My First DVF
The summer of 77’, I came to Manhattan for a summer course at Parson School of Design. I had barely arrived and went to the payphone in my dorm lobby to call
my Mom to send money and finance some new wardrobe purchases. I bought my first
of many Diane Von Furstenberg wrap dresses at Saks Fifth Avenue. Then a seventeen year old lady looking fabulous could slip into a disco, order a Pina Colada
or Black Russian and dance the hustle to Barry White, Donna Summer and
The Bee Gees. My Uncle Ted and his girlfriend drove from New Jersey to see how
I made it through the big blackout. I met them at the elegant Art Deco designed One Fifth for
brunch of mimosa, Eggs benedict and capaccino. As I entered the
restaurant in my red DVF wrap dress and Charles Jourdan sandals and clutch, they
were stunned by my transformation to
a chic Manhattan woman.