I
IAC, 223
International Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union (ILGWU), 90
Interview, 71, 115, 144, 202
Investors Overseas Services (IOS), 33–34
Isabel (jet set friend), 30
Italy:
Milan Fashion Week, 262–63
unification of, 55
J
Jackson, Dakota, 177
Jacobs, Marc, 241
Jagger, Bianca, 75, 109, 139
Jagger, Jade, 184
Jagger, Mick, 71, 75, 118, 139
Javits, Marion, 91
Jenden, Nathan, 260
jet set, 30, 60
Johnson, Evangeline, 117
Jonathan Logan, 80
Jourdan, Charles, 141
K
Kakanias, Konstantin, 202
Kamali, Norma, 113, 141
Kan, Deborah, 258
Kane, Art, 38
Karan, Donna, 81, 147, 198–99, 201, 247
Kay, Ali, 266–67
Keeble, Kezia, 65
Kempner, Nan, 53, 91, 98, 109, 203
Kermorvant, Bianca, 220
Khan, Aga, 60
King, Tom, 135
Kissinger, Henry A., 71, 117, 203, 253
Klein, Anne, 87, 124, 198
Klein, Calvin, 75, 81, 95, 139, 157, 160, 163, 198, 199–201, 203, 204, 217, 252
Klossowski, Thadée, 195
Knight, Laurence, 265
Koch, Edward, 148, 193
Kors, Michael, 259, 260, 261, 271
Koski, Albert, 38–39, 46
Kosner, Edward, 145
Kramer, Charlotte, 103–4
L
Lacroix, Christian, 189, 202
La Ferla, Ruth, 228, 239–40
Lagerfeld, Karl, 110, 143, 189, 190, 202, 217, 240, 246
Lam, Mr. (Hong Kong), 230
Lambert, Eleanor, 85–86, 171
Landau, Kathy, 8, 205, 206, 207, 216, 226, 231, 232, 236, 238, 246
Landeau, Marc, 36, 49, 55–56, 268
Lane, Jane F., 168–69
Lane, Kenneth Jay, 63, 98, 117, 202, 210
Lanvin, 85, 143, 156
Lauder, Estée, 125, 126, 127, 160, 161
Lauren, Ralph, 81, 157, 198, 199, 201, 217, 218, 227
La Vielle Russie, New York, 181–82
Lebowitz, Fran, 22, 167, 168, 176, 178, 186–87
Léger, Herve, 191
Leibovitz, Annie, 214, 252, 258
Leighton, Fred, 141
Leslie Fay, 80–81, 236
Levi, Darius and Juliette, 12, 14, 15
Levis jeans, 163
Lincoln, Abraham, 167
Linter, Sandy, 169
Lopez-Huici, Cedric, 36, 40, 268
Louboutin, Christian, 217
Louis XIV, king of France, 45, 84
Louis XVI, king of France, 86
Lucci, Susan, 209
Lundgren, Terry J., 78
Lynch, Kelly, 228
M
MacDonald, Lorna, 21, 250
MacGraw, Ali, 65
Macpherson, Elle, 189
Macy’s, 111, 143, 151, 207, 227
Madonna, 190, 258, 264
Mainbocher, 46, 86
Malandrino, Catherine, 242
Mallis, Fern, 23
Malone, John, 213
Mansau, Serge, 162
Margaret, Princess (Britain), 60
Marie-Antoinette, 46, 68, 74, 86, 96
Mark, Marky, 200
Marshall, Lynn, 165, 268
Martheleur, Astrid, 247–48, 254
Mastroianni, Marcello, 51, 188
McCardell, Claire, 86, 111
McCarthy, Joseph, 159
McCartney, Stella, 244
McQueen, Alexander, 242
Mellis, Lee, 156, 157, 163
Mengele, Josef, 15
Mengers, Sue, 132, 133
Menkes, Suzy, 221, 235–36, 241, 248
Merrill, Dina, 108
Metropolitan Museum of Art, 75, 112, 232
Michaels, Lorne, 74
Michard-Pellissier, Gisèle and Jean, 42
Miller, Arthur, 82
Miller, Chantal, 229
Miller, Nicole, 247
Miller, Robert, 229
Mills, Helen Harvey, 72
Minnelli, Liza, 42, 75, 87
Mirabella, Grace, 64, 66, 240
Mispelaere, Yvan, 260
Mizrahi, Isaac, 237
Mondadori, 188
Monroe, Marilyn, 70, 82, 132, 162, 185
Montana, Claude, 201, 217
Moravia, Alberto, 8, 188, 189, 191
Morris, Bernadine, 78, 109, 111, 120
Ms., 146–48
Mudd Club, New York, 167
Mugler, Thierry, 201
Muller, Hans, 24–25, 26, 33, 39, 118, 172, 180
Muller, Martin, 24–25, 39
Murdoch, Rupert, 203, 209, 214
Muschamp, Herbert, 232
