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Book 2014

The woman I wanted to be

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Language
English
Published
2014
  • Cancer
  • Family
  • Women fashion designers
  • Fashion designers
  • Women philanthropists
  • Patients
  • Biography
  • Identity

"Von Furstenberg reflects on her extraordinary life from childhood in Brussels to her days as a young, jet-set princess, to creating the dress that came to symbolize independence and power for an entire generation of women, ... [mining] the rich territory of what it means to be a woman. She opens up about her family and career, overcoming cancer, building a global brand, and devoting herself to empowering other women, writing, 'I want every woman to know that she can be the woman she wants to be'"--