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Fashion designer Diane von Fuerstenberg had a breakthrough for introducing the knitted jersey ‘wrap-dress’ in 1973. Its fundamental form was already deeply embedded in the American designer sportswear collection. Read the rest of this entry »

Fashion designer Diane von Fuerstenberg had a breakthrough for introducing the knitted jersey ‘wrap-dress’ in 1973.

Almost 40 years later, she still lives a successful fashionable jet-set life. For this current collection – Fall/Winter 2013, von Furstenberg turned to a heady mix of glam rock and Studio 54 — a moment in the Seventies when she began to spread her wings sartorially and otherwise. Without a creative director by her side for the first time in over a decade, von Furstenberg was determined to recapture some of her label’s essence that she felt had recently gone astray.

Diane von Furstenberg Fall 2013 Runway Show

Fashion designer Diane von Fuerstenberg (DVF) teamed up with Sergey Brin, Co-founder of Google to unveil a futuristic collaboration, merging fashion and technology. Now you know in case you wondered what the futuristic-looking glasses that Diane von Furstenberg and her models were wearing on the runway last Sunday, were all about.

Including a camera inside the tiny cube attached to the frame, DVF used Google’s new Glass technology to create a behind-the-scenes video of her latest Spring 2013 collection. The result was to make a short documentary about the day from a designer’s and models’-eye view perspective.

Overall, nice PR move! I really think this Google-Glasses-experiment will take us a step closer to finalize the marriage of fashion and technology.

CFDA is an abbreviation of the ‘Council of Fashion Designers of America’, a non-profit trade association of over 350 of America’s foremost fashion and accessory designers. The CFDA was founded in 1962 and as of 2009, Diane von Fuerstenberg is the group’s President while Steven Kolb is the Executive Director.

A wrap dress is a dress that is wrapped mostly in the front, similar to the kimono dress. It can also be wrapped in the back or side. The name ‘wrap’ comes from ‘wraparound’ used in the late 1960s and was officially introduced in 1973 by fashion designer Diane von Fuerstenberg.

Diane von Fuerstenberg aka DvF, Belgian-American fashion designer, born in 1946. Von Fuerstenberg is best known for introducing the wrap dress in 1974, just four years after she began designing women’s clothes on her own. Due to her huge influence on women’s fashion, the Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA) named her as their president in 2006.

Diane von Fuerstenberg aka DvF, Belgian-American fashion designer, born in 1946. Von Fuerstenberg is best known for introducing the wrap dress in 1974, just four years after she began designing women’s clothes on her own. Due to her huge influence on women’s fashion, the Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA) named her as their president in 2006.