The New York Fashion Week event I had been looking forward to the most was my evening with Diane von Fürstenburg!

DVF is a former princess, turned designer, turned fashion icon! Shortly after marrying then husband, Prince Egon of Fürstenberg, Diane began designing women’s clothing.  In 1974, she introduced her knitted jersey wrap dress and was instantly catapulted into fashion history. That design, which is still being produced today, was eventually inducted into the collection of the Costume Institute of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

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What do you wear when you’re about to meet royalty?

If they’re a designer you should probably wear something they created.

Unfortunately, all of the DVF pieces I own are more functional than they are fabulous (at least not fabulous enough to meet her in)…I don’t own any vintage DVF pieces. So instead, I decided to do something a little different and wear what I thought she would have worn back in the 70s during her Studio 54 days with Andy Warhol!

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