DVF Opens Up To Harper's Bazaar

Photographed by the great Peter Lindbergh, Diane von Furstenberg recently sat down with Harper's Bazaar, dishing on her long and successful career and glam lifestyle.

Check out some of the highlights below:

On her signature frizzy 'do:
"I used to be very insecure about my curly hair, because I lived in a country where everybody had blonde straight hair…. One day in 1976, I did a picture for the cover of Interview. And I had my hair very straight, blown out, and so we did the shoot, we shot the picture. And then my friend the photographer said, 'Now wet your hair.' And I said, 'What do you mean? I can't wet my hair.' And he said, 'I just want to try something.' And my hair was superfrizzy, and of course that's what ran on the cover, and that's how I've worn it since."

On her mission:
"To empower women. Why? Because I wanted to be an empowered woman, and I became an empowered woman. And now I want to empower every woman. And I do it through my clothes, I do it through my words, I do it through my money, I do it through everything."

On her designs:
“I like to think that my style and the clothes I design are effortlessly elegant and sexy. I think the word effortless is very important. I think that that creates an ease and a confidence, because I think there's nothing more beautiful than a woman who's confident.”

We love her!

Be sure to pick up a copy of Harper's Bazaar, on stands now, and read the full article!

[Image by Peter Lindbergh / Harper's Bazaar.]