N
Nahmias, Diamante, 12, 14
Nahmias, Lily, see Halfin, Lily
Nahmias, Mathilde, 12, 17, 23, 39
Nahmias, Moise, 12, 14
New Age, 92, 265
New Seventies Society, 74–75
Newsweek, 2–3, 145–46, 149, 239
Newton, Helmut, 258
New York:
Diane’s homes in, 70–71, 118, 140–41, 165, 177, 186–87
Diane’s move to, 51, 53–55, 59, 61
fashion in, 55, 61, 66, 74–75, 84, 85, 88
Fashion Week, 65, 86, 243, 261–63
Garment District, 65, 81, 84, 89–90, 205, 248
garment unions in, 85, 90
Gotham Hotel showroom, 65, 66
High Line, 270–71, 272
“international white trash” in, 77
Meatpacking District, 225–26, 250, 270
nightlife in, 54, 73, 74
old guard in, 53
Scoop boutique, 231, 234, 236
Seventh Avenue, 80–82, 84, 85, 89, 90, 113, 156, 198, 217, 243, 247–48
New York Dress Institute, 85
New York magazine, 101–4, 142, 145, 174, 239
New York Times, 77–78, 85, 125, 232, 237
Nicholson, Jack, 75
Nixon, Richard M., 72, 105
Noailles, Marie-Laure, 44
Norell, Norman, 86
Norton Simon, 124
Nuvoletti, Count Giovanni, 57
O
Oakes, John, 138
Obama, Barack, 263
Obama, Michelle, 258, 263
Oldham, Todd, 170, 228, 237
OMO, 113
Onassis, Christina, 71
O’Neal, Ryan, 116, 125
O’Neil, Jaine, 114, 158
O’Rourke, P. J., 76
Osmond, Marie, 208
Otis, Carré, 215
P
Paley, Babe, 75
Paltrow, Gwyneth, 228, 234, 257
Paramount Studio, 133, 134, 214
Paris:
beau monde in, 42
belle époque in, 96
couture houses in, 44, 46, 85, 86, 202, 231, 243
Diane’s flat in, 118, 187–89, 191–92
Diane’s move to, 38–41
fashion inspiration in, 84–85
Nazi occupation of, 85
youth revolt in, 40, 43, 44–45
Parker, Sarah Jessica, 264
Parsi, Novid, 208
Patou, Jean, 85, 156
Paulo (South American artist), 175–80, 184–85, 187, 196, 226, 252, 268
Peploe, Mark, 189, 221, 233, 252
Peretti, Elsa, 75
Peugnet, Hervé, 191
Philippe Le Bel, king of France, 84
Piaf, Edith, 186
Picasso, Paloma, 205
Pogrebin, Letty, 148
Poiret, Paul, 29, 74, 126
Pomerantz, Fred, 81
Pomerantz, John, 80–81, 236
Posen, Zac, 241
Prada, Miu
ccia, 240, 247
Premet, and “La Garçonne,” 111
Prigent, Roger, 97
Principal, Victoria, 208
Proust, Marcel, 57–58
Puritan Fashion, 155–57, 159, 160, 163, 181, 200, 230
Pym, Barbara, 191
Q
Q2, 217–18
Quant, Mary, 29
QVC, 208–14, 216–17, 218, 222–23
R
Rabanne, Paco, 29
Radical Chic, Age of, 72
Randall, James, 143
Randall, Sally, 164, 179
Redstone, Sumner, 214
Reese, Tracy, 261
Regine’s, New York, 182, 183
Rensin, David, 132
Revlon, 197, 216
Rheims, Bettina, 231
Rhodes, Zandra, 29
Ribes, Jacqueline de, 41
Richardson, John, 57, 73, 78, 117
Riva, Paolo, 260
Rivers, Joan, 208
Rivers, Larry, 70
Roberts, Brian L., 213, 214
Rocha, Coco, 258
Roehm, Carolyne, 237
Rollin, Betty, 202
Rolling Stone, 71
Romeo (healer), 245
Romney, Ann, 263
Rosen, Carl, 155–58, 160, 162–63, 181, 200, 214, 230
Rosenfeld, Henry, 82
Rosenman, Howard, 58, 71, 73, 145
Ross, Diana, 71, 75, 176, 182
Ross, Lillian, 90
Rothschild, Marie-Hélène de, 41, 100, 142, 241
Rothschilds, 58
Roure Bertrand Dupont, 127
Rousso, Eli, 204
Rousso, Irving, 204–5
Rowley, Cynthia, 247
Royko, Mike, 137
Rubell, Steve, 138–39, 166–67
Rubinstein, Helena, 125
Rucci, Ralph, 241
Ruffin, Clovis, 106
Ruskin, Ron, 62
Russ Togs, 204–6
S
Sachs, Gunther, 42
Sackville-West, Vita, 191
Saint, Clara, 195
