Diane Von Furstenberg
Shows:
- Diane von Furstenberg Spring 2014: Something Flirty for Everyone
- Diane von Furstenberg Fall 2013 Runway Review
Diane Von Furstenberg on runway diversity in 2010, via The Cut:
It’s a habit. If you tell people it’s cool, they’ll do it. Changing human behavior takes a little while…I insist. It’s my rule, and I always tell my casting agents. That’s it! Otherwise, I don’t hire them. I send everybody an e-mail right before Fashion Week to remind them to do it.
DVF’s shows are cast by John Pfeiffer, who said the following to Buzzfeed earlier this year:
Diversity is extremely important. You have to make an effort to have diversity in your casting. You really have to work at it; push yourself and push the designers to be diverse and more inclusive. When casting for the runway, you want the models selected to be cohesive as a group both in mood and spirit. That being said, I’m not the kind of casting director that goes for a homogeneous aesthetic.
And the numbers bear out: Jezebel‘s seasonal count, showing the number of models of color at each show at New York Fashion Week, regularly finds substantial diversity on the runway at Diane Von Furstenberg.
