"Von Furstenberg reflects on her extraordinary life from childhood in Brussels to her days as a young, jet-set princess, to creating the dress that came to symbolize independence and power for an entire generation of women, ... [mining] the rich territory of what it means to be a woman. She opens up about her family and career, overcoming cancer, building a global brand, and devoting herself to empowering other women, writing, 'I want every woman to know that she can be the woman she wants to be'"--
Record details
ISBN:9781451651546 (hbk.) :
Physical Description:print 239 pages, 48 pages of unnumbered plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm.
Edition:First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
Publisher:New York :Simon & Schuster,2014.
Content descriptions
Formatted Contents Note:
The woman I am. Roots ; Love ; Beauty -- The business of fashion. The American dream ; The comeback kid ; The new era.