Diane von Furstenberg’s ‘Family Approach’ to Her 13-year Run as CFDA Chairman

Diane von Furstenberg, who served as president and later chairwoman of the CFDA from 2006 to 2019, said her most important role was to make CFDA into a family.

“I’m a mother, I’m a Jewish mother and I wanted to make it a family and that was super important to me. That was my goal number one,” von Furstenberg said. She added that while the CFDA members are competitive, they support each other too. Over the years, she would get offers…