Diana Vreeland is such a charismatic and unique figure in the history of fashion that she runs the risk of remaining petrified in the account of the incredible life she led between Paris, London and New York. Frozen, again, in the continual re-proposition of her memorable words and actions. All the materials that bear Diana Vreeland's mark are an account of the continuous present of fashion. They are the series of obsessions, desires and dreams that have taken shape from a precise idea of style and fashion, but they are also the account in sequence of all the moments of the life she lived. A trailblazing one, that no longer seems possible today. Sliding constantly between the roles of fashion editor and fashion curator, Vreeland was able to play the card of interpretation, to the point of sparking off within the museum that overlap of presentation between place of cultural reflection and place of shopping which has now become firmly embedded in our age of "total living." What lies at the heart of the project of this book is the critical view and act of interpretation that still define today the highly personal curatorial grammar of Vreeland, always excessive and dramatic.