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The "Diane von Furstenberg: Woman Before Fashion" exhibition is making its North American debut at the Skirball Cultural Center, BY BOOTH MOORE PHOTOGRAPHS BY MICHAEL BUCKNER
"Oooooh, you look stunning," Diane von Furstenberg purred, seeing Cindy Crawford walking in wearing her circa 2000 archive wrap dress.
"Diane's was the first show I did in New York," the supermodel said, arriving at the galleries of the Skirball Cultural Center on Tuesday night for the opening of "Diane von Furstenberg: Woman Before Fashion," making its North American debut at the Los Angeles museum and Jewish institution founded in 1996.
"I love that you're wearing this dress," the designer said as the two sat together sharing a moment. "I have lived a life," she reminisced, as the exhibition does, on her 50-plus year career.
"She showed women how to dress for work and still be sexy," Crawford said of von Furstenberg's impact. "It wasn't women wearing men's...