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When I headed to the Times Center last night, in my tomato colored dress by Diane Von Furstenberg to hear a panel that included the designer, I felt a little overzealous — sort of like the guy that goes to the Grateful Dead show in his Grateful Dead shirt.
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DVF, pictured in her first wrap dress
But as usual, Ms. Von Furstenberg left me feeling proud, powerful and full of possibility. She dropped witty one-liners on many a topic, which I’ve written up for Dossier today, but my favorite might have been in reference to her wrap dress.
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“It’s a dress,” she said, “that always reflects the beginning of your life.”
It might sound audacious if it weren’t so true. My first DVF – not a wrap, but a jersey pullover shirtdress – pictured there beneath my notebook in my lap last night, came from my first New York City sample sale, paid for by my first real job. It has seen me through many a first date, interview and decision since, and somehow makes me feel at once sexy and safe — brave. It is a dress, as Ms. Von Furstenberg said, that reflects the beginning of my life, every time I wear it.
