The woman I wanted to be
By: Diane von Furstenberg
Edition: First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 239
ISBN-13: 9781451651546
Subjects: Cancer; Family; Women fashion designers; Fashion designers; Women philanthropists; Patients; Biography; Identity; Women
Description: "Von Furstenberg reflects on her extraordinary life from childhood in Brussels to her days as a young, jet-set princess, to creating the dress that came to symbolize independence and power for an entire generation of women, ... [mining] the rich territory of what it means to be a woman. She opens up about her family and career, overcoming cancer, building a global brand, and devoting herself to empowering other women, writing, 'I want every woman to know that she can be the woman she wants to be'"--
Table of contents: title: The woman I am. Roots ; Love ; Beauty; title: The business of fashion. The American dream ; The comeback kid ; The new era.