Diane von Fürstenberg

A global luxury lifestyle brand and one of the premier names in American fashion, Diane von Furstenberg founded by the designer. In 1970 Belgian-born Diane von Furstenberg arrived in New York with suitcase full of jersey dresses that she had made at her friend Angelo Ferretti’s factory in Italy. In 1974 she created the wrap dress, which launched a liberating style movement for women around the globe. By 1976 she had sold over a million of her signature dresses and landed on the cover of The Wall Street Journal and Newsweek, the latter dubbing her 'the most marketable woman since Coco Chanel. Today, DVF is a full lifestyle brand; it boasts a global distribution network in over 55 countries. In 2012 Diane was named the most powerful woman in fashion by Forbes, and partnered with Google to create a film shot exclusively through Google Glass during New York Fashion Week. In 2014, DVF launched a home fabric and trimmings collection with Kravet, as well as DVF sun and optical frames made for Google Glass. The designer has deservedly received the ‘CFDA Lifetime Achievement Award’ and one year after the win was appointed President of the CFDA.