Diane Prinzessin von Furstenberg also Princess Diane of Furstenberg (Prinzessin Diane von Furstenberg) , born Diane Simone Michelle Halfin on December 31, 1945 in Brussels, Belgium, is a fashion designer, businesswoman, and New York City socialite. December 31 is the 365th day of the year (366th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1945 (MCMXLV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... For other uses, see Brussels (disambiguation). ... Brief introduction on the history of fashion design and designers Fashion design is the art dedicated to the creation of wearing apparel and lifestyle. ... A businessman (sometimes businesswoman, female; or businessperson, gender neutral) is a generic term for a wide range of people engaged in profit_oriented enterprises, generally the management of a company. ... The construction of the Empire State Building, 1930. ...

The daughter of a Holocaust survivor, she studied economics at the University of Geneva in Switzerland and while there she met Austro-Italian Prince Egon von Furstenberg. They married and moved to New York City in 1969 where son Prince Alexandre and daughter Princess Tatiana were born. Divorced shortly after the birth of her second child, she began her own business, entering the U.S. clothing market selling knit dresses. She is most famous for introducing the "wrap dress" in 1973, an example of which, due to its important influence on women's fashion, is on display at New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art. Concentration camp inmates during the Holocaust The Holocaust was Nazi Germanys systematic genocide (ethnic cleansing) of various ethnic, religious, national, and secular groups during World War II. Early elements include the Kristallnacht pogrom and the T-4 Euthanasia Program established by Hitler that killed some 200,000 people. ... U.S. Economic Calendar Economics at the Open Directory Project Economics textbooks on Wikibooks The Economists Economics A-Z Daily analysis of economics in the news (UK focus) Institutions and organizations Bureau of Labor Statistics - from the American Labor Department Center for Economic and Policy Research (USA) National Bureau... The University of Geneva (Université de Genève) is one of the oldest universities in the world. ... Egon von Furstenberg or Prince Egon von Furstenberg (June 29, 1946 - June 11, 2004) was a fashion designer. ... The construction of the Empire State Building, 1930. ... Interior of the museum The Metropolitan Museum of Art, often referred to simply as The Met, is one of the worlds largest and most important art museums, located on the eastern edge of Central Park in Manhattan, New York, United States. ...

Von Furstenberg has started a number of successful businesses including a line of cosmetics and has ventured into the home-shopping business. In 1985 she moved to Paris, France where she founded Salvy, a French-language publishing house. From her design and marketing studio in a 19th century carriage house in West Greenwich Village in New York City, she currently creates a line of high-end women's apparel which is only offered in the most elite stores such as Bergdorf Goodman, Saks Fifth Avenue, and Neiman Marcus. The Eiffel Tower has become the symbol of Paris throughout the world. ... Greenwich Village (pronounced Grennich Village; also known as the West Village or simply the Village) is a largely residential area on the west side of downtown (southern) Manhattan in New York City. ... Bergdorf Goodman is a major department store based in Midtown, Manhattan in New York City. ... A Saks Fifth Avenue store in Phipps Plaza, Atlanta. ... Categories: Stub | Retail companies of the United States ...

In 1998 she published her memoirs "DIANE: A Signature Life."

In 2001, she married bisexual American media mogul Barry Diller, and the following year she became a naturalized U.S. citizen. Barry Diller at the Web 2. ...