Diane von Furstenberg
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In 1972 Diane von Furstenberg landed on the fashion scene with a simple, yet radical, credo: "Feel like a woman. Wear a dress." Five million wrap dresses later and the gorgeous wife of Austro-Italian Prince Egon von Furstenberg graced the November 1976 cover of Newsweek, touted as the most marketable designer since Coco Chanel—and a new icon for liberated women. After a stint with her own cosmetics line and a home furnishings collection, Brussels-born von Furstenberg stepped away from the fashion limelight and moved to Paris, only to reenter in 1992 with Silk Assets, a pioneer in television-shopping with its debut collection selling out in less than two hours. With the help of her daughter-in-law Alexandra, von Furstenberg relaunched her clothing line in 1997, and a full sportswear line soon followed. The iconic wrap dress became the symbol for a new generation of women.
