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Diane Von Furstenberg is most known for her 1974 wrap dress, (a dress in which one side wraps over the other creating a frontal closure, fastened/tied at the side or back, forming a V neckline), which features knee-length, and jersey with long sleeves. Her version of the wrap dress was so popular that the entire style became associated with her. The design was a re-interpretation of the Kimono. The dress sold 1 million times by 1976 and that same year she was featured on the cover of Newsweek magazine. The dress itself has been credited with becoming a symbol of women's liberation in the 1970s.

Since then, Diane Von Furstenberg's designs have been worn by many celebrities and prominent figures such as Michelle Obama and Whitney Houston; her designs have been displayed at the Manezah, the MET, and the museum at FIT. She has launched a podcast called #InCharge that aims to empower women, designed t-shirts for Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign, and donated $20 million dollars to the High Line. She has also written a number of books including Diane Von Furstenberg's Book of Beauty: How to Become a More Attractive, Confident, and Sensual woman.

I was privileged to take a trip to her last store in America. The store doubles as an office and business space for the company. Diane lives there with her husband. I really liked the interior design - especially the colorful patterns and the couch that resembled a pair of lips. The inside of the building was well-lit and extremely clean, and the outside was marvelous in comparison to the surrounding buildings. I thoroughly enjoyed my visit and it was a fun experience.

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Fashion Trends and The Digital Age

The Digital Age has normalized the elimination of privacy in our lives. I found it extremely difficult to take pictures of people without them knowing, even after the fact I've blurred their face. On the Internet, users take & post pictures of that 'weird' guy on the subway- or the worker in the background of the new coffee shop they like. In some instances- people display everything they stand (and fall) for in their bio, or unintentionally provide the location of where they live. Just 5 minutes on social media apps like Twitter or TikTok display how much we love to overshare- it's no matter a question of what does the viewer know about you- it's about what they don't know (essentially- we know, or can access more information about an individual easier than not doing so).

Since around 3 years ago today, fashion as a topic of discussion has skyrocketed in popularity. An example of oversharing in the fashion space has got to be the trend of "Get Ready with me" or "A Day in my life" in which the poster shares what should be left private to the public- such as the inside of their room, or the location of their work/school. Now in many cases, these videos are a fabrication of lies to make their lives seem more interesting. In fact- majority of fashion content online is a falsehood, and not the reality.

The pictures I've taken and included, though few in number are all very different from each other, and I couldn't really find an overarching trend besides the theme of individualism. Everyone in these photos is unapologetically themselves, not conforming to some made-up trend they saw online.

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The Museum at FIT presents “Designing Women: Fashion Creators and their Interiors”

The exhibition showcases more than ten legendary female designers from the 1890s to the 1970s, and around 70 garments of their work are on display. These designers include but are not limited to: Anna Sui, Coco Chanel, Diane von Furstenberg, Valentina Schlee, Lucile, Jeanne Paquin, and Madeline Vionnet. Each set of items is accompanied by images of the women’s homes. One is given a unique inside look into the working and thinking area of the respective designers, offering the visitor a novel perspective of these unconventional minds like never before.

Upon leaving the exhibit, the visitor will have a new understanding and curiosity of the creative’s living space. The mediums of interior design and fashion, once thought to be separate entities, are coexisting whilst complimenting each other in the stream of unconscious influence in the creatives environment. One may wonder how these aesthetic choices and others affect, guide, and transform each other in the matrimony of artistic channels.

The exhibit is on display now in the fashion and textile history gallery until May 14th, 2023.