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Inspired by the look of Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has to Travel, we've gathered must-have pieces to emulate the fashion icon's bold, eye-catching style. First made famous for her "Why Don't You?" column in Harper's Bazaar, the editor's fearless, fiery taste eventually transformed her into a celebrated trendsetter — and the focus of her own documentary. To capture her glamorous look, here are seven gorgeous accents in a can't-miss crimson shade.
Next month, legendary Vogue and Harper's Bazaar editor in chief Diana Vreeland will become the first fashion editor included on the Rodeo Drive Walk of Style, where she'll join fashion icons like Manolo Blahnik, Tom Ford, and Princess Grace Kelly of Monaco.
Vreeland's ceremony will be held on Sept. 10, when a plaque bearing her name and a quotation will be affixed to Rodeo Drive in Beverly Hills. Vreeland's son Tim and granddaughter-in-law Lisa Immordino Vreeland — who is also the creator of the book and documentary Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has to Travel — will accept the honor on her behalf.
The honor has been given out every year since 2003 "to honor style legends for their contributions to the worlds of fashion and entertainment," according to Rodeo Drive's official website. That means the list includes designers (both Gianni and Donatella Versace are on it), fashion companies (such as Cartier and Missoni), and movie industry notables (like costume designer Edith Head).
A look at who else has received the honor in the gallery, plus a look at the trailer for The Eye Has to Travel below.
Zac Posen went to the Met Gala long before he made his name as a designer. In fact, Posen was a teenage intern for the Costume Institute the first time he attended fashion's biggest party.
"The Met Ball was sort of my first experience as an intern, when I was 16, of seeing what a ball would look like. I was an intern there, so I bought my staff ticket for the Gianni Versace exhibition. I saved up my money for like, three weeks to buy my $50 ticket. It was a really dreamy experience. So when I then became a designer and started going, it just has a very personal significance. I try to make it the most fun possible for me and my date and anybody that's around me. And it's an amazing cause and has an incredible history around it."
Posen also told us about what it was like to see Diana Vreeland's old office at the Met.
"When I was there, Diana Vreeland's office was still intact, and that's where I did my interview. It's no longer there. It was changed to a video archive while I was there, but it was an amazing experience to see all the stuffed peacocks and the Maria Callas photos on the wall. It was just like a closed time capsule, and it all had sort of a '60s vibe to it. All the clothing was archived between Venetian blinds. It was very cold. You have all the Christy Turlington mannequins and tons of vertical filing. And that was where I sort of got the fashion bug — for the history."
Photo: Zac Posen with Christina Ricci at the Met Gala in 2011.
>> For the past few seasons, the double cuff trend has been making waves — both on and off the catwalks. Though the look is hardly new (Coco Chanel did it in the '30s, Diana Vreeland in the '60s), Kate Lanphear, Amanda Brooks, and Taylor Tomasi Hill co-opted it a few seasons ago and it's been full-speed-ahead ever since. On the runways, Céline styled models with double cuffs for Fall 2010, and most recently the look popped up again at several key Resort 2012 collections. Here, we've tracked the chicest incarnations of the look through recent seasons — and gathered up a few pieces to help you steal this styling trick for yourself.
More from Vanessa Paradis's stint as guest editor of Madame Figaro, photographed by Karl Lagerfeld.
The Spice Girl's Union Jack dress and Elizabeth Hurley's safety pin Versace gown make a top 10 list of most iconic dresses of the past 50 years.
Nicholas Vreeland, grandson of Diana Vreeland, is a Tibetan Buddhist monk and has been helping to coordinate the Dalai Lama's visits to New York since 1991. He called his late grandmother "Nonina," and when he first shaved his head in 1979 she said to him, "Oh, Nicky. How could you have done that to me?"
Banana Republic is launching a limited-edition jewelry collection, the brand's first, with Chan Lu.
Kirsten Dunst, Kim Cattrall, and Susan Sarandon will help unveil United Nude's New York flagship store tonight at 25 Bond Street.
Legendary Vogue Editor-in-Chief Diana Vreeland covered her living room head to toe in scarlet chintz, "like a garden, but a garden in hell," she said. It was a bold move but it matched her leading personality, and as she pointed out, "I can't imagine becoming bored with red — it would be like becoming bored with the person you love." If you're a person who loves red, I can't imagine it either, but I can imagine becoming bored with chintz.
So, I was excited to spot this living room of designer Marsia Holzer on New York Social Diary, which was inspired by Vreeland's lauded living room. Instead of an exact echo, though, Holzer put a contemporary spin on the original by losing the chintz and using mostly solids. I love it. What do you think? Would you decorate a room in all one color?
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>> If a five foot, five inch woman tried to be a model these days, she'd hardly be taken seriously. Sixty-odd years ago, it was a different story . . . at least for Dorian Leigh, it was.
Ms. Leigh, who passed away earlier this week at 91 after battling Alzheimer's, was widely considered one of the world's first supermodels. In fact, her life was full of firsts: she was one of the first models to be known by name, and after her own modeling career, she opened what is called the first modeling agency in Paris.
Though Dorian started her career late — when she was 27 in 1944, she met with Diana Vreeland, told her she was 19, and landed a Harper's Bazaar cover right then and there — she appeared on seven Vogue covers in the 1940s, and claimed to be earning a whopping $300,000 a year.
She played muse to numerous bold name photographers: Cecil Beaton, Richard Avedon, Louise Dahl-Wolfe, Irving Penn — the last of whom she had an affair with, and may have been the inspiration for Holly Golightly in Truman Capote's Breakfast at Tiffany's. But she didn't take her job too seriously, declaring in 1953: "I'd rather have a baby than a mink coat."
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