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Diane von Fürstenberg

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Diane von Fürstenberg · Economics & Business

What

Fashion designer, creator of the wrap dress and founder of the DVF brand

When

1946, Brussels, Belgium

Where

United States / Belgium

Biography

Diane von Fürstenberg is recognized among Jewish contributors to Economics & Business — Fashion designer, creator of the wrap dress and founder of the DVF brand

How & why

Diane von Fürstenberg is a Belgian-American fashion designer, born Diane Halfin in 1946 in Brussels. In 1972 she created the wrap dress, which became an emblem of women's independence, and built the DVF brand. She was born into a Jewish family; her mother, Lily Nahmias, survived Auschwitz.

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Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diane_von_F%C3%BCrstenberg

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Fashion designer, creator of the wrap dress and founder of the DVF brand

1972

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diane_von_F%C3%BCrstenberg