A Signature Life, Signed by Diane von Furstenberg to Shelley Wanger
[Signed to Shelley Wanger] Furstenberg, Diane von. Diane, A Signature Life. First Edition. 1998. Book and dust jacket are both in very good condition. Book is inscribed, “To Shelley, my friend --- I wish you had been my editor.”
As is true of Coco Chanel, it misses the point to describe Diane von Furstenberg as merely a fashion designer. She was also a cultural phenomenon. Her wrap dress became one of the defining looks of the 1970s, embodying a moment when femininity, ambition, independence, and glamour were no longer viewed as contradictions. In this memoir, von Furstenberg recounts the improbable journey that carried her from the daughter of a Holocaust survivor to a German princess and, ultimately, into a brand unto herself. Along the way she emerges as intelligent, restless, romantic, and fiercely determined to shape her own destiny. The present copy is inscribed to editor Shelley Wanger, who is mentioned in the text and whose editorial judgment von Furstenberg clearly admired.
“There has always been a side of me that likes to think I would do anything for love. The idea of characters like Anna Karenina and Emma Bovary is appealing to me …”
--Diane von Furstenberg