Fashion icon, Diana Vreeland enriched the world with her brilliant imagination accompanied by her glamorous presence. Eleanor Dwight's Diana Vreeland reveals how the cosmopolitan heiress became the most influential fashion editor of the 20th century through determination and creative talent. Vreeland's biography packs his "pizzazz" as it chronicles his personal story and professional progression. Drawn from Vreeland's personal albums, this sumptuous book features more than three hundred never-before-seen color and black-and-white photographs and illustrations by the best fashion photographers. of the period, including David Bailey, Cecil Beaton, Brassaü, Louise Dahl-Wolfe and Irving Penn. The images feature designers, models and celebrities inspired by Vreeland, such as Cecil Beaton, Marisa Berenson, Truman Capote, Carmen, Coco Chanel, Christian Dior, Hubert de Givenchy, Lauren Hutton, Jackie Kennedy, Yves Saint Laurent, Oscar de la Renta, Elsa Schiaparelli, Andy Warhol and Elsie de Wolfe. The beginning of the book introduces Diana Dalziel, a privileged but insecure debutante growing up in New York during the Gilded Age. Young Diana, dissatisfied with her homespun appearance, embarks on a mission to reinvent herself. He changed his style and mannerisms. He developed grace, wit and poise. “It's a shame that your sister is so beautiful and you are so ugly,” her mother told her. Despite the emotional abuse inflicted by her narcissistic mother, she remained optimistic and eventually achieved her goal of gaining popularity among her peers. Like her socialite mother, she became a regular visitor to the society pages. Although Diana Vreeland never obtained a college education, in 1937, Harper's Bazaar hired her as a fashion editor, writing......in mid-paper......important topic to know because she changed fashion for Always. Ironically, this awkward and eccentric girl grew up to become the style authority of the 20th century. Between the 1940s and 1970s, it maintained a profound influence in the fashion world, dictating fashion and style trends. “You are and always will be my fashion mentor,” Jackie Kennedy wrote to Vreeland, who helped the First Lady design her signature. style that women across America imitated in the 1960s. His intelligent advice thrilled readers of Harper's Bazaar from the 1930s to the 1960s, and he directed Vogue in its most innovative years, from 1963 to 1972. Finally, for 13 years he ran the annual fashion shows of great historical costumes success at the Costume Institute of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Although fussy and extravagant, he had impeccable taste. When he died, he became a legend.