Reflecting on Diana Vreeland's Cult Book 'Allure'

“Vreeland – with a V! I say whenever I have to give my name over a telephone. V as in ‘victory’! V as in ‘violent’!” These were the words uttered by none other than Diana Vreeland, a woman who can be instantly recognised by her incendiary scarlet initials and strikingly beauty. Vreeland made a name for herself in the forties, alongside Carmel Snow, Richard Avedon and Alexey Brodovitch at Harper’s Bazaar, before taking the reins at Vogue and ushering in a…