Product Description

The best-selling autobiography of this century's most formidable arbiter of elegance, Diana Vreeland.. As fashion editor of Harper's Bazaar and editor-in-chief of Vogue , Diana Vreeland--and her passion, charm, insouciance, and genius for style--energized and inspired the fashion world for fifty years. In this glittering autobiography she takes us around the world with her, revealing her obsession with fashion high and low--pink plastic poodles, for example--and dropping timeless sayings like, "As you know, the French like the French very much." A fabulous, witty read.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #48870 in Books
• Published on: 2003-04-17
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 216 pages

Customer Reviews

Talk about charme and strong women
D.V. is a whitty, funny, easy book that is must have for any fashion victim. I suggest you buy one copy for yourself and a couple for your best friends as well. They won't last. Bring your copy on your next Mediterranean clipper cruise. To me this book is Audrey Hepburn meets Aunty Mame. It is fast and energetic, won't keep much of your time but you will get addicted to every page.

One of the great arbitrators of fashion
Diana Vreeland is one the most wonderfully inventive and creative people to have ever hit the fashion world. Her power is found in her ability to make the ordinary into the extraordinary - she coloured the lives of so many people and this book only exemplifies that. When asked if this book was fact or fiction she replied 'faction'. Who cares - it is still one of the most inspiring books ever, along with all the Clueless books

people in fashion should not write anything ever
I am sorry to say that, but it's true. This is the most boring book ever. First of all is written like a blog (is the delirium of someone who definitely spent more time adjusting hats than reading good literature). It's merely self-glorifyng and -frankly- quite onanistic. The book doesn't say anything about the actual life of this woman (cool people she has met, her life as an editor of Vogue)or about what her feelings were, it is just a collection of her rather futile impressions about what she thinks of herself and her life. It is just the self-analysis of someone who keeps lying to herself (or maybe she's just too silly to get a grip on reality). My point is: Anna Wintour, DV: they can be great editors and geniuses (fashion-wise) but that doesn't mean they are good communicators. It doesn't mean they are smart or they have something to say. I would rather read a biography of DV written by someone else, pity it doesn't exist. This book is like an article written by Maeve Brennan, without the style, the insight, and the social awareness of Maeve Brennan. What's left? The confused and wanna-be witty rumbling of a woman who's seeking recognition because of the colour of her nail polish.
Honestly: who cares?