Diana Vreeland
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Diana Vreeland (1979) by Horst P. Horst.
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Diana Dalziel July 29, 1903 Paris, France |
| Died | August 22, 1989 (aged 86) Manhattan, New York City |
| Occupation | Magazine editor, fashion journalist and special consultant |
| Years active | 1936–89 |
| Employer | Hearst Corporation and Condé Nast Publications |
| Agent | Irving Paul Lazar |
| Title | Editor-in-chief of Vogue |
| Term | 1963–71 |
| Predecessor | Jessica Daves |
| Successor | Grace Mirabella |
| Spouse(s) | Thomas Reed Vreeland (m. 1924; d. 1966) |
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| Awards | Chevalier of the Légion d'honneur (1976),Chevalier of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (1970) |
| Website | www |
Diana Vreeland (September 29, 1903 – August 22, 1989), was a noted columnist and editor in the field of fashion. She worked for the fashion magazines Harper's Bazaar and Vogue and as a special consultant at the Costume Institute of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. She was named to the International Best Dressed List Hall of Fame in 1964.
She was born as Diana Dalziel in Paris, France, at 5, avenue du Bois-de-Boulogne (Avenue Foch since World War I). Vreeland was the eldest daughter of American socialite mother Emily Key Hoffman (1876–1928) and British stockbroker father Frederick Young Dalziel (1868–1960). Hoffman was a descendant of George Washington's brother as well as a cousin of Francis Scott Key. She also was a distant cousin of writer and socialite Pauline de Rothschild (née Potter; 1908–1976). Vreeland had one sister, Alexandra (1907–1999), who later married Sir Alexander Davenport Kinloch, 12th Baronet (1902–1982). Their daughter Emily Lucy Kinloch married Lt.-Col. Hon. Hugh Waldorf Astor (1920–1999), the second son of John Jacob Astor, 1st Baron Astor of Hever and Violet Astor, Baroness Astor of Hever.
Vreeland's family emigrated to the United States at the outbreak of World War I, and moved to 15 East 77th Street in New York, where they became prominent figures in society. Vreeland was sent to dancing school and was a pupil of Michel Fokine, the only Imperial Ballet master ever to leave Russia, and later of Louis Harvy Chalif. Vreeland performed in Anna Pavlova's Gavotte at Carnegie Hall. In January 1922, Vreeland was featured in her future employer, Vogue, in a roundup of socialites and their cars. The story read, "“Such motors as these accelerate the social whirl. Miss Diana Dalziel, one of the most attractive debutantes of the winter, is shown entering her Cadillac."
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