Tatiana von furstenberg biography samples
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In 2013, after almost a half-century in exile in London, Constantine II, the deposed king of Greece, quietly moved back to Athens to live “as a commoner” while his former kingdom teetered on the brink of economic catastrophe. Despite the awkward timing, Prince Nikolaos, his devoted second son, relished the moment. He was raised in Britain but, fiercely proud of his family and heritage, had always dreamed of living in Greece. It was a dream that his new wife, Princess Tatiana, was still getting used to.
A fashionable European aristocrat of Venezuelan extraction, Tatiana spoke no Greek and arrived in a country hollowed out by austerity and massive unemployment. “I remember when we drove in, it felt like everyone was traveling in the opposite direction,” she told me in her gently accented English. “People thought, and some still think, that there is no future here.”
Tatiana, 35, has all the charms of your prototypical princess: flaxen hair, perfect teeth, arresting green eyes, enviable posture. She can rock a tiara and sash, although she prefers jeans and sneakers. At her wedding on the island of Spetses in 2010, which one magazine described as “Mamma Mia, with aristocrats,” she asked an assortment of English nobles and Scandinavian princes to trade their formal finery for ca
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Von Furstenberg, Diane
Belgian designer working in New York
Born: Diane Michelle Halfin in Brussels, Belgium, 31 December 1946; immigrated to the U.S., 1969. Education: Studied at the University of Madrid, graduated in economics, University of Geneva. Family: Married Prince Egon Von Furstenberg, 1969 (divorced, 1983); married USA Network Chairman Barry Diller, 2001; children: Alexandre, Tatiana. Career: Owner/designer, Diane Von Furstenberg Studio, 1970-77, and from 1985; established couture house, 1984-88; produced signature cosmetics line, 1977-83; introduced Tatiana fragrance, 1977; began marketing products on QVC, 1990s; named planning director, Q2, 1994; relaunched business, 1997; published autobiography, 1998; opened in-store boutiques at Henri Bendel, 2001. Awards: Fragrance Foundation award, 1977; City of Hope Spirit of Life award, Los Angeles, 1983; Savvy Magazine award, New York, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988; Einstein College of Medicine Spirit of Achievement award, New York, 1984; Mayor of the City of New York's Statue of Liberty medal, 1986. Address: 385 West 12th Street, New York, NY, U.S.A.
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Books
Diane Von Furstenberg's Book of Beauty, New York, 1976.
Beds, New York, 1991.
Diane: A Signature Life,