New York seemed as young as I was and infinitely hospitable. Diane von Furstenberg More Quotes by Diane von Furstenberg More Quotes From Diane von Furstenberg Prepare your food attractively and serve it nicely. Diane von Furstenberg You cannot have a healthy body without drinking a great deal of water. But remember, you can't just drink a glass of water and tell a glass of water to please go straight to your skin and moisturize your complexion. Water has to be there all the time, doing what it does naturally in a healthy body. Diane von Furstenberg glassesdrinkingremember-you I was 26 when I invented the wrap dress. It was just a nothing little printed dress made out an jersey, and before I know it, I lived an American Dream making more than 25,000 dresses a week. Diane von Furstenberg dreamdresseslittles I'm not the only one; most people's mothers are the most influential person in their life. But my mother survived the camps, and she was very strong. She made me strong, but she wanted me to be strong. That's more important. Diane von Furstenberg strongmotherinspiring I’ve always been inspired by women, and my mission was to inspire women. I always wanted to become a certain kind of woman and I became that woman through fashion. It was a dialogue. I would see that the wrap dress made those women confident, and made them act with confidence. Diane von Furstenberg fashiondressesinspire I've always liked wrinkles. When I was a young girl, I used to make lines on my face with my nails because I loved Jeanne Moreau. I always wanted to be older; I always added years to my life. For the longest time, if people thought I was older I would take it as a compliment. Diane von Furstenberg wrinklesgirlyears The most important thing is to be healthy, to drink a lot of water, to fight gravity as much as possible. I am one of the few people who decided I wasn't going to do any invasion with my face. Diane von Furstenberg fightingwaterpeople The whole point about beauty is its imperfection. Diane von Furstenberg imperfectionwholebeauty There are emerging countries. I mean, there are countries, you know, China, India, and Brazil, and all of these countries that are emerging. They are building homes. They are building - so there is a new lifestyle. Diane von Furstenberg homemeancountry If you're a little hippy and full-bosomed, don't try to remake yourself in the image of a skinny fashion model. It won't work. You can trim down your hips. You should always concentrate on special movements to keep your breasts firm and lifted and young. Hippy and bosomy can be very nice, very desirable. Accept it. Diane von Furstenberg fashionnicespecial Resisting a beautiful chocolate cake or a wonderful foie gras is as difficult as (the idea of) saying no to Paul Newman. Diane von Furstenberg cakebeautifulideas If you're trying to lose weight, you just have to eat less. I mean that. Diane von Furstenberg weighttryingmean Makeup should have one function only - to make you look better, to make you more attractive...Makeup is a luxury, so it should be fun...Making up is like telling yourself a secret. Diane von Furstenberg makeupshould-havefun I said that Mrs Obama has been extremely supportive of American designers, but clearly we were disappointed that she chose to wear a British designer for the state dinner...From there, I was so embarrassed that I am definitely going to write to her. She has been super supportive to American designers. Diane von Furstenberg dinnersupportivewriting Passion and persistence are what matter. Dreams are achievable and you can make your fantasy come true, but there are no shortcuts. Nothing happens without hard work. Diane von Furstenberg passionhard-workdream When a woman becomes her individual most effective close friend existence is simpler. Diane von Furstenberg close-friendsindividualexistence I was a very young girl and I got into fashion very much by accident, wanting to be independent. What was wonderful was that while I was learning and discovering - learning about the work, discovering myself as a woman - I was allowing other women to feel the same way. Diane von Furstenberg independentfashiongirl I never try to make a major fashion statement but I want to be the friend in a woman's closet. I make dresses that women get laid in. Diane von Furstenberg fashiondressestrying I had a very down-to-earth product, my wrap dress, which was really a uniform. It was just a simple little cotton-jersey dress that everybody loved and everybody wore. That one dress sold about 3 or 4 million. I would see 20, 30 dresses walking down one block. All sorts of different women. It felt very good. Young and old, and fat and thin, and poor and rich. Diane von Furstenberg blocksimpledresses One of my fondest memories was when I was in London as a young, independent businesswoman and stayed at Claridge's. I knew I had made it. To me, Claridge's is the most glamourous hotel in the world; I regard it as my home away from home. I am honoured to become part of the hotel's legacy and rich design history. Diane von Furstenberg independenthomememories
