Diana Vreeland:The Eye Has To Travel DVD
Diana Vreeland (1903 - 1989) was the 20th Century’s greatest arbiter of style, an exotic and vibrant character who, during her fifty-years as the 'Empress of Fashion' dazzled the world with her unique vision of style high and low.
She launched Twiggy, advised Jackie O, and coined some of fashion’s most eloquent proverbs such as 'the bikini is the biggest thing since the atom bomb.'
After twenty-five years at Harper’s Bazaar, Diana resigned and took over Vogue as editor-in-chief. It was the swinging sixties, where - as Diana would say "you could have a bump on your nose, it made no difference so long as you had a marvellous body and carriage."
Uniqueness was being celebrated and Vreeland’s transformation of Vogue was at the vanguard of this cultural revolution. The pages of Vogue exploded with fashion, art, music, and film, forming its 'golden years.'
It was suddenly a young, new and exciting magazine, where models had personalities and fashion spoke to all women. Diana became a living legend, with her striking silhouette, her jet-black hair, and her peculiar voice, somewhere between high society and street slang.
Her famous red living room, 'a garden in hell', became the headquarters for New York arts and society. Diana would look upon these years as her most glorious ones; she had finally found an era fit for her vivid and wild imagination.
In 1972, at age seventy, Diana began working at the Met’s Costume Institute where she set new standards for exhibiting fashion worldwide, awakening an institution that had been forever sleepy. Like a film director, she created sets in which elaborate fantasies came to life.
Diana Vreeland was the oracle of fashion for much of the 20th century, inviting us to join her on a voyage of perpetual reinvention and take part in the adventure of life. Through her trained and diligent eye, she opened the door of our minds and gave us the freedom to imagine.
Her images and accomplishments are as fresh and relevant now as they were then, and her spirit is just a vibrant and relevant today.
Featuring interviews with stars including Ali McGraw, David Bailey, Lauren Hutton and many more, recounting their personal memories of Vreeland, Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has To Travel is both an intimate portrait and a vibrant celebration of one of the most influential women of the 20th century, an enduring icon whose influence changed the face of fashion, beauty, art, publishing and culture itself forever.
Lisa Immordino Vreeland, Diana’s granddaughter in-law, marks her directorial debut with this acclaimed documentary. She herself has had a successful career in fashion having been the Director of Public Relations for Polo Ralph Lauren in Italy and moved on to launch several fashion companies.
Lisa is available for interviews and in town next week in time for London fashion week if you wish to speak to her.
Diana Vreeland:The Eye Has To Travel DVD is released 29th October.
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