Looking at retro photos, we often pay attention to the fact that women looked perfect – from styling to the tips of shoes. And Parisian beauties were an example of simply inaccessible beauty, and without any visits to plastic surgeons. Well, fashion historian Diana Vreeland in her memoir sheds light on this astonishing fact, explaining that it’s all to blame for a usually insignificant difference in lifestyle: maybe if modern women corrected a few nuances, the image would be completely different.
Diana Vreeland died in 1989 – she was 85 years old. But to this day, this standout woman is considered a style icon and fashion authority. Originally from Paris, she collaborated with major fashion magazines and remained one of the main experts in social life, because she literally grew up in an atmosphere of European receptions, where her mother Emily Kay Hoffman, heiress of the first president American George Washington, shone.