Makeup should have one function only - to make you look better, to make you more attractive...Makeup is a luxury, so it should be fun...Making up is like telling yourself a secret.
Diane von FurstenbergThe real story is that I am very free, that I've managed to be who I wanted to be without compromising.
Diane von FurstenbergThe older I get, the more impressed I am with women. I have yet to meet a woman who is not strong. They don't exist.
Diane von FurstenbergThere's design and there's art. Good design is total harmony. There's no better designer than nature - if you look at a branch or a leaf, it's perfect. It's all function. Art is different. It's about emotion. It's about suffering and beauty - but mostly suffering!
Diane von FurstenbergMy favorite days are the ones where I deal only with my own team, design, marketing, working on the next accessories collection.
Diane von FurstenbergI am a fast dresser, 30 minutes max with hair and makeup. I don't have a uniform, but I like to be comfortable.
Diane von FurstenbergI travel light. I think the most important thing is to be in a good mood and enjoy life, wherever you are.
Diane von FurstenbergDon't talk about your diet. It's just boring, and the last thing you need when dieting is to be considered boring.
Diane von FurstenbergIf 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.
Diane von FurstenbergIt's more important to be healthy and of good spirit than it is to be thin, just as it's more important to be an attractive woman than a fashionable one.
Diane von FurstenbergThe most important relationship in your life is the relationship you have with yourself. Because no matter what happens, you will always be with yourself.
Diane von FurstenbergI'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.
Diane von FurstenbergI think living is serious. Living well, accepting yourself, using your talents to the fullest, enjoying yourself, that's all serious and important...But I think makeup and fashion should not be taken that seriously...You should have fun making up for a party. You should have fun wearing a sexy dress. When you're beautiful it should give you pleasure.
Diane von FurstenbergSimplicity and sexiness, that's what people want. At a price that's not outrageous.
Diane von FurstenbergUsually, the fairy tale ends with the girl marrying the prince. But mine started as soon as the marriage was over.
Diane von FurstenbergThe 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.
Diane von FurstenbergI was born in Belgium. I went to school in England and in Switzerland, then I came to America, so I really feel like I am a citizen of the world.
Diane von FurstenbergI 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.
Diane von FurstenbergYou don't want to exaggerate any feature noticeably. I think only truly beautiful women can exaggerate and they usually don't have to.
Diane von FurstenbergAs the president of the Council of Fashion Designers of America, I represent the designers. And while we can by no means take the blame for eating disorders, we can play our part in addressing this important issue.
Diane von FurstenbergI didn't know what I wanted to do, but I always knew the woman I wanted to be.
Diane von FurstenbergI always wanted to be a femme fatale. Even when I was a young girl, I never really wanted to be a girl. I wanted to be a woman.
Diane von FurstenbergWhen you feel humiliated or things like that, you either use it as fuel to change or you get covered by it.
Diane von FurstenbergI think all races are represented in America much more than in many other places, but it's also nice to remind people about that ethnic mix. I would like to see more black models and women from different ethnic backgrounds, but I also think that when you are casting, you just choose the most beautiful girl you can find.
Diane von FurstenbergI can honestly say that I understand women very well. If you understand yourself, you understand women, because, in the end, all women are the same.
Diane von FurstenbergI've always liked wrinkles. When I was a young girl, I used to make lines on my face with my nails because I loved Jeanne Moreau. I always wanted to be older; I always added years to my life. For the longest time, if people thought I was older I would take it as a compliment.
Diane von FurstenbergAll women are strong. My mother survived Auschwitz, and fear wasn't an option when we were growing up. If we were afraid of the dark, we were put into the closet until we weren't.
Diane von FurstenbergIf you are trying to slip out without waking a sleeping man, zips are a nightmare. Haven't you ever tried to creep out of the room unnoticed the following morning? I've done that many times.
Diane von FurstenbergThe other day I went to a school in Harlem to talk to some 7th graders [12-year-olds] and I said, ‘If I have to give you some advice, the most important thing is: the sooner you become your own best friend, the better your life will be,’
Diane von FurstenbergYou know, there's a thing about the woman across the room. You see the woman across the room, you think, She's so poised; she's so together. But she looks at you and you are the woman across the room for her.
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