 22, 2010.

106
     
“Let’s make it”:
Sue Feinberg to the author, October 2, 2014.

106
     
“his mother called”:
DVF to the author, October 2, 2014.

107
     
“testing and trying” and following:
Ibid., September 12, 2014.

107
     
“It was nothing really”:
Diane von Furstenberg,
Diane: A Signature Life
(New York: Simon & Schuster, 2009), 80.

107
     
“We shipped it out” and following:
Conrad to the author, February 9, 2013.

107
     
“I had a black”:
Leslie Garis in an email to the author, September 26, 2014.

107
     
“very grateful”:
Leslie Bennetts in an email to the author, September 27, 2014.

108
     
“We were making”:
Conrad to author, February 9, 2013.

108
     
DARLING DICK:
DVF to Richard Conrad, October 3, 1975, private collection.

108
     
“I can’t remember”:
Boyar to author, June 10, 2011.

109
     
“Women are too intelligent”:
Judy Klemesrud, “Common Dresses Are Designed by a Princess,”
New York Times,
November 7, 1974.

109
     
“I’d always see her”:
André Leon Talley to the author, December 4, 2013.

110
     
“She knows her”:
Oscar de la Renta to the author, July 20, 2011.

110
     
“loved Diane”:
Francois Catroux to the author, September 8, 2011.

110
     
“I don’t pretend”:
Kathleen Brady, “Diane Means Business,”
WWD,
June 14, 1973.

110
     
“I didn’t call myself”:
DVF to the author, July 31, 2014.

110
     
“She took credit”:
DeBare Saunders to the author, August 27, 2014.

110
     
“She was scared”:
Linda Bird Francke to the author, September 17, 2014.

111
     
“beautiful bright yellow” and following:
Andy Warhol,
The Andy Warhol Diaries,
edited by Pat Hackett (New York: Grand Central Publishing, 1991), p. 326.

111
     
“it reminded me”:
Bernadine Morris to the author, August 2, 2010.

112
     
“Who else has done”:
DVF to the author.

112
     
“a climax to”:
Diane von Furstenberg, “Wrap dress,” 1975–76, Gift of Richard Martin, 1997, in
Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History,
New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2000–, http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/works-of-art/1997.487.

113
     
“one-tenth of one percent,”
Frances Cerra, “Who’s to Blame For the Ruined Clothes?”,
New York Times,
August 30, 1976.

113
     
“The stars were aligned”:
Sue Feinberg to the author, November 1, 2010.