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Article: VON FURSTENBERG MOLDS NEWEST CREATION.(fashion designer Diane von Furstenberg, Costume Institute Gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art)
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- WWD
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- May 10, 2007
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Byline: Sharon Edelson
NEW YORK - Hours before the Costume Institute Gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art Monday night, Diane von Furstenberg wasn't putting the finishing touches on her dress or having her hair done. The designer was in her new 2,100-square-foot Meatpacking District store here talking with customers and offering advice.
With ears tuned to catch bits of conversation, von Furstenberg detected a foreign accent across the room. "Are you Brazilian?" she called to a customer. "Yes, from Brasilia," the woman replied. Displaying her many connections to the powerful and privileged, von Furstenberg asked the shopper if she knew Tassos ...