8220An evening with D V is almost as marvelous as an evening with D V [herself]8212same magic, same spontaneity and, above all, never a boring moment 82218212Bill BlassD V is the mesmerizing autobiography of one of the 20th century8217s greatest fashion icons, Diana Vreeland, the onetime fashion editor of Harper8217s Bazaar and editorinchief of Vogue, whose incomparable stylesense, genius, and flair helped define the world of haute couture for fifty years The incomparable D V proves herself a brilliant raconteur as she carries the reader along on her whirlwind life8212from English palaces to the nightclubs of Paris in the 1930s to the heart of New York high society, hobnobbing with everyone who was anyone, from Queen Mary to Clark Gable to Coco Chanel