Saint Laurent, Yves, 59, 76, 87, 109, 110, 111, 114, 123–24, 195, 202, 242, 246
Saks, 107, 144, 151, 231–32, 234, 236
Salvy, Gérard-Julien, 191
Salvy publishing house, 191, 202
Sanchez, Fernando, 75
Sander, Jil, 247
Sant’Angelo, Giorgio di, 55, 74, 75, 200
Sara Fredericks, 65
Sargent, John Singer, 114
Saunders, DeBare, 94, 110, 154–55
Savage, Gary, 161, 162, 177, 178, 179, 181
Sawyer, Diane, 252
Scapula, Pierre, 70
Scavullo, Francesco, 54, 76, 125, 146
Schiaparelli, Elsa, 42, 43–44, 50, 111
Schiff, Gloria, 66
Schiffer, Claudia, 189
Schiro, Anne-Marie, 235
Schmatta (documentary), 205
Schrager, Ian, 166, 252
Sears home furnishings, 143–44, 178, 191, 197
Segel, Joseph M., 208
Seidel, Frederick, 189, 214, 221
Sert, Misia, 73
seventies:
kidnappings in, 77
nudity in, 76–77, 79
sex and drugs in, 76, 77, 167
women’s movement in, 96
Sharif, Omar, 40
Shepherd, Cybill, 108–9
Shields, Brooke, 54, 163
Shiva, Gil and Susan, 131
Shrimpton, Jean, 28
Silano, Bill, 38
Silk Assets, 210–12, 214, 227, 230, 246
Silvercup Studios, Queens, 217
Silver King Communications, 223
sixties:
anti-Semitism in, 57–58
excess and flamboyance in, 50, 54, 72
sex and drugs in, 50, 54, 60–61, 72
youth revolt in, 40–41
Smith, Willi, 170
Sontag, Susan, 1, 71, 147
Specter, Michael, 221
Spellman, Joe, 207–9, 210
Spindler, Amy, 199
Spoleto festival, Umbria, 191
Sprouse, Stephen, 237
Steffe, Cynthia, 247
Stein, Jules, 131
Stein, Marion, 114
Steinberg, Russell, 249, 252
Steinem, Gloria, 97, 108, 146–48, 203
Stokowski, Leopold, 117
Strauss, Levi, 81
Streep, Meryl, 171, 264
Stuart, Amanda Mackenzie, 64
Studio 54, New York, 138–40, 141, 166–67
Sui, Anna, 247
Summer, Donna, 139
Sutter, Paula, 246, 260
Swanson, Gloria, 156
T
Talley, André Leon, 109, 141, 222, 251, 253
Tannenbaum, Allan, 76–77
Target, 143, 205
Tatiana (fragrance), 126–27, 162, 178, 197, 206
Taylor, Elizabeth, 51, 60, 75, 203
Tele-Communications, Inc., 213
Thakoon, 241
Theodoracopulos, Taki, 30, 41, 215
Thomas, Danny, 133
Thomas, Marlo, 133, 138
Thompson, Danièle, 39
Thrifty Drug Stores, 205
Tiel, Vicky, 111
Town & Country, 76, 79
Traub, Marvin, 208–9, 210
Travolta, John, 164
Treacy, Jane Rudolph, 211
Trebay, Guy, 90
Trump, Ivana, 216
Turlington, Christy, 222
Turner, Ted, 182, 204
Twiggy, 144
U
Ungaro, Emanuel, 87, 202, 242
University of Madrid, 29–30
Urban Cowboy, 163–64
V
Valentino, 46, 72, 189, 202, 214
Van Bruyssel, Didier, 20
Vanderbilt, Gloria, 163, 205
Vanity Fair, 216
Vanity Fair Hall of Fame, 214
Van Ness, Kathy, 91, 206–7
Venice Film Festival (1967), 51
Versace, Donatella, 247
Versace, Gianni, 217
Versailles, fashion show (1973), 86–88
Veruschka, 144
Vionnet, Madeleine, 201
Vital Voices Global Partnership, 5, 263
Vogue, 42, 64, 65, 66–67, 75, 85, 147, 232, 240
Volcan d’Amour (fragrance), 177–78
Vollbracht, Michael, 144
Volpi, Giuseppe, 35, 171
von Bülow, Claus, 215
von Furstenberg, Alexandra Miller (Alex’s first wife), 226, 229–31, 234, 252, 266
von Furstenberg, Alexandre “Alex” (son), 5, 172, 216–17
and Alexandra, 229–31, 266
and Ali, 266–67
birth of, 62–63
childhood of, 69, 70, 118–20, 166
and Diane’s business, 244, 245–46, 259, 265–67
and Diane’s cancer, 219
and Diller, 136, 251, 253
and Egon, 165–66
and Elkann, 188, 191–92
