New York Fashion Week kicked off this morning the way it always does: with a single runway show setting the tone for six days and roughly 70 collections to come. But the September 10 opening slot carried more weight than usual. It belonged to Diane von Furstenberg — and to Henry Zankov, the brand's first-ever artistic director, presenting his debut collection for a house that has never before handed its creative reins to an outsider.
A First in 54 Years
DVF was founded on a single idea: the wrap dress, introduced in the 1970s and instantly tied to a very specific vision of American womanhood — confident, independent, unbothered. For over five decades, that vision stayed close to Diane von Furstenberg herself. Today marked the first time creative control has formally passed to someone else.
