Alexandra von Fürstenberg
| Alexandra von Fürstenberg | |
|---|---|
| Princess of Fürstenberg (formerly) | |
| Born |
Alexandra Natasha Miller October 3, 1972 New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Spouse |
Prince Alexander von Fürstenberg (1995–2002) Dax Miller (m. 2015) |
| Issue |
Princess Talita Natasha von Fürstenberg Prince Tassilo Egon Maximilian von Fürstenberg |
| House | House of Fürstenberg |
| Father | Robert Warren Miller |
| Mother | Marie Chantal Pesantes |
| Religion | Roman Catholic [1] |
| Occupation | Image Director for DvF, President of Alexandra Von Furstenberg, LLC |
Alexandra von Fürstenberg (née Alexandra Natasha Miller, born October 3, 1972) is the image director for DvF, the clothing label which was founded by her former mother in law, Diane von Fürstenberg, and helped revive the company’s famous 1970s wrap dress.
Early life
She is the youngest daughter of the American-born Duty Free shops businessman Robert Warren Miller and his Ecuadorian wife, the former Marie Chantal Pesantes. She has two siblings, Pia Getty and Marie-Chantal, Crown Princess of Greece. 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.
Career
Alexandra worked for Diane von Furstenberg’s company as an image director.[2]
In 2007, she formed her contemporary furniture company, Alexandra Von Furstenberg LLC, designing a line of modern acrylic furniture.[3]
Personal life
On October 28, 1995, at the Church of St. Ignatius of Loyola in New York City, she married Prince Alexander von Fürstenberg (b. 1970), brother of Princess 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, the founder of Fiat.[1] The couple had two children, Princess Talita Natasha (b. May 7, 1999) and Prince Tassilo Egon Maximilian (b. New York, New York County, New York, August 26, 2001), who is named for his paternal great-grandfather. They separated in 2002 and later divorced. On July 7, 2015, Alexandra married longtime fiancé, designer Dax Miller. The couple wed on the seventh anniversary of the start of their relationship.
Titles
- 1972–1995: Miss Alexandra Natasha Miller
- 1995–2002: Her Serene Highness Princess Alexandra of Fürstenberg
- 2002–2015: Alexandra, Princess of Fürstenberg
- 2015-present: Alexandra von Fürstenberg, Mrs. Miller
References
- 1 2 Carey Goldberg, 1995, "Quiet high-society wedding is a spectacle for gawkers," The New York Times (online), October 29, 1995, see , accessed July 14, 2015.
- ↑ Seven Americans who married royalty: "Alexandra Natasha Miller" retrieved January 15, 2012. Archived August 18, 2012 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Alexandra Von Furstenberg LLC website, retrieved January 15, 2012.
External links
- Some ancestry of the Miller sisters by Julie Helen Otto and William Addams Reitwiesner.
- Alexandra von Furstenberg talks about fashion.