Revealed
SHOW #25
Diane Von Furstenberg
Belgian-born, New York-living, ex-member of the German royal family, daughter of a holocaust survivor, socialite and business-woman, Diane Von Furstenberg is famous for one thing: a single item of clothing. Her wrap dress - a patterned piece of jersey tied around the body like a kimono - sold in the millions.
Her 30 stores and countless concessions in department stores make the DVF brand a multi-million dollar fashion empire. She dresses celebrities from Madonna to Sharon Stone, but keeps her products affordable and maintains an ethos of "easy to wear". CNN gains access to her as she prepares for the 2008 CFDA Awards - deciding at the last moment to ditch one of her own designs and wear an Yves St. Laurent tuxedo in a tribute to her friend, the designer who died a few days before the ceremony. Revealed includes footage of Diane, clearly moved, rehearsing the changes to her speech to include a touching farewell to YSL.
Revealed follows Diane Von Furstenberg at an exciting moment in her catwalk history. For the first time she is showing outside of USA, and the setting for her European debut is a romantic private Florentine garden, under the full moon, The Tuscan capital is a special place for her, as it was half an hour down the road that her first wrap dress was produced in a local textile factory.
We document the magnificent event from a behind-the-scenes perspective. Interviewing Von Furstenberg herself, along with supermodel Natalia Vodianova, and DVF Creative Director Nathan Jenden, we get a sense of the unfolding of a magical star-lit event. From fittings and dress rehearsals, to visits from the 9-year-old granddaughter Von Furstenberg lovingly calls 'her assistant', we experience the excitement of the designer returning home to Europe and putting on a magnificent show to herald her arrival.
The theme of the collection is "Le Petit Valise" - a group of outfits that can be easily packed and will not crumple, a notion in keeping with the spirit of the DVF brand. Inspired by “The Talented Mr. Ripley,” 600 guests, including Eva Longoria Parker (Desperate Housewives) and Lapo Elkan (heir to the Fiat empire), witness the 50 wardrobe changes of a young American travelling abroad.
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