Diane Von Furstenberg, New American Fashion Designer President
Category : Women Lifestyle, Women Fashion, Women Business
Diane Von Furstenberg was named President of the Council of Fashion Designers of America after a long-winded selection process that saw fellow designer Joseph Abboud take second place in the race to take over the role held by Stan Herman for the last 15 years. She told that she was thrilled with the appointment and wanted to create a network service system for the fashion business, ”The most important thing – and I would like this to be my legacy – is to really create an incredible network service system. I would like to go to the mayor and see what he can do for us. Our mayor appreciates that the fashion business is a huge business, and I would like to see what we can do together.”
The 59-year-old new president, who will serve a two-year term after the bylaws of the organisation changed last year, said that she hoped to transform it “so that people who are members of the CFDA are proud to be members”.
After the announcement, Von Furstenberg was whisked to the CFDA’s Broadway headquarters in her green Bentley to make her inaugural speech. “I want to really work on all the benefits this membership gives,” she said. Von Furstenberg’s other major ambition is to improve network relations between the world’s major fashion cities. “I know both Didier Grumbach [president of the Chambre Syndicale in Paris] and Mario Boselli [Grumbach’s counterpart in Milan], and I want them to respect us, and I think we will be the best of all the organisations and they will look up to us.”
Iconic designer Diane Von Furstenberg has an incredible fashion pedigree she has been in the business for three decades and created the iconic wrap dress in the seventies. She is known to seasoned shoppers, created the wrap-over jersey dress in 1972. The iconic garment has been a hit ever since. Von Furstenberg has become renowned for her relaxed New York style and she now designs everything from clothes to jewellery.
Probably her arrival in New York in 1972. DVF created a new silhouette which empowered women to dress for the office and for parties in one easy step. She was also awarded a lifetime achievement award by the Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA) in 2005 for her work.
Ms Furstenberg might seem an odd choice for such a prestigious position, but, with backing from the likes of Vogue editor Anna Wintour and more than 30 years of fashion experience behind her, we’re sure she’ll cope admirably. And we’re sure she’ll cope admirably. And look effortlessly stylish to boot.
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