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D.V. by Diana Vreeland
D.V. by Diana Vreeland







In 1924, she married Thomas Reed Vreeland (1899-1906), a banker and international financier. She was born Diana Dalziel in Paris in 1903, the daughter of British stockbroker Frederick Young Dalziel and Emily Key Hoffman, an American. It's not a long book, which makes it the perfect beach read this summer.Diana Vreeland, renowned editor-in-chief of Vogue, and fashion editor of Harper's Bazaar, was a dominant force in the fashion industry of the mid-twentieth century. "This title is the best possibility to "meet" the legendary icon of American fashion. Plus, poignant life lessons we can all learn from-even if most of us aren't decked out in Prada." - Real Simple The book is filled with dazzling stories of style, society and success. Like her legacy, Vreeland's story, told in her own words, is a classic to be celebrated by both loyal admirers and a new generation of culture mavens and style savants. brings this renowned and uninhibited raconteur alive, whether recalling herself as a young girl, her search for the perfect red, her piquant observations about her world, or her abhorrence for nostalgia. Vibrant with the vivid, irresistible voice that elevated every tête-à-tête and dinner party, D.V. takes readers into this iconic woman's dazzling life, evoking the luxury and brio of an era that encompassed Josephine Baker, England's Queen Mary, Buffalo Bill, and Diaghilev. Moving from English palaces to the nightclubs of 1930s Paris, the wilds of Wyoming to the exclusive venues of New York high society, D.V. Among her eclectic circle of friends were some of the most renowned and famous figures of the twentieth century-artists and princes, movie stars and international legends, including Chanel, the Duke and Duchess of Windsor, Isak Dinesen, Clark Gable, and Swifty Lazar. Bill Blassīrilliant, funny, charming, imperious, Diana Vreeland-the fashion editor of Harper's Bazaar and editor-in-chief of Vogue-was a woman whose passion and genius for style helped define the world of high fashion for fifty years. herself-same magic, same spontaneity and, above all, never a boring moment.

D.V. by Diana Vreeland

is almost as marvelous as an evening with D.V. proves herself a brilliant raconteur as she carries the reader along on her whirlwind life from English palaces to the nightclubs of Paris in the 1930s to the heart of New York high society, hobnobbing with everyone who was anyone, from Queen Mary to Clark Gable to Coco Chanel."

D.V. by Diana Vreeland

is the mesmerizing autobiography of one of the 20th century s greatest fashion icons, Diana Vreeland, the one-time fashion editor of Harper s Bazaar and editor-in-chief of Vogue, whose incomparable style-sense, genius, and flair helped define the world of haute couture for fifty years.

D.V. by Diana Vreeland

same magic, same spontaneity and, above all, never a boring moment.









D.V. by Diana Vreeland