Diana Vreeland | American editor and fashion expert
Diana Vreeland, née Diana Dalziel, (born July 29, 1903, Paris, France—died August 22, 1989, New York, New York, U.S.), American editor and fashion expert whose dramatic personality and distinctive tastes marked her successful leadership of major American fashion magazines during the mid-20th century. Diana Dalziel was the daughter of a Scottish father and an American mother in whose home the leading artists of the day were frequent guests. In 1914 the family immigrated to the United States to escape World War I and settled in New York City. There Dalziel attended the Brearley School, studi...