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Description edit
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... read more
Ridiculously Simplified Synopsis edit
Characters/People edit
- Reed Vreeland: On March 1, 1924, Diana Dalziel married Thomas Reed Vreeland (1899–1966), a banker, at St. Thomas' Church in New York, with whom she would have two sons: Thomas Reed Vreeland Jr., who became an architect as well as a professor of architecture at UCLA, and Frederick Dalziel Vreeland (later U.S. ambassador to Morocco).
- Diana Vreeland: Add a description of this character.
- Chanel: Vreeland's favorite designer.
- Queen Mary: Vreeland was one of fifteen American women presented to King George V and Queen Mary at Buckingham Palace on May 18, 1933.
- King George V: Vreeland was one of fifteen American women presented to King George V and Queen Mary at Buckingham Palace on May 18, 1933.
- Millicent Hearst: Friend of Vreeland.
- Perry Brownlow: Peregrine Cust, 6th Baron Brownlow
- Elsa Maxwell: An American gossip columnist.
- Cole Porter
- Mad King Ludwig
- Josephine Baker
- Andy Marhol
- Berard
- Kenneth
- Jack
- Mrs. Simpson: Wallis Simpson
- Diaghilev
- Mona Lisa
- Whitney Warren
Setting & Locations edit
- Paris
- London
- New York
- France
- Europe
- America
- Vogue
- England
- Budapest
- Spain
- Russia
- Balenciaga
- Tahiti
- Japan
- Albany
- San Francisco
- India
- Tunisia
- Rome
- Southampton
- Regent's Park
- Cambon
- Africa
- Scotland
- White House
- Leningrad
- San Simeon
- Long Island
- Hungary
- Moscow
- Prince Of Wales
- Washington
First Sentence edit
I loathe nostalgia.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Diana Vreeland (Author)
Other Contributors:
- George Plimpton (Editor)
- Christopher Hemphill (Editor)
- Allison Saltzman (Designer) - Cover Design
- Bill King (Photographer) - Cover Photograph. © 1977
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Knopf
Country: Add the country of publication.
Publication Date: 1984
ISBN: 0394503414
Page Count: 195
Publisher: Knopf
Country: Add the country of publication.
Publication Date: 1984
ISBN: 0394503414
Page Count: 195
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 920
Subjects edit
- Books › Arts & Photography › Design & Decorative Arts › Graphic Design › Commercial › Fashion Design
- Books › Biographies & Memoirs › Professionals & Academics › Journalists
- Books › Reference › Writing › Journalism
- Books › Biographies & Memoirs › Specific Groups › Women
- Books › Arts & Photography › Fashion
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