Musa designers Hubert de Givenchy , Jacques Fath and Dior , Bettina Graziani , French top model and star of the catwalks of Paris in the 50s, died Monday in Paris at age 89.
Nicknamed Bettina by French designer Jacques Fath, Simone Bodin , He was born in 1925, inspired not only the creators but also large international photographers, and others have nri Cartier-Bresson, Irving Penn, Robert Doisneau, Erwin Blumenfeld and while Pierre & amp; Gilles and Mario Testino.
From cheekbones, striking eyes and thin waist, is very elegant with