[2] Her former sister-in-law is the fashion designer Diane von Fürstenberg, and an uncle was Gianni Agnelli, the chairman of FIAT.

[7] Ira von Fürstenberg started a modeling career at age 13, walking down the runway for Emilio Pucci,[5] and later collaborating with Diana Vreeland.

[5] Her appearances included I Killed Rasputin (1967),[9] Dead Run (1967, co-starring Peter Lawford),[9] Negresco [de] (1968),[5] The Vatican Affair (1968), The Battle of El Alamein (1969), Five Dolls for an August Moon (1970), No desearás al vecino del quinto (1970), Hello-Goodbye (1970) alongside Curd Jürgens,[5] and The Fifth Cord (1971).

[8][11] She returned to fashion, with a post of president of the Italian branch of the cosmetics company Germaine Montell, and from 1978 general director of Valentino.

[5][9] In 1992, she founded a fashion house, the "Ira von Fürstenberg Collection",[8] and designed jewelry titled Objets Uniques.

[5] The couple had two children: They lived in Mexico City, because her husband had family ties there, and introduced the VW Beetle into Latin America.

[5] Von Fürstenberg died on 18 February 2024, at the age of 83, from injuries sustained in a "domestic accident" at her residence in Rome.