Yves Saint Laurent’s muse, Loulou de la Falaise, has died in France
Actress and fashion plate Marisa Berenson with Loulou de la Falaise in 1974
Sad news to start the week – that YSL’s muse and close collaborator and Sixties and Seventies style icon, Loulou de la Falaise – has died aged 63. The news was made public by the Pierre Bergé-Yves Saint Laurent Foundation, who announced her passing ‘with immense sadness,’ referring to an unspecified ‘long illness’ as the cause of death. Bergé declined further comment.
Loulou was born in 1947 in England, to a British mother, Maxime Birley, a former model for Elsa Schiaparelli and French father Alain de la Falaise, a French count. After her education in England, Loulou worked in Fashion in London and in New York, where she modelled AND designed prints for NY designer, Halston. She found herself in Paris in 1972 where, she worked for Yves Saint Laurent together with her close friend, Betty Catroux, his other muse. Loulou designed jewellery and hats for the brand – as many as 2000 pieces of jewellery a year and she stayed loyally at the House until 2002.
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Nine D’Urso’s Bottega Veneta Perfume Ad Campaign
Are you familiar with Nine D’Urso? She’s Ines de la Fressange’s daughter. Also a style maven in her personal correct as she charmed the fashion blogosphere (and far more) with her style strategy and sense of style. Once as well a lot of times I dreamed about chopping my hair into a Nine D’Urso bob – wink (search at the pictures following the jump and you’ll comprehend there’s something about her haircut that drives anybody to the verge of chopping off into a messy frizzy bob).
Either way, as tempted as I would be to digress and talk about Nine’s hair and style, this is about Bottega Veneta launching their 1st perfume, Bottega Veneta eau de parfum and Nine getting the spokesface for the occasion. Photographed by Bruce Weber, Nine looks Grecian beautiful and her bob is meticulously pinned up so it will not steal the display from Bottega Veneta’s fragrance! How do you like it? How do you like Nine? (click the image for larger image!) (wwd, photos through 1, 2)
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Inès de la Fressange Said She ‘Felt Like a Granny’ Walking With the ‘Ukrainian Giants’ in the Spring 2011 Chanel Show
Photo: Courtesy of Saks
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News: Angelina For Vuitton & Dov’s Bailout
Photo: St. John
Angelina Jolie will reportedly be the new face of Louis Vuitton. The actress is set to star in a print ad campaign, most likely shot by Annie Leibowitz and will make “close to $ 10 million.” {E! Online}
American Apparel CEO Dov Charney has narrowly escaped bankruptcy once again thanks to a $ 15 million cash injection from a group of Canadian investors. {NY Post}
The Times profiled former Chanel model and muse Ines de la Fressange, whose book Parisian Chic: A Style Guide has just hit U.S. shelves. {NY Times}