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Diana Vreeland

    A notable columnist and editor in the realm of fashion, this author significantly shaped perceptions and trends. Her work for prominent fashion magazines and influential cultural institutions highlighted her unique eye and editorial prowess. She possessed a remarkable ability to define and disseminate styles, leaving an indelible mark on the industry. Her contributions continue to inspire those interested in the evolution of visual culture and personal expression through attire.

    Allure
    Memos : the Vogue years
    Yves Saint Laurent
    Diana Vreeland
    D.V.
    • “An evening with D.V. is almost as marvelous as an evening with D.V. [herself]—same magic, same spontaneity and, above all, never a boring moment.” —Bill BlassD.V. is the mesmerizing autobiography of one of the 20th century’s greatest fashion icons, Diana Vreeland, the one-time fashion editor of Harper’s Bazaar and editor-in-chief of Vogue, whose incomparable style-sense, genius, and flair helped define the world of haute couture for fifty years. The incomparable D.V. proves herself a brilliant raconteur as she carries the reader along on her whirlwind life—from English palaces to the nightclubs of Paris in the 1930s to the heart of New York high society, hobnobbing with everyone who was anyone, from Queen Mary to Clark Gable to Coco Chanel.

      D.V.
    • An autobiography of the life and times of the woman who has reigned as fashion editor of Harper's Bazaar and editor-inchief of Vogue magazine

      Diana Vreeland
    • Catalog of the exhibition held at the Costume Institute of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Dec. 14, 1983-Sept. 2, 1984. Fashion and the psychology of art / René Huyghe, Académie Française -- Yves Saint Laurent / Yves Saint Laurent -- Yves Saint Laurent: a collage of inspiration / Pierre Bergé -- Yves Saint Laurent / Paloma Picasso-Lopez, Marella Agnelli, and Catherine Deneuve -- Yves Saint Laurent: a chronology -- Yves Saint Laurent / Duane Michals -- Yves Saint Laurent: an illustrated survey.

      Yves Saint Laurent
    • Memos : the Vogue years

      • 288 pages
      • 11 hours of reading

      A look behind the scenes at Diana Vreeland’s Vogue, showing the legendary editor in chief in her own inimitable words. When Diana Vreeland became editor in chief of Vogue in 1963, she initiated a transformation, shaping the magazine into the dominant U.S. fashion publication. Vreeland’s Vogue was as entertaining and innovative as it was serious about fashion, art, travel, beauty, and culture. Vreeland rarely held meetings and communicated with her staff and photographers through memos dictated from her office or Park Avenue apartment. This extraordinary compilation of more than 250 pieces of Vreeland’s personal correspondence—most published here for the first time—includes letters to Cecil Beaton, Horst P. Horst, Norman Parkinson, Veruschka, and Cristobal Balenciaga and memos that show the direction of some of Vogue’s most legendary stories. These display Vreeland’s irreverence and her characteristically over-the-top pronouncements and reveal her sharpness about the Vogue woman and what the magazine should be. Photographs from the magazine illustrate the memos, showing her imagination, prescience, and exactitude. Each chapter is introduced by commentary from Vogue editors who worked with her, giving readers a truly inside look at how Diana Vreeland directed the course of the magazine and fashion world.

      Memos : the Vogue years
    • Diana Vreeland, geboren 1906 in eine alte Familie der amerikanischen Hochfinanz, war eine der einflussreichsten Modejournalistinnen des 20. Jahrhunderts. Ihre Karriere begann 1937 bei Harper’s Bazaar, wo sie von Chefredakteurin Carmel Snow entdeckt wurde. Zuvor hatte Vreeland schnell den Weg vom Partygirl zur Dame von Welt zurückgelegt und ein Dessousgeschäft in London betrieben. Von 1962 bis 1972 war sie Chefredakteurin der amerikanischen Vogue, während sich Amerika künstlerisch von europäischen Vorbildern emanzipierte. Vreeland arbeitete zwischen Warhol und dem Weißen Haus; Jacqueline Kennedy und Andy Warhol waren enge Vertraute. Ihre Kompetenz in Modefragen krönte sie als Kuratorin der Kostümabteilung des Metropolitan Museum in New York. Ihre 1984 erschienene Autobiographie, nun erstmals auf Deutsch, ist witzig, geistreich und märchenhaft. Ein amerikanischer Kritiker beschrieb sie als „eine verführerische Mischung aus Baron Münchhausen und Roland Barthes“, was die Verbindung von Gesellschaftsreportage und philosophischen Reflexionen über Luxus und Mode treffend beschreibt. Das hochkarätige Personal, das in ihrem Werk auftaucht, reicht von Diaghilew und Nijinsky bis zu Greta Garbo und Yves Saint Laurent. Das temporeiche Buch verspricht ein außergewöhnliches Lesevergnügen. Einige Kritiker empfehlen sogar, Passagen auswendig zu lernen.

      Allure