Title: The woman I wanted to be
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'"--
Subjects: Cancer, Family, Women fashion designers, Fashion designers, Women philanthropists, Patients, Biography, Identity, Women, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Artists, Architects, Photographers, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / Fashion & Textile Industry, Industries, Personal Memoirs, Artists, Architects, Photographers, Families, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY, Fashion & Textile Industry, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS, nyt:celebrities=2014-12-07, New York Times bestseller, Women, united states, biography, Philanthropists, Cancer, patients, biography
Places: United States
People: Diane Von Furstenberg