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When Dion von Furstenberg was born, her mother declared, you, are my torture.
Freedom.
Just a year before, in 1945, Dionne's mother, Lily, had survived the nazi concentration camps.
Dionne von Furstenberg, simply known by many as DVF, would go on to become one of the most well known fashion designers of our time after she designed the wrap dress, which has endured for more than 50 years as a symbol of women's empowerment and liberation.
The story of the wrap dress goes like one day von Furstenberg saw former president Richard Nixon's daughter on television wearing one of her wrap tops along with a skirt.
She thought, what if the two pieces could turn into one?
The rest is history.
The wrap dress was the go to garment.
Everybody I knew had one.
It seemed to epitomize a modern, independent, sexy woman who could have it all.
I remember being a young reporter saving up for a Diane von Furstenberg wrap dress.
It was such a status symbol to have one of those dresses.