Diane von Furstenberg, a Fashion Lioness in Winter - The New York Times

From a palazzo in Venice, she talks about her struggling business, her marriage to Barry Diller, and the threesome that never happened. “Venice is a nice stage for the winter of my life,” Ms. von Furstenberg said in the palazzo where she is living part time. Credit... Federico Ciamei for The New York Times Supported by By Maureen Dowd Diane von Furstenberg’s friends like to tease that, had she been on the cinematic Titanic, she would have found a way to hoist up Jack from the freezing water and onto that wooden door. Three days later, Jack in tow, she would have sashayed into a soignée New York dinner party wearing that 56-carat blue diamond necklace. The woman has a strong will. I realized that the first time I met her in 1975, when I was a cub reporter at The Washington Star. At 28, Ms. von Furstenberg was already a sensation with the phenomenally successful $86 wrap dress; she had conjured it after seeing Julie Nixon Eisenhower on TV defending her father during Watergate, wearing a

From a palazzo in Venice, she talks about her struggling business, her marriage to Barry Diller, and the threesome that never happened. “Venice is a nice stage for the winter of my life,” Ms. von Furstenberg said in the palazzo where she is living part time. Credit... Federico Ciamei for The New York Times Supported by By Maureen Dowd Diane von Furstenberg’s friends like to tease that, had she been on the cinematic Titanic, she would have found a way to hoist up Jack from the freezing water and onto that wooden door. Three days later, Jack in tow, she would have sashayed into a soignée New Yor