Diane von Furstenberg

Diane von Furstenberg (Diane Simone Michele Halfin) is a fashion designer best known for creating the iconic wrap dress and founding her global luxury brand, DVF. Von Furstenberg was born in Brussels, Belgium, to Jewish parents. She studied economics at the University of Geneva and later moved to Paris to work as an assistant to a fashion photographer before relocating to Italy to work in textile manufacturing.

Von Furstenberg launched her fashion career in New York in the early 1970s. In 1974, she introduced the wrap dress, which became a cultural and fashion phenomenon, selling millions of units and landing her on the cover of Newsweek in 1976. She established Diane von Furstenberg (DVF) as a globally recognized brand and later expanded into accessories, fragrance and home decor.

In 2005, she was elected president of the Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA), a role she held until 2015. She published several books, including Diane: A Signature Life (1998) and The Woman I Wanted to Be (2014). Her life and work were the focus of the 2024 Hulu documentary Diane von Furstenberg: Woman in Charge.

She married Prince Egon von Furstenberg in 1969 and retained his surname after their divorce in 1983. They had two children: Alex von Furstenberg (born in 1970) and Tatiana von Furstenberg (born in 1971). In 2001, she married media executive Barry Diller, chairman of IAC. Diller later came out as gay in 2025.