"I always have doubts about what I do. When I start a show, I’m very timid and nervous for weeks and months. It takes a great deal out of me. It’s hard work. You start with an idea and you believe in it and then it grows around you . . .you gain confidence. Some days are big days. You jump. You get a whole excitable, marvelous . . . wonderful it-doesn’t-balance, what-the-hell-are-we-going-to-do feeling. Then you know. It all comes gradually and then entirely . . . somehow it ends up that people like it and I’m very happy, and very proud, and very very pleased, because that’s the job." DIANA VREELAND from PARTICULAR PASSIONS: Diana Vreeland.
The oral biography of Diana Vreeland, whose pioneering exhibitions at the Metropolitan Museum of Art elevated fashion to a fine art. Enjoy this chapter at no charge, by sharing the story with your social network.
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PARTICULAR PASSIONS recounts the rich oral histories of forty-two pioneering women of the twentieth century from the arts and sciences, athletics and law, mathematics and politics.
We share their journeys as they pursue successful paths with intelligence and determination, changing the world for the millions of women and men who were inspired by them. These stories will captivate, educate, and inspire you. Please purchase these individual chapters or the complete book at Apple and Amazon.
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