DVF: Journey of a Dress

by Diane Von Furstenberg

An unprecedented visual odyssey celebrating Diane von Furstenberg’s forty years as a groundbreaking designer and fashion icon and the dress that started it all. In 1972, Diane von Furstenberg arrived in New York with a suitcase full of jersey dresses that she had made at her friend Angelo Ferretti’s factory in Italy. Two years later and encouraged by Vogue editor in chief Diana Vreeland, the distinctive design of her timeless wrap dress took the fashion world by storm and has evolved into a multitude of much-loved variations ever since. As visually dynamic as the prints that made von Furstenberg famous, this vibrant and long-awaited volume collects for the first time the rich illustrated history of her career and celebrates the forty-year journey of the iconic wrap dress. Featuring photographs by Helmut Newton, Annie Leibovitz, and Francesco Scavullo, among many others, artwork by close friends such as Andy Warhol and Francesco Clemente, and pictures of wrap dress lovers past and present—from Jerry Hall and Iman to Penélope Cruz and Michelle Obama—this is the definitive, must-have DVF fashion book.

Genres: Nonfiction, Fashion

256 pages, Hardcover

First published November 18, 2014

About the author

Diane von Fürstenberg (born Diane Simone Michelle Halfin) is a fashion designer best known for her hallmark wrap dress.

Reviews

[Jessica · Rating 3 out of 5]

It's is a beautiful book but I would have preferred to see the exhibit in person rather than look at it through the book. I don't think the book does it justice.I loved seeing the old pictures of DVF and the famous highlights of the Wrap Dress being worn but nothing else stood out to me. I suggest this for anyone who is a huge fan of DVF and or the DVF Wrap Dress specifically and they want to keep this as a collector's item. Otherwise having this book is pointless (and very heavy).