Diana Vreeland

Diana Vreeland
Diana Vreeland (1979) by Horst P. Horst
Born
Diana Dalziel

(1903-09-29)September 29, 1903
Paris, France
DiedAugust 22, 1989(1989-08-22) (aged 85)
New York City, U.S.
Occupations
  • Magazine editor
  • fashion journalist
Years active1936–1989
Employer(s)Hearst Corporation and Condé Nast Publications
AgentIrving Paul Lazar
TitleEditor-in-chief of Vogue
Term1963–1971
PredecessorJessica Daves
SuccessorGrace Mirabella
Spouse
Thomas Reed Vreeland
(m. 1924; died 1966)
Children2, including Frederick Vreeland
MotherEmily Hoffman
Relatives
Awards
Websitewww.dianavreeland.com

Diana Vreeland (September 29, 1903[2] – August 22, 1989) was an American fashion columnist 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.[3][4] Vreeland coined the term youthquake in 1965.[5]

  1. ^ Dwight, Eleanor (2002). Diana Vreeland. Harper Collins. p. 246. ISBN 0-688-16738-1.
  2. ^ She was coy about her age, and genuinely perplexed. Diana's confusion was the result of a misreading. The genealogist Philippe Chapelin of genfrance.com has clarified that there was no discrepancy and that Diana was born on September 29, 1903. The misunderstanding came from the abbreviation "7bre" in her bulletin de naissance, which Diana took to mean "July" but is actually shorthand for "September", "7 does not mean July but seven, that is French 'Sept.'" (similar abbreviations are used for all the other months of autumn), according to Amanda Mackenzie Stuart, Diana Vreeland – Empress of Fashion, London: Thames & Hudson, 2013, p. 338.
  3. ^ "World's Best Dressed Women". The International Hall of Fame: Women. 1964. Archived from the original on July 12, 2013. Retrieved April 29, 2013.
  4. ^ Zilkha, Bettina (2004). Ultimate Style – The Best of the Best Dressed List. Assouline. p. 90. ISBN 2-84323-513-8.
  5. ^ "youthquake - Wiktionary". en.wiktionary.org. Retrieved 2021-08-13.