Q & A: Think of the "Empress of Fashion, Diana Vreeland

  Hawk with its highly rouged cheeks, nose, taste for jewelery and striking reflections comes with a rasp of a smoker, Diana Vreeland is certainly as an original.

Under his editorship, some of the most iconic images of our time have been published: The first picture of the Kennedy family as a presidential candidate pair in Harper's Bazaar, the profile of Barbra Streisand marked on the cover of Vogue and 19 years, came back and Mick Jagger on the inside.

Lisa Immordino Vreeland is the director of the new documentary, "Diana Vreeland: The eye has to travel", an intimate reflection and celebration of the remarkable life of Diana Vreeland and influence in the world of fashion. The film is in limited edition USA Today.

A position she held for 25 years before being appointed editor of Vogue - was set in 1936 Vreeland as a fashion editor for Harper's Bazaar. At 70, after he shot from Vogue and rather abruptly dismissive of the idea of ​​retirement, she was Special Adviser to the Costume Institute of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Until his death in 1989

Lisa Immordino Vreeland Vreeland, Alexander, married grandson of Diana, but never met Diana, before she died.

Immordino Vreeland spoke on CNN Tastemaker fame, his legendary life and how dare all of us, the world will be wiser in one.

CNN: What Vreeland concept of beauty so revolutionary?

Lisa Immordino Vreeland: I think that the definition of beauty Diana Vreeland was so open, because it was an open person Sun I think they understand that the culture was low and high, and I think this is one of the key ways it has, because beauty is not just physical. Beauty should be deep, it should move. It's not the dress you are wearing, it's the life you lead, in the dress.

I think it is very important for what life is. Beauty transcends fashion, and in a sense, it transcends fashion. For them it was an awareness of the population, the personality of the people, and it was one of the most important aspects had.

CNN: In the case of the 60 icons such as Penelope Tree, Twiggy and Mick Jagger, she has been known to see things before they saw each other. She'd not be afraid to push people "mistake". Why was it so important?

Immordino Vreeland: I think it's a question of your true self. Everything was really, it was ultimately aspire. She was always looking for the layer under everything, even if this layer contain defects. For them it was the depth of a person who counted.

You, of course, to understand what true beauty. For someone they like Penelope Tree, who grew up in a good family in New York, she saw a girl there that was completely different. It was not natural beauty. She really represented the 60s, which had an original thought.

CNN: She told Style: "It helps you down the stairs It helps you get up in the morning, it's a way of life without it, you're nobody, I do not speak a lot of clothes ....." What can we learn about the concept of Vreeland's personal style?

Immordino Vreeland: I think you will go with you - especially today, when you travel around the world and you will find all the shops on the same everywhere.

When Diana, there was, if you were going to Milan, you can see some things. It was to have its own identity and it is what counts. This is how you live your life in this dress. These are decisions that you make. If you are comfortable with, then everyone should be comfortable with it.

Remember, it was not as remarkable beauty - and that's one of its driving forces. She grew up with a mother who was very difficult - not only called them his "ugly monster", but then continued to defy.

In fact, when Reed (Vreeland) was married, and it was just incredibly beautiful, the same day the gossip columns in New York, it was announced that his mother was a big deal. Therefore, the attention Diana Vreeland and her wedding day was abducted with his mother. She understood that you trust yourself, believe in yourself, and that in order to have me, is basically what the message is.

CNN: The "The Dick Cavett Show" in the late '70s, Vreeland said: "Fashion is a part of the air every day and it changes all the time, with all the events you can even approaching a revolution in clothing .. you can see and feel what is in the clothes. "What do you think she meant?

Immordino Vreeland: It's interesting because the clothes and shoes are like that. You can see what happens in the history of all these things. It shows brand and what happens socially, culturally and politically during this period and at the end when she made these shows at the Metropolitan Museum Costume Institute, it is to inform us of these historical periods.

If you look at the 60s look, it's clear that it's the 60s. If you look at Balenciaga, you know that it is the 40s and 50s. It makes us aware that the clothes to show us more of the story.

CNN: Why do you think his legacy remained relevant?

Immordino Vreeland: This is a message of life. This is the page of his oracle. She talks about life, passion driven. We should not be driven by ambition, but to discover the world. I think the title of the film, it is the spirit of the trip is to have the fantasy "The eye has to travel", it is a matter of imagination. And it's not something that has to do with fashion, it transcends fashion. This is life.

I think we could be inspired. I think we live in such a moment of lack of inspiration, I think he's crazy. This is not only because we all stuck behind computers all day, including me. We are not looking, we do not comment, it's so much more to life. She used fashion to give a message.