and Paulo, 179, 180, 184
and school, 179, 186
and Tassilo, 36, 58
von Furstenberg, Clara Agnelli (Egon’s mother), 35, 36, 57–60, 268
von Furstenberg, Diane:
abortion of, 193–94, 196
adolescence of, 23–24, 25–29
and aging, 233, 238, 269–72
ambition of, 23, 54–55, 59, 73, 74, 80, 116, 125, 173, 265
awards and honors to, 193
and Barry, see Diller, Barry
and beauty, 27–28, 71, 97–98
birth and childhood of, 11, 17–21, 73
birthdays of, 190
as businesswoman, 4, 63–64, 153, 155, 173, 180–81, 247; see also Diane von Furstenberg; DVF; DVF Studio
and cancer, 218–21, 225, 227, 238
car accident of, 237–38
children of, 62–63, 69–70, 131, 165–66, 1
70, 173, 179, 185, 188, 193
coffee table books by, 79, 127, 202, 216
comeback of, 4–5, 6, 204–8, 225–28, 231–32
connections of, 8–9, 45, 46, 49, 53–54, 66, 71, 73–75, 91, 99–100, 203, 240
and Egon, see von Furstenberg, Egon
eye for fashion, 61, 192
as fashion model, 49, 54, 64
finances of, 197, 259
and friendships, 41–42, 49
grandchildren of, 249
and her mother, see Halfin, Lily
identity of, 7, 24, 26, 78, 91, 145, 189, 190, 203, 215, 255
and independence, 43, 47, 54, 59, 73, 100, 136, 137, 255, 259
influence of, 8, 71
insecurity of, 18–19, 50, 58–59, 63, 78, 110, 233
and Jewishness, 20–21, 73, 80, 103
learning the trade, 46–47, 62
legacy of, 259, 271
legs of, 141, 254
and loyalty, 267–68
and luck, 89, 90, 92
marketing skill, 7, 62, 78, 93, 98, 146, 163, 168, 231, 254–55
media stories about, 66–69, 78, 83, 101–4, 110, 115–16, 144–46, 152–53, 239–40, 251
memoirs of, 5, 9, 18, 21, 110, 139, 193, 203, 239–41, 271
old life of, 190, 193, 203–4
optimism of, 160–61, 196, 236
as outsider, 45, 46, 50, 53–54
and parties, 34–35, 41, 46, 51, 54, 60, 71–72, 76, 79, 100, 114, 116, 117, 132, 138–42, 163–64, 182, 184, 188, 191–92, 202, 203, 241, 257–58
personal traits of, 5, 19, 69, 71, 78, 90, 124, 128, 132, 137
and politics, 148–49, 263–64
portraits of, 6, 140, 142, 258, 270
pregnancies of, 56–57, 59, 61, 62, 69, 193–94, 268
as princess, 63, 65, 71, 77–78, 100, 110, 115
and psychic phenomena, 92–93
public image of, 1–2, 5, 7, 34, 41, 71, 78, 98, 142, 145–46, 164, 186, 190, 260
and QVC, 208–14, 216–17, 222
schooling of, 20–21, 25–28, 29
and sex, 28, 30–31, 40, 73, 96, 115–16, 136, 137, 138, 173
stressful lifestyle of, 100–101, 144–45, 162–63, 175, 176, 178, 186, 233, 237
style of, 1, 27, 41, 43, 44, 48–49, 76, 78, 94, 96–97, 98, 114, 141–42, 163–64, 187–88, 222, 248–49, 255, 271
success of, 2, 19, 99, 109, 113, 120, 126, 145, 146, 148, 173–74, 180, 254, 259
talent for divining customers’ wants, 92, 93–94, 98, 109, 144–45, 209, 250
travels of, 49, 77, 93, 95, 100, 135, 163, 175, 181, 188, 204, 233–34, 250
US citizenship of, 269
von Furstenberg, Egon:
birth and early years of, 35–36
bisexuality of, 50, 72–73, 101, 102, 120, 268
breakup with Diane, 2, 103–4, 116, 131, 233
death of, 268
and Diane’s business, 83, 99–100, 103–4, 164
Diane’s first meeting of, 35, 36
Diane’s relationship with, 37, 38–39, 49–51, 104, 120–21, 131, 146, 165–66, 170, 174, 251, 252, 268
and divorce, 131, 165
and family, 56, 131, 165–66, 170
and fashion, 61, 100, 119–20, 132, 164–65, 268
and finances, 120–21
and grandchild, 249
as HIV positive, 165