Julia Louis-Dreyfus

Hi, I'm Julia Louis-Dreyfus, and this is Wiser Than Me, a show where each week I get schooled by women who are wiser than me. Well, hold on to your freaking wrap dresses, people, because our guest today has been at the forefront of the fashion world for over five decades. And guess what? She's not done yet. Not even close. Remember how not that long ago, everything all of a sudden was a brand?

Hi, I'm Julia Louis-Dreyfus, and this is Wiser Than Me, a show where each week I get schooled by women who are wiser than me. Well, hold on to your freaking wrap dresses, people, because our guest today has been at the forefront of the fashion world for over five decades. And guess what? She's not done yet. Not even close. Remember how not that long ago, everything all of a sudden was a brand?

Do you know what I mean? Shoes, computers, entertainment, people, everything's like a brand now. Well, way before that, decades even, Diane von Furstenberg became one of the original brands by creating clothes that celebrate the strength and independence of women.

Do you know what I mean? Shoes, computers, entertainment, people, everything's like a brand now. Well, way before that, decades even, Diane von Furstenberg became one of the original brands by creating clothes that celebrate the strength and independence of women.

She had the vision to see exactly where women wanted to go in fashion, and she turned that vision into a global empire, one chic little outfit at a time. And then she banked her success, and she started doing all kinds of good for all kinds of people.

She had the vision to see exactly where women wanted to go in fashion, and she turned that vision into a global empire, one chic little outfit at a time. And then she banked her success, and she started doing all kinds of good for all kinds of people.

She is the founder of the Diller von Furstenberg Family Foundation, the DVF Awards, an incredible supporter of the Women's Cancer Research Fund, and is the former chairman of the Council of Fashion Designers of America, and so much more. She has the brains, the beauty, the confidence, and the skill to make it in an industry that caters mainly to women but is still most often run by men.

She is the founder of the Diller von Furstenberg Family Foundation, the DVF Awards, an incredible supporter of the Women's Cancer Research Fund, and is the former chairman of the Council of Fashion Designers of America, and so much more. She has the brains, the beauty, the confidence, and the skill to make it in an industry that caters mainly to women but is still most often run by men.

She's willing to share herself with us as an author, designer, and philanthropist. So please welcome a woman who is wiser than me, Diane von Furstenberg. Hello.

She's willing to share herself with us as an author, designer, and philanthropist. So please welcome a woman who is wiser than me, Diane von Furstenberg. Hello.

Yeah, that's quite an entrance you've just made. So are you comfortable if I say your real age, Diane? Yes.

Yeah, that's quite an entrance you've just made. So are you comfortable if I say your real age, Diane? Yes.

Oh, that's so nice. But how do you feel inside? What age do you feel? Do you feel 300? No way.

Oh, that's so nice. But how do you feel inside? What age do you feel? Do you feel 300? No way.

Yeah, yeah. Got it. Of course, I'm going to join the millions of people who want to talk about the wrap dress. So indulge me for a second. There's such a universality to the wrap dress. It changed my life completely. That wrap dress. What's your story? Okay, here's my story. I was born in the early 60s.

Yeah, yeah. Got it. Of course, I'm going to join the millions of people who want to talk about the wrap dress. So indulge me for a second. There's such a universality to the wrap dress. It changed my life completely. That wrap dress. What's your story? Okay, here's my story. I was born in the early 60s.

So by the time I became a teenager in the, you know, 70s, being super thin was the only way to be. And I was not. I was a little bit heavyset, but I had a small waist. OK, and I'm going to tell you honestly that your dress was, I think, the first sort of fashion thing that I wore that made me feel like, oh, I don't mind my body so much.

So by the time I became a teenager in the, you know, 70s, being super thin was the only way to be. And I was not. I was a little bit heavyset, but I had a small waist. OK, and I'm going to tell you honestly that your dress was, I think, the first sort of fashion thing that I wore that made me feel like, oh, I don't mind my body so much.

I'm going to say I was 16, 15.

I'm going to say I was 16, 15.