“I always was fascinated with China, because I was born in Europe, and for us, China had this fascination and mystery. The first time I came here was in 1989. They were on bicycles, and the speed of the growth has been incredible.”

Belgian fashion designer

Diane von Fürstenberg is a Belgian fashion designer best known for creating the wrap dress. She came to prominence in 1969, when she married Prince Egon von Fürstenberg and entered the German princely House of Fürstenberg. After their separation in 1972 and divorce in 1983, she kept his family name and remained widely identified with her work in fashion. Her public profile has been closely tied to that signature design, which became the detail most strongly associated with her name.