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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.

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Diane von Furstenberg
Age: 77
Born: 1946
Born: December 31
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urban area of Brussels
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