I wanted to be an independent woman, a woman who could pay for her bills, a woman who could run her own life - and I became that woman.
Interpretation
The quote reflects the journey of a woman striving for independence and self-sufficiency.
This quote by Diane Von Furstenberg encapsulates the aspiration and achievement of personal independence in a woman's life. It emphasizes the importance of self-reliance, financial stability, and the empowerment that comes from being able to manage one's own affairs, celebrating the accomplishment of those self-set goals.
In practice
This quote can be used at a women's empowerment event to inspire attendees.
There's design, and there's art. Good design is total harmony. There's no better designer than nature - if you look at a branch or a leaf, it's perfect. It's all function. Art is different. It's about emotion. It's about suffering and beauty - but mostly suffering!
The little black dress is the true friend...she travels with you...is patient and constant...you go to her when you don't know where else to go and she is ALWAYS reliable and timeless.
One of the most important things about fashion is to dress as well as you can, look as attractive as you can, and at the same time be comfortable with yourself. Be easy about your clothes; forget about them.
All women are strong. My mother survived Auschwitz, and fear wasn't an option when we were growing up. If we were afraid of the dark, we were put into the closet until we weren't.
You're always with yourself, so you might as well enjoy the company.
A challenging economy is always good for design. It unites necessity and functionality. You are forced to be creative with poor materials.
In my own case, I had to train myself out of that phony smile, which is like a nervous tic on every teenage girl. And this meant that I smiled rarely, for in truth, when it came down to real smiling, I had less to smile about. My 'dream' action for the women's liberation movement: a smile boycott, at which declaration all women would instantly abandon their 'pleasing' smiles, henceforth smiling only when something pleased them.
I watched them, thinking that little girls who make their mothers live grow up to be such powerful women.
For any of us in this room today, let's start out by admitting we're lucky. We don't live in the world our mothers lived in, our grandmothers lived in, where career choices for women were so limited.
Women are the largest untapped reservoir of talent in the world.
People say to me, 'Has being a woman helped or hindered your career?' And the answer is yes.
We all fight over what the label 'feminism' means but for me it's about empowerment. It's not about being more powerful than men - it's about having equal rights with protection, support, justice. It's about very basic things. It's not a badge like a fashion item.
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