×
77 811
Fashion Jobs
BANANA REPUBLIC
General Manager - st. Augustine Premium
Permanent · ST. AUGUSTINE
KOHLS
Full-Time Sales Supervisor - Softlines
Permanent · Akron
ROSS
Store Protection Specialist
Permanent · Hamilton Township
MACY'S
Manager, Asset Protection - Multi-Store
Permanent · Raleigh
MACY'S
Manager, Merchandise Execution
Permanent · Grapevine
HOLLISTER CO. STORES
Hollister CO. - Brand Representative, Hanes
Permanent · Winston-Salem
HOLLISTER CO. STORES
Hollister CO. - Brand Representative, Mall at University Town Center Sarasota
Permanent · Sarasota
HOLLISTER CO. STORES
Hollister CO. - Brand Representative, Livingston
Permanent · Livingston
ABERCROMBIE KIDS STORES
Abercrombie Kids - Brand Representative, Memorial City
Permanent · Houston
ABERCROMBIE AND FITCH STORES
Abercrombie & Fitch - Brand Representative, Marketstreet Lynnfield
Permanent · Lynnfield
HOLLISTER CO. STORES
Hollister CO. - Brand Representative, Shops at Lacantera
Permanent · San Antonio
HOLLISTER CO. STORES
Hollister CO. - Brand Representative, Tysons Corner
Permanent · McLean
HOLLISTER CO. STORES
Hollister CO. - Brand Representative, Burlington
Permanent · Burlington
HOLLISTER CO. STORES
Hollister CO. - Brand Representative, Mall of New Hampshire
Permanent · Manchester
HOLLISTER CO. STORES
Hollister CO. - Brand Representative, Rockingham Park
Permanent · Salem
HOLLISTER CO. STORES
Hollister CO. - Brand Representative, Dartmouth
Permanent · Dartmouth
HOLLISTER CO. STORES
Hollister CO. - Brand Representative, Holyoke
Permanent · Holyoke
HOLLISTER CO. STORES
Hollister CO. - Brand Representative, West County
Permanent · Des Peres
HOLLISTER CO. STORES
Hollister CO. - Brand Representative, Arbor Place
Permanent · Douglasville
ABERCROMBIE AND FITCH STORES
Abercrombie & Fitch - Brand Representative, Savannah Outlets
Permanent · Pooler
ABERCROMBIE AND FITCH CO.
Part/Full-Time Fit Consultant (Size 4)
Permanent · Columbus
HOLLISTER CO. STORES
Hollister CO. - Brand Representative, Avenue Murfreesboro
Permanent · Murfreesboro
Published
Feb 29, 2020
Reading time
3 minutes
Share
Download
Download the article
Print
Click here to print
Text size
aA+ aA-

Diane von Furstenberg receives Légion d’Honneur from Christine Lagarde

Published
Feb 29, 2020

They fêted Diane von Furstenberg in Paris on Friday night as she received the Légion d’Honneur from President of the European Central Bank Christine Lagarde in a touching and tumultuous ceremony inside the Quai d’Orsay.


Diane von Furstenberg poses after receiving the Légion d'Honneur - Instagram: @dvf


Few people are more popular in fashion than von Furstenberg, and fewer still have her high-wattage pulling power. Jeff Bezos, Seth Meyers, Christiane Amanpour, Anna Wintour, Larry Gagosian, Christian Louboutin and Jonathan Newhouse attended. Plus, a couple of Elkanns – John and Lapo – and a pair of Arnaults – Delphine and Antoine – and a plethora of younger pals – from Julie de Libran to influencer Caroline Daur. There was even the odd figure with a whiff of ill repute, like François-Marie Banier, the balding dandy and central figure in the Bettencourt scandal.
 
In her speech, Lagarde extolled DVF’s unique career; her creation of the wrap dress, her role as president of the CFDA and her leadership in the renovation of the Statue of Liberty, originally a gift of the people of France to the United States.

“Along the way you also experienced some difficult moments which can also happen to women in charge, but you drew strength and started again [...] in a life journey characterized by a determination to carry on and, in difficult times, to stay the course,” said the blonde Lagarde with a steely gaze, dressed in a purple DVF pantsuit.
 
“You are one of the most generous people in the funny world of fashion, and I don’t know much about it. But, in the support of women’s struggles, the most important elegance, is the elegance of the heart,” added Lagarde, noting that DVF’s “wonderful foundation” had supported such diverse fighters for human rights as Anita Hill and Jane Goodall, the primate expert.
 
In response, DVF reminded everyone why she is known for being such a class act with her first sentence. “To receive this honor from you is as much an honor as the honor itself,” she said to cheers.
 
“Your leadership is exceptional, a fantastic journey. The first women to be minister of finance in a G7 country. The first women head of the IMF […]  Former member of the French synchronized swimming team, and synchronization proved very helpful in the 2008 financial crisis. Mother of two sons, and partner of a very sexy man!” she expounded to much laughter.
 
Turning to praising Paris, and gesturing out the window to the Seine, she continued.
 
 “Paris is a city of women, a city of elegance, a city where you want to go to cafés, and to bookshops and to have… hidden affairs,” she said to much applause.
 

Diane von Furstenberg receives the Légion d'Honneur from Christine Lagarde - Instagram: @dvf


While sailing last summer, she explained, von Furstenberg received a letter from French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian with the news of the award, just as she was finishing a four-volume biography of Napoleon.
 
“It was Napoleon who created this award in 1802 to recognize those who fought had for civil rights and shown military courage. And I have never been terribly military,” said DVF, who was joined by her son Alex, her grandchildren and her brother, as well as multiple other relatives from Brussels, where she was born, and a lot of love from her friends for this truly unique woman.

Copyright © 2023 FashionNetwork.com All rights reserved.