"Beware of the Legend" she said to her photographer Horst. Diana Vreeland is an Columnist, and was an editor in the field of fashion, Vreelnad had worked in fashion magazines Hercep's bazaar and Vogue, she the editor-in-chief of the latter, and was a special consultant at the Costume Institute of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Vreeland was a social transformation, she went from a society career girl into a feared and adored icon. Vreeland was a leader in the major American fashion magazines during the mid-20th century. Her father was Scottish and her mother was American, they often had leading artists as guests in their home. In 1914, her family had immigrated from the United States to escape World War I and then they had settled in New York City. She had attended the Brealey School, had studied balley, and had lived the life of a debutante. In 1924, she married Thomas R. Vreeland, and they had lived in Albany, New York, until 1928, and in London till 1936, and became a naturalized citizen in 1925 in New York City. In 1939, She joined the Harper's Bazaar staff full-time and then she got appointed to fashion editor. She held the post for 23 years, and was one of the dominant personalities on the magazine and was acknowledged throughout her journey in the fashion scene. When she went on an interview with Cecil Beaton, and had found Diana where she went to ask the question, "What is your great success" and there she replied, "Simplicity, darling, simplicity." She was the editor in chief of Vogue and then was the doyenne of the costume Institute at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Andre Leon Talley was a close friends of hers and accompanied her most of the times. There is also a documentary of Diana's which is called "Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has to Travel" and the documentary presented her life and career it was made by Lisa Immordino Vreeland, and her new biography which is called "Empress of Fashion: A Life of Diana Vreeland, which is by Amanda Mackenzie Struart and was published in December. "I think part of my success as an editor came from never worrying about a fact, a cause, an atmosphere. It was me—projecting to the public. That was my job. I think I always had a perfectly clear view of what was possible for the public. Give ‘em what they never knew they wanted.”