I. love. this. dress.
One of the first times I remember that my mother and I agreed on fashion concerned Diane Von Furstenberg. I was working at the flagship Bloomingdale’s store in NYC in ‘04 and she was speaking at a special event on my floor (this was as she was re-establishing her fashion line). My mom said something like “wow she was really popular when I was growing up, and I just really liked her clothes” and I realized I was my mother’s daughter.
In 2010 I heard the designer speak again, this time in DC at Georgetown University, where I had just entered grad school. She talked about business, philanthropy and women’s empowerment, all of which were nicely woven with tales from her personal experience. My favorite story was some businessman on an early a.m. flight hitting on her, not realizing her picture was in that morning’s Wall Street Journal that he was carrying.
10 years after I first heard the lady speak, I’ve got some DVF dresses and I’m hoping one day to pass them on to a daughter who will appreciate her mama’s & grandmama’s styles.
