Brilliant funny charming imperious Diana Vreeland?the fashion editor of Harper's Bazaar and
editor-in-chief of Vogue?was a woman whose passion and genius for style helped define the world
of high fashion for fifty years. Among her eclectic circle of friends were some of the most
renowned and famous figures of the twentieth century?artists and princes movie stars and
international legends including Chanel the Duke and Duchess of Windsor Isak Dinesen Clark
Gable and Swifty Lazar. Moving from English palaces to the nightclubs of 1930s Paris the
wilds of Wyoming to the exclusive venues of New York high society D.V. takes readers into this
iconic woman's dazzling life evoking the luxury and brio of an era that encompassed Josephine
Baker England's Queen Mary Buffalo Bill and Diaghilev. Vibrant with the vivid irresistible
voice that elevated every tête-à-tête and dinner party D.V. brings this renowned and
uninhibited raconteur alive whether recalling herself as a young girl her search for the
perfect red her piquant observations about her world or her abhorrence for nostalgia. Like
her legacy Vreeland's story told in her own words is a classic to be celebrated by both
loyal admirers and a new generation of culture mavens and style savants.
