
On September 10, 2012, the Legendary fashion editor for both Harper’s Bazaar and Vogue Diana Vreeland, also known as a fashion icon became the first woman in publishing to receive such a prestigious award, as an inductee into the Rodeo Drive Walk of Style in Beverly Hills.
As the nineteenth recipient of the award, Vreeland received a bronze plaque that read “You gotta have style. It helps you get down the stairs. It helps you get up in the morning. It’s a way of life. Without it you’re nobody,” a quote that that the fashion icon knows all too well about, with her fifty-year reign as the “Empress of Fashion.”
After twenty-five years as fashion editor of Harper’s Bazaar, Vreeland became editor-in-chief of Vogue building a remarkable portfolio in the edgy, yet classy fashion world.
“She wasn’t always a fashion icon,” Tim Vreeland said of his legendary mother. “At one time she was a very quiet, private person.”
But it seemed that her interest and skills in fashion spoke even louder.
This award honors many legends who have contributed to the entertainment and fashion world, the very same award that inaugurated in 2003. All recipients are chosen by an independent committee of past honorees, media, academics and celebrities. Other previous honorees include James Acheson, Milena Canonero, Herb Ritts, Mario Testino, Tom Ford, Princess Grace (Kelly) of Monaco, Cartier, Valentino Garavani, Manolo Blahnik, James Galanos, Gianni and Donatella Versace, Missoni, Iman, Fred Hayman, Salvatore Ferragamo and Edith Head.
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Steven Graham, Peri Ellen Berne

Lisa Immordino Vreeland, Steven Graham

Tim Vreeland, Lisa Immordino Vreeland, Satya Whitby, Caroline Vreeland, Alexandra Vreeland, Chris Whitby, Daisy Vreeland, Alexander Vreeland

Tim Vreeland, Fred Hayman

Peri Ellen Berne, Peggy Moffitt, Tim Vreeland, Wanda McDaniel, William W. Brien

Lisa Immordino Vreeland, Tim Vreeland, James Galanos, Peggy Moffitt, Peri Ellen Berne, Fred Hayman, William W. Brien, Wanda McDaniel

Peri Ellen Berne, Tim Vreeland, James Galanos, Lisa Immordino Vreeland, Fred Hayman, Wanda McDaniel, Peggy Moffitt, William W. Brien

Tim Vreeland, James Galanos, Fred Hayman, Peggy Moffitt

Tim Vreeland, James Galanos, Fred Hayman, Peggy Moffitt

Tim Vreeland, James Galanos, Fred Hayman, Peggy Moffitt

Lisa Immordino Vreeland, Tim Vreeland, William W. Brien

Lisa Immordino Vreeland, Tim Vreeland, William W. Brien

William W. Brien, Tim Vreeland

James Galanos, Peri Ellen Berne, Tim Vreeland

Alexander Vreeland, James Galanos

Alexander Vreeland, James Galanos

Fred Hayman, Alexander Vreeland, James Galanos, Peri Ellen Berne

Fred Hayman, Wanda McDaniel, Alexander Vreeland

Fred Hayman, Wanda McDaniel

Fred Hayman, Wanda McDaniel, James Galanos

Alexander Vreeland, Alexandra Vreeland

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Alexander Vreeland, Wanda McDaniel

Daisy Vreeland, Caroline Vreeland, Alexandra Vreeland, Satya Whitby

Judith Searle, Daisy Vreeland

Lili Bosse, Clifton Smith

Tim Vreeland, Peri Ellen Berne

Tim Vreeland, Peri Ellen Berne, William W. Brien

Tim Vreeland, William W. Brien, Peri Ellen Berne

Tim Vreeland, Lisa Immordino Vreeland

Tim Vreeland, Lisa Immordino Vreeland

Tim Vreeland, Lisa Immordino Vreeland

Alexander Vreeland, Lisa Immordino Vreeland

Alexander Vreeland, Lisa Immordino Vreeland

Judith Searle, Tim Vreeland

Judith Searle, Tim Vreeland