The life that Diane von Furstenberg has lived is one of jet-setting romances, European aristocracy, Studio 54 conquests, gay lovers and tycoon successes that needs to be seen to be believed. The film festival premiere for her new biopic, “Diane von Furstenberg: Woman in Charge ,” offered a fleeting glimpse. On Wednesday evening in New York City, “Woman in Charge,” opened the Tribeca Festival to a red carpet of European socialites, fashion luminaries and the same tall, beautiful, old-moneyed people who run around von Furstenberg’s biopic.
Candice Bergen was there. So was the Consulting General of Belgium in New York. You may have spotted executives from fashion brands like Neiman Marcus, David Yurman, Estée Lauder, Kering and many more.
Karlie Kloss walked the red carpet, and the Greek Royal family made an appearance, including Marie Chantal, the Crown Princess of Greece, and Prince Achielieas-Andreas of Greece and Denmark. The new Hulu documentary, which premieres on the platform June 25, tells the glamorized story of von Furstenberg’s life: A poor Jewish girl turned feminist icon and business tycoon who changed the face of fashion with the wrap dress. The film, like its recondite subject, came together through association.
Fabiola Beracasa Beckman, an heiress and film producer, first broached the subject to von Furstenberg in 2017. Beckman and her family had known von Furstenberg for years: Beckman’s father, the Venezuelan banker and industrialist Alfredo Ber.
