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The biggest mistake a woman can make is not to be herself in public or private.

Diane von Furstenberg

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Diane von Furstenberg
Age: 77
Born: 1946
Born: December 31
Businessperson
Designer
Fashion Designer
Socialite
urban area of Brussels
Princess Diane of Fürstenberg
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The important thing is to take your time and not get stressed.
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We are living in such a troubled world that fashion seems completely irrelevant. Yet...it's a very, very mysterious thing. Why all of a sudden do people like yellow? Why all of a sudden do people wear combat boots?
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I'm not the only one most people's mothers are the most influential person in their life. But my mother survived the camps, and she was very strong. She made me strong, but she wanted me to be strong. That's more important.
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Harbour Island in the Bahamas is beautiful, with turquoise water and pink sand.
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I wanted to be an independent woman, a woman who could pay for her bills, a woman who could run her own life - and I became that woman.
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Generosity is the best investment.
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Bali and the Aman resorts are all very luxurious, great places to go.
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The secret to a great marriage is having a great husband.
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Use your brains, your common sense, and do not become an object. The way you look is important, but who you are and how you project it is eventually who you will become and how you will appear.
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If there is one rule for dressing, for fashion, it’s pretty much the same rule as for everything else in life: Don’t go against yourself, don’t go against your own nature. It’s only going to show.
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Resisting a beautiful chocolate cake or a wonderful foie gras is as difficult as (the idea of) saying no to Paul Newman.
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You know I have never met a woman who is not strong. They don't exist.
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No one should notice how your eyes are done or the color of your eyeshadow. They should just notice you and notice that you're beautiful, that you have beautiful eyes.
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The girls who were unanimously considered beautiful often rested on their beauty alone. I felt I had to do things, to be intelligent and develop a personality in order to be seen as attractive. By the time I realized maybe I wasn't plain and might even possibly be pretty, I had already trained myself to be a little more interesting and informed.
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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.
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The wrap dress is the most traditional form of dressing: It's like a robe, it's like a kimono, it's like a toga. It doesn't have buttons or zippers. What made it different was that it was jersey therefore, it was close to the body and it was a print.
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The older you get, the more you should learn to love life and appreciate the beauty that comes with age.
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Taste is acquired. You may have to unlearn a taste for chocolate or ice cream.
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The most important relationship in your life is the relationship you have with yourself. Because no matter what happens, you will always be with yourself.
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