The Hollywood Reporter, she considered it, thinking: “‘Well this is something I can tell my grandchildren about.'”“Obviously she told them anyway.”Per the review, the documentary then cuts to von Furstenberg’s “grown granddaughter saying that turning those two down at the height of their fame was a ‘really epic’ move.”Von Furstenberg’s documentary premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival on June 5.
It debuts on Hulu June 25.In it, the Belgian fashion designer talks about splitting from husband Prince Egon von Furstenberg of Germany in 1983 after 14 years of marriage.“Divorce for me was freedom,” she says in the doc, per THR.Von Furstenberg also looks back on partying at the iconic New York City nightclub Studio 54 when she became single.“I was with Warren Beatty and Ryan O’Neal on the same weekend,” she recalls.
She adds, “I was having a man’s life in a woman’s body.”Von Furstenberg and Prince Egon had two children, Alexander and Tatiana, during their marriage.
They divorced in 1983 and Prince Egon died 21 years later of AIDS.Von Furstenberg married American medial mogul Barry Diller in 2001.She has five grandchildren from her first marriage.The documentary about von Furstenberg was directed by Oscar winner Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy and Trish Dalton.In the trailer for the doc, von Furstenberg gives herself praise for her accomplishments in the fashion industry.“The adventure of my own life has been incredible.
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