Diane von Furstenberg Quotes

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Diane von Furstenberg

Profession : Designer

Birth : December 31, 1946

I am a traveler. I am a nomad. I rarely sleep in the same bed more than three or four nights. And I know hotel life better than anyone.

Diane von Furstenberg

I obviously don't feel under pressure to look young, because I have had no Botox or surgery. I don't judge people who choose to have it, but I don't want to erase who I am.

Diane von Furstenberg

I think all races are represented in America much more than in many other places, but it's also nice to remind people about that ethnic mix. I would like to see more black models and women from different ethnic backgrounds, but I also think that when you are casting, you just choose the most beautiful girl you can find.

Diane von Furstenberg

The fashion industry has a responsibility to represent a healthy image of women, but to start weighing them and putting them against a wall and making them feel like animals? No.

Diane von Furstenberg

Women inspire me... so I enjoy women's stories and biographies. I am interested in all women.

Diane von Furstenberg

I adore dark chocolate.

Diane von Furstenberg

I am a fast dresser, 30 minutes max with hair and makeup. I don't have a uniform, but I like to be comfortable.

Diane von Furstenberg

My biggest vice is playing solitaire on my iPad. It's bad. I mean, it's ridiculous.

Diane von Furstenberg

I communicate mostly via e-mail and receive hundreds of e-mails a day.

Diane von Furstenberg

My favorite days are the ones where I deal only with my own team, design, marketing, working on the next accessories collection.

Diane von Furstenberg

I gave up on my looks a long time ago.

Diane von Furstenberg

When I was a little girl, if I didn't eat my soup, my mother would say, 'You have to think of all the Chinese children who have nothing to eat.' But now, for my children, Chinese people make everything, and for my grandchildren, they buy everything.

Diane von Furstenberg

I always was fascinated with China, because I was born in Europe, and for us, China had this fascination and mystery. The first time I came here was in 1989. They were on bicycles, and the speed of the growth has been incredible.

Diane von Furstenberg

The Chinese consumer is everybody. It's very simple.

Diane von Furstenberg

All women are the same, really: They are strong, but they are afraid of their own strength.

Diane von Furstenberg

What I think I sell with my clothes is confidence, so hopefully all my dresses, my accessories, are friends to the women. When you open the closet, and your eyes are swollen, and you don't like the way you look, you go to your friends.

Diane von Furstenberg

Simplicity and sexiness, that's what people want. At a price that's not outrageous.

Diane von Furstenberg

I was 26 when I invented the wrap dress. It was just a nothing little printed dress made out an jersey, and before I know it, I lived an American Dream making more than 25,000 dresses a week.

Diane von Furstenberg

My best friend is me, and I take good care of me.

Diane von Furstenberg

Marriage was never a destination with me.

Diane von Furstenberg