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For more than five decades, Diana Vreeland influenced style not only in North America, but around the world. In her many vital roles as fashion editor of Harper’s Bazaar, editor-in-chief of Vogue, and special consultant to the Costume Institute at the Metropolitan Museum of Art—a position she created—Vreeland was an epic self-mythologizer with an unerring eye, a genius for life, and an unparalleled aura of glamour. The biggest names in the arts, design, and fashion populated her inner circle, including Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, Truman Capote, Oscar de la Renta, Coco Chanel, Hubert de Givenchy, Andy Warhol, Elsie de Wolfe, and Cecil Beaton. But at the center, always, was Vreeland, the extraordinary, larger-than-life innovator. Diana Vreeland, by Eleanor Dwight, is the first illustrated and only biography of this remarkable icon, beautifully designed and with more than 300 illustrations, drawings, and photographs from many of the top fashion photographers of the era. This new edition brings back into print this beloved collectible that belongs in every fashion lover's library.        

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Diana Vreeland was the beacon of fashion for the twentieth century. She spotted, attracted, and showcased the most talented designers, photographers, illustrators, models, and fashion icons and gave their genius a glamorous theater. This book is a beautiful tribute to her. --Diane Von Furstenberg

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Eleanor Dwight is the author of several biographies on women including Edith Wharton: An Extraordinary Life and The Gilded Age: Edith Wharton and Her Contemporaries. Her most recent book is Tie Breaker: Jimmy Van Alen and Tennis in the 20th Century. She lives in New York City.

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