DIANA VREELAND Part 1

This video clip is the property of the copyright holder, and is used here in accordance with Fair Use law. From 1937 to the 1980s, Diana Vreeland was an arbiter of style, first as an editorwriter for Harper s Bazaar where she is most remembered for her shortlived but legendary Why Don t her life, Vreeland had a way with words: her phrases (some sublime, such as elegance is refusal ) and elegantly turned truisms (such as pink is the navy blue of India ) have become fashion 1962 to 1971, as editorinchief of Vogue, Vreeland gave the magazine the energy of the jet age and youth, making it a showcase for favoured photographers Richard Avedon and Irving 1972 she became consultant to the Costume Institute of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.