--- description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. title: Diane von Furstenberg by Jessica Alba: TIME 100 image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- Apr 15, 2015 # Diane von Furstenberg by Jessica Alba Fashion is seen as a tool for fantasy, but Diane von Furstenberg used it to show us that we can transform our reality. Diane’s life is certainly fantastic—the stuff of fairy tales, magazine covers and Warhol portraits. But let’s not forget: she made her own destiny. She is, and has proudly been, a working woman and mother. That must be why her signature wrap dress is made for modern life. It’s built for speed, sophistication and simplicity. And it doesn’t deny a woman’s femininity—it celebrates it. Just like the designer herself. As an entrepreneur and philanthropist, Diane understands that changing the way women see themselves can also change the world. With the DVF Awards and the Diller–von Furstenberg Family Foundation, she acknowledges the extraordinary strength that women use to shape their communities for the better every day, everywhere across the globe. Her constant inspiration reminds us that nothing looks better on a woman than the clarity, courage and conviction of vision. _Alba is an actor, best-selling author and co-founder of the Honest Co._ ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Article","@id":"https://time.com/collections/2015-time-100/3822877/diane-von-furstenberg-2015-time-100/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/collections/2015-time-100/3822877/diane-von-furstenberg-2015-time-100/"},"headline":"Diane von Furstenberg","datePublished":"2015-04-15T20:22:02.000Z","dateModified":"2026-07-21T07:22:29.224Z","description":"Fashion force","url":"https://time.com/collections/2015-time-100/3822877/diane-von-furstenberg-2015-time-100/","keywords":["TIME 100"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"creator":"TIME Staff","articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/collections/2015-time-100/3822877/diane-von-furstenberg-2015-time-100/","name":"Diane von Furstenberg"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Diane von Furstenberg on the Most Important Relationships in Her Life","description":"“When I was growing up, I didn’t really know what I wanted to do, but I knew the kind of woman I wanted to be. I wanted to be glamorous, I wanted to be independent, and I wanted to be driving my own bus,” says the iconic fashion designer.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/khZcaYPz/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2015-04-16T01:04:41.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/khZcaYPz.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/collections/2015-time-100/3822877/diane-von-furstenberg-2015-time-100/","duration":"PT3M21S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/collections/2015-time-100/3822877/diane-von-furstenberg-2015-time-100/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```