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Diana Vreeland. Da Capo Press, $16.5 (216pp) ISBN 978-0-306-80776-3
The fashion maverick's autobiography inspired a current one-woman hit show. (Oct.)
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Reviewed on: 07/31/1997
Genre: Nonfiction
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