von furstenberg. like martha, diane von furstenberg was a young new yorker when she burst onto the scene in 1974 with the iconic wrap dress. >> i sat on the cube and i was the model because i couldn't afford the model, and then when i saw the picture, the cube was too big. i thought i should write something in it. i wrote, feel like a woman, wear a dress, without even thinking, and it stuck with me forever. >> by 1979, diane's sales had rocketed to $150 million. >> as you know, i started really, really young at 22 and then i sold the company. >> diane said that once she left the brand lost appeal. and dvf became cheap clothing for discount stores. martha stewart interviewed diane on her show. it was clear to martha the dvf label needed diane's flair for business and fashion savvy to succeed. in 1997, von furstenberg won back control of her company. >> i'm so happy that i got it back and that i was able to re-create it almost 40 years later and the one dress that i created is still valid today. >> it's

. >> diane von furstenberg and calvin klein all say yes. mark jacobs, derek lamb, tom ford say no. tom ford explaining his decision on "the view." >> she's not necessarily my image, and you know also, the first lady, other than the fact that i am a democrat and voted for hillary and am very sad and disappointed that she's not in office -- >> reporter: but what about isabel toledo, whose dress ushered in that historic moment eight years ago? >> if melania trump asks you to design a dress? >> absolutely. i would design a dress for melania. i'm not a politician, i'm a dressmaker. that's my call, that's my job. i can appreciate when i can create a moment that communicates to everybody. >> reporter: he's a bit more nuanced. >> as a brand we believe in equality, as a brand we believe in diversity. knowing that the future first lady, melania trump, would like to be dressed, i'd like to believe that she sigh lently yet surely she's showing solidarity with all of our beliefs. if that's the case, i would love to dress her. >> reporter: melania trump will certainly have big, fabulous shoes to

von furstenberg who said it would be an honor to dress the first lady. and melania can buy them all and send them to he-double hockey sticks. >> i think we should take the next seven weeks out. we're going to get really crazy when the inauguration happens. and i can't handle this level of anxiety and stress. >> it's unbelievable. tyrus? >> i want to -- go! >> i want to let everybody know kanye west is out of the hospital. apparently there's no cure for being a jackass. >> oh, terrible! all right, last word, kat? >> i don't like christmas music, because i think it makes the lonely feel more lonely, and the not-as-lonely feel like co-dependency is the answer. and i think we need a season that play shaggy's boom bastic on repeat instead. he once said he thought music could cure isis and i mocked him at the time but now i agree. >>> i'm they were in carrier air-conditioner. and the first cable interview. this is the first time you have been on since. >> has it hit you, the magnitude of all of this? >> it hits me and so much work is to be done. we worked out