![]() ![]() After that, everything follows quite naturally.” Diana Vreeland was one of the great figures of the New York City fashion and art world until her death in 1989. She once said, “The first thing to do is to arrange to be born in Paris. Her personal panache, her jet black bob, her aquiline nose, and her gift for witticisms won me from the first moment that I read about her. Vreeland, whom I worshipped from afar, to be a fascinating creature. ![]() In 1963 Vreeland cemented her reputation by being named the Editor-in-Chief of Vogue where her contributions to the fashion revolution of the mid-sixties were innumerable. ![]() She discovered Hollywood legend Lauren Bacall launched the careers of models Twiggy and Jean Shrimpton advised First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy on clothes and became a major player during the heyday of women’s magazines. “There is only one thing in life and that’s the continual renewal of inspiration.” Diana Vreeland Photo Courtesy of the Diana Vreeland Estate She was Diana Vreeland, whose singular style catapulted her in the 1930s from socialite to Harper’s Bazaar’s fashion editor, a job she invented and held for almost three decades. Once upon a time there was a queen, who, despite her rather unconventional appearance, ruled the rarified world of women’s magazines with her ideas of fashion and beauty. UPDATE 9/8/12: The new film, “ Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has To Travel,” opens this month. UPDATE 2/21/13: Film debuts at Memphis Brooks Museum of Art ![]()
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