Diana aged nine, with her sister, Alexandra, c. 1912.

 

Diana aged thirteen, with her father, Frederick Dalziel, and Alexandra outside the Villa Diana.

 

Diana’s mother, Emily Hoffman Dalziel, photographed by Town & Country in 1911. The Town & Country caption describes Emily as living with her husband in Paris “until coming to New York a few years ago.”

 

Freck, Reed, and Tim Vreeland, c. 1931.

 

Diana and Reed in Tunisia in the early 1930s. (Photographer: John McMullin)

 

Diana in a preparatory study for a portrait by William Acton, c. 1931.

 

Diana as international woman of style. (Photographer: George Hoyningen-Huene)

 

Diana presented to readers of Harper’s Bazaar by Carmel Snow in January 1936. (Photographer: Martin Munkácsi)

 

Untitled, n.d. Diana styling a model on a fashion shoot in Arizona in 1941. (Photographer: Louise Dahl-Wolfe)

 

Diana and Carmel Snow at work in Snow’s office at Harper’s Bazaar in 1952, with a forthcoming issue laid out on the floor. (Photographer: Walter Sanders)

 

Untitled, n.d. Freck, Diana, Tim, and Reed at Brewster in the early 1940s. (Photographer: Louise Dahl-Wolfe)

 

Diana and Reed in Southampton in the 1950s.

 

Yearning in wartime: Harper’s Bazaar cover, September 1943. (Photographer: Louise Dahl-Wolfe)

 

Anxious in wartime: model in coat by Traina-Norell, outside the Wildenstein Galleries, New York, October 1943. Styled by Diana. (Photographer: Louise Dahl-Wolfe)

 

Lauren Bacall en route to fame: Harper’s Bazaar cover, March 1943, styled by Diana. (Photographer: Louise Dahl-Wolfe)

 

Harper’s Bazaar, March 1946: “Shipshape in navy . . . wool buttoned bang down the middle with high-sheened gilt,” by Nettie Rosenstein; “Shipshape in gray . . . wool jersey buttoned bang up one side with polished sterling silver,” by Traina-Norell. (Photographer: Louise Dahl-Wolfe)

 

Harper’s Bazaar, October 1956. Jeweled overblouse: “A flowery armature of gold-and-silver paillettes” by Galanos. Jeweled collar: “Clustered with diamonds and worn here like a rajah’s ransom above the glint of white mink.” Collar: Van Cleef & Arpels. Mink capelet: Maximilian. (Photographer: Louise Dahl-Wolfe)

 

Diana Vreeland with model, on set for Harpers Bazaar, New York, 1946. Photographer: Richard Avedon © 2011 The Richard Avedon Foundation.