Caroline Vreeland at the M/A/C Cosmetics x Giambattista Valli party in Paris//
To be or not to be a diva// Where better to debate such a topic than Paris`s majestic Palais Garnier opera house, the venue for Monday night`s Flower Obsession Ball hosted by M/A/C Cosmetics and Giambattista Valli to mark their soon to be released lip color collection and a decade as partners in beauty and fashion. Oh my god, I`m not a diva// I don`t think I`m a diva…I don`t like things that start with a D I like everything that starts with an fashion,// fruit, flowers said Lanvin`s Alber Elbaz mounting the opera`s stone staircase. With the glamorous offspring of several major families in attendance// divaness was a slightly delicate question// with the divine Charlotte Casiraghi deferring with a limp cough and diva ish wave of the hand// For Delfina Delettrez, part of the Fendi fashion dynasty who swept in wearing a dramatic black coat by Sicilian designer Marco de Vincenzo covered in colored fringed circles there was no denying// Am I a diva// I mean somehow/ yes I love to be a diva//A diva is someone who wants to have attention on herself/ wants to live on a stage even if she`s not living on a stage// Delettrez/ a jewelry designer known for her Surrealist statement pieces, will present her first fine/ jewelry collection on Thursday// But who better than singer Caroline Vreeland/ great grand daughter of the formidable Diana Vreeland to expound on the matter// Sporting a Mary Katrantzou romper teamed with towering Barbara Bui heels/ she struck a pose on the opera`s stone staircase and poured forth. Yahoo Style: We`re at the Palais Garnier// Are you a diva// Caroline Vreeland Well not in the sense/of asking for crazy things/ but in the sense that I`m very dramatic and over the top and the way I speak and my personality/ maybe// YS What about your great-grandmother, Diana Vreeland, was she a diva// She was a little scary/ I think// People were afraid to cross her// Or if she had a strong opinion about something, you`d better get out of the way// So in that regard, I`d say yes. But I think it made her the marvelous creature that she was// Could you detail a couple of examples//
CV Hmmm. Well, I was reading in the Visionaire Memos// that she was getting fed up when the interns were coming and going so she just decided that everyone needed to wear a little bell round their neck/ like a little kitten, so she could hear them coming// So, that`s a diva move I`d say//
YS And were you raised to be a diva//
CV I was raised knowing that whatever I felt was right and wanted to do was okay from that Ive kind of developed courage. And with my music it`s the same/ I don`t really conform to what other writers want me to do// So in that sense/ growing up,// I was given the freedom to become the diva that I am//
