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by Diana Vreeland (Author), George Plimpton (Editor), Christopher Hemphill (Editor), Mary Louise Wilson (Preface) "I loathe nostalgia ..." (more)
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  • Paperback: 216 pages
  • Publisher: Da Capo Press Inc; 1st Da Capo Press Ed edition (30 Sep 1997)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0306807769
  • ISBN-13: 978-0306807763
  • Product Dimensions: 23.1 x 15.2 x 1.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 1,036,135 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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}Diana Vreelands best-selling autobiography takes us with her around the globe in the company of royalty, actors, artists, and designers. Throughout, her vivacious conversation is peppered with glittering stories and outrageous pronouncements, displaying fully the talent for perception and persuasion that made her the empress of chic. Here she tells how Buffalo Bill taught her to ride, describes how she redefined the standards of attractiveness with the quirky models she brought to Vogue in the sixties, disparages her own looks, relates her search for the perfect red, and discourses on the nature of elegance. Whatever her subject, from backaches to nostalgia, from Paris to New York, from marriage to dinner parties, from Clark Gable to Swifty Lazar, you never want her to stop. For D.V. is unique among memories: a conversation as pleasurable as a perfect wardrobe. }
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5.0 out of 5 stars Talk about charme and strong women, 17 Jun 1999
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D.V. is a whitty, funny, easy book that is must have for any fashion victim. I suggest you buy one copy for yourself and a couple for your best friends as well. They won't last. Bring your copy on your next Mediterranean clipper cruise. To me this book is Audrey Hepburn meets Aunty Mame. It is fast and energetic, won't keep much of your time but you will get addicted to every page.
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5.0 out of 5 stars One of the great arbitrators of fashion, 14 Jan 1999
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Diana Vreeland is one the most wonderfully inventive and creative people to have ever hit the fashion world. Her power is found in her ability to make the ordinary into the extraordinary - she coloured the lives of so many people and this book only exemplifies that. When asked if this book was fact or fiction she replied 'faction'. Who cares - it is still one of the most inspiring books ever, along with all the Clueless books
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1.0 out of 5 stars people in fashion should not write anything ever, 14 Oct 2009
By elenamuti (London) - See all my reviews
This review is from: D.V. (Paperback)
I am sorry to say that, but it's true. This is the most boring book ever. First of all is written like a blog (is the delirium of someone who definitely spent more time adjusting hats than reading good literature). It's merely self-glorifyng and -frankly- quite onanistic. The book doesn't say anything about the actual life of this woman (cool people she has met, her life as an editor of Vogue)or about what her feelings were, it is just a collection of her rather futile impressions about what she thinks of herself and her life. It is just the self-analysis of someone who keeps lying to herself (or maybe she's just too silly to get a grip on reality). My point is: Anna Wintour, DV: they can be great editors and geniuses (fashion-wise) but that doesn't mean they are good communicators. It doesn't mean they are smart or they have something to say. I would rather read a biography of DV written by someone else, pity it doesn't exist. This book is like an article written by Maeve Brennan, without the style, the insight, and the social awareness of Maeve Brennan. What's left? The confused and wanna-be witty rumbling of a woman who's seeking recognition because of the colour of her nail polish.
Honestly: who cares?
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