Diana Vreeland

Diana Vreeland


in Paris, France
Diana Vreeland was an American fashion columnist, tastemaker and editor. She worked for the fashion magazine Harper's Bazaar and as editor-in-chief at Vogue, later becoming a special consultant to the Costume Institute of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. She was named on the International Best Dressed List Hall of Fame in 1964.

Movies for Diana Vreeland...

Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has to Travel
Title: Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has to Travel
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: September 21, 2012
Type: Movie
This intimate and loving portrait of the legendary arbiter of fashion, art and culture illustrates the many stages of Vreeland's remarkable life. Born in Paris in 1903, she was to become New York's "Empress of Fashion" and a celebrated Vogue editor.
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Chop Suey
Title: Chop Suey
Character: Self (archival footage)
Released: February 11, 2001
Type: Movie
A homage to Bruce Weber's Favourite things, these being mixing film, photography and classic movies. With portraits of a lesbian jazz singer and a 16-year-old wrestler.
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La Belle Epoque
Title: La Belle Epoque
Character: Self
Released: January 1, 1983
Type: Movie
Featuring Douglas Fairbanks Jr. and Diana Vreeland, La Belle Epoque evokes "the beautiful era" of 1890-1914, a time in which the wealthy upper classes of the Western world gave themselves over to a life of elegance and taste-making, their eyes closed to the increasing social and political turmoil fermenting beneath the surface of polite society. The program uses period motion pictures, photographs, and sound recordings, as well as the arts and fashions of the period to supplement the spoken memories of the participating interviewees who actually lived... La Belle Epoque.
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Erte
Title: Erte
Character: Narrator
Released: January 1, 1980
Type: Movie
A biography of Erte, the early 20th century Russian artist and designer known for his glamorous opera sets, jewelry, costumes, and graphic arts. Narrated by Diana Vreeland.