Alexandra von Fürstenberg
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Alexandra von Fürstenberg (née
Alexandra Natasha Miller) (born New York
, New York County, New York
, October 3, 1972) is the image director for DvF, the clothing label which was founded by her former mother in law, Diane von Furstenberg
, and helped revive the company’s famous 1970s wrap dress.
She is the youngest daughter of the American-born Duty Free shops businessman Robert Warren Miller and his Ecuadorian wife, the former María Clara "Chantal" Pesantes Becerra. She has two siblings, Pia Getty
and Marie-Chantal, Crown Princess of Greece
, Princess of Denmark. The troika is popularly known as The Miller Sisters.
Alexandra Miller was raised in Hong Kong, Paris and New York and studied fashion
and art history
at the Parsons School of Design and Brown University
.
On 28 October 1995, at the Church of St. Ignatius of Loyola in New York City, she married prince Alexander von Furstenberg (b. 1970), brother of Tatiana von Fürstenberg
and the only son of the fashion designers Diane von Fürstenberg
and Prince Egon von Fürstenberg
and a great-grandson of Giovanni Agnelli
, a founder of Fiat
. The couple had two children, Princess Talita Natasha (b. 7 May 1999) and Prince Tassilo Egon Maximilian (b. New York, New York County, New York, 26 August 2001), who is named for his paternal great-grandfather. They separated in 2002 and later divorced.
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Alexandra Natasha Miller) (born New York
New York City
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, New York County, New York
New York
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, October 3, 1972) is the image director for DvF, the clothing label which was founded by her former mother in law, Diane von Furstenberg
Diane von Fürstenberg
Diane von Fürstenberg, formerly Princess Diane of Fürstenberg , is a Belgian-American fashion designer best known for her iconic wrap dress. She initially rose to prominence when she married into the German princely House of Fürstenberg, as the wife of Prince Egon of Fürstenberg...
, and helped revive the company’s famous 1970s wrap dress.
She is the youngest daughter of the American-born Duty Free shops businessman Robert Warren Miller and his Ecuadorian wife, the former María Clara "Chantal" Pesantes Becerra. She has two siblings, Pia Getty
Pia Getty
Pia Christina Miller Getty , is the oldest daughter of businessman Robert Warren Miller and wife María Clara "Chantal" Pesantes Becerra Miller and sister of Marie-Chantal of Greece and Alexandra von Fürstenberg, a trio famously dubbed "The Miller Sisters"...
and Marie-Chantal, Crown Princess of Greece
Marie-Chantal, Crown Princess of Greece
Marie-Chantal Claire, Crown Princess of Greece, Princess of Denmark , is a member of the Greek Royal Family through her marriage to Pavlos, Crown Prince of Greece...
, Princess of Denmark. The troika is popularly known as The Miller Sisters.
Alexandra Miller was raised in Hong Kong, Paris and New York and studied fashion
Fashion
Fashion, a general term for a currently popular style or practice, especially in clothing, foot wear, or accessories. Fashion references to anything that is the current trend in look and dress up of a person...
and art history
Art history
Art history has historically been understood as the academic study of objects of art in their historical development and stylistic contexts, i.e. genre, design, format, and style...
at the Parsons School of Design and Brown University
Brown University
Brown University is a private, Ivy League university located in Providence, Rhode Island, United States. Founded in 1764 prior to American independence from the British Empire as the College in the English Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations early in the reign of King George III ,...
.
On 28 October 1995, at the Church of St. Ignatius of Loyola in New York City, she married prince Alexander von Furstenberg (b. 1970), brother of Tatiana von Fürstenberg
Tatiana von Fürstenberg
Tatiana Desirée Prinzessin zu Fürstenberg or Princess Tatiana Desirée zu Fürstenberg ) is an American rock singer and filmmaker - and daughter of fashion designers Diane and Egon von Fürstenberg-External links:...
and the only son of the fashion designers Diane von Fürstenberg
Diane von Fürstenberg
Diane von Fürstenberg, formerly Princess Diane of Fürstenberg , is a Belgian-American fashion designer best known for her iconic wrap dress. She initially rose to prominence when she married into the German princely House of Fürstenberg, as the wife of Prince Egon of Fürstenberg...
and Prince Egon von Fürstenberg
Egon von Fürstenberg
Egon von Fürstenberg or Prince Egon of Fürstenberg was a fashion designer.- Family :Eduard Egon Peter Paul Giovanni Prinz zu Fürstenberg was the elder son of Prince Tassilo zu Fürstenberg and his first wife, Clara Agnelli , a sister of Fiat's chairman, Gianni Agnelli. His stepmother was the Texas...
and a great-grandson of Giovanni Agnelli
Giovanni Agnelli
Giovanni Agnelli was an Italian entrepreneur, who founded Fiat car manufacturing in 1899.-Early life:The son of Edoardo Agnelli and Aniceta Frisetti, he was born in Villar Perosa, a small town near Pinerolo, Piedmont, still the main home and burial place of the Agnelli family...
, a founder of Fiat
Fiat
FIAT, an acronym for Fabbrica Italiana Automobili Torino , is an Italian automobile manufacturer, engine manufacturer, financial, and industrial group based in Turin in the Italian region of Piedmont. Fiat was founded in 1899 by a group of investors including Giovanni Agnelli...
. The couple had two children, Princess Talita Natasha (b. 7 May 1999) and Prince Tassilo Egon Maximilian (b. New York, New York County, New York, 26 August 2001), who is named for his paternal great-grandfather. They separated in 2002 and later divorced.
Current Career | Modern Acrylic Furniture by Alexandra Von Furstenberg
In 2007, she formed her contemporary furniture company, Alexandra Von Furstenberg, LLC. IExternal links
- http://www.wargs.com/royal/miller.html Some ancestry of the Miller sisters by Julie Helen Otto and William Addams Reitwiesner