Beat Memories

Vivian McInerny
2 min readNov 24, 2020

Memories of a journalist covering fashion in a least fashionable town

The DVF paperdolls; image by Vivian McInerny

She was beautiful in a fierce sort of way. Physically arresting, for sure, aristocratic, elegant, toned, and fit, but most beautiful because of her aura of absolute confidence.

Diane von Furstenberg was/is iconic.

She gave the distinct impression she was as comfortable with royalty as she was with the royal pain in the…

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Vivian McInerny

Career journalist, essayist, fiction writer, and life-long spirit-quester.