On September 10th at 9:30 in the morning, Diane Von Furstenberg opened New York Fashion Week. 

The moment was significant for fashion because DVF was returning to the official New York Fashion Week for the first time in nine years. 

Newly appointed artistic director Henry Zankov presented his first collection for the house.

DVF opening New York Fashion Week carries a significance that extends far beyond its face value.

Diane von Furstenberg is the daughter of a Holocaust survivor.

Long before the wrap dress became a symbol of female independence, Diane’s mother, Liliane Nahmias, was fighting for her own freedom.

Liliane was a young Jewish woman living in Belgium during World War II who became involved in the resistance and helped provide false papers to Jews. She was arrested in 1944 and eventually deported to Auschwitz.

When the war ended, Lily weighed just 49 pounds. Doctors warned her that her body might not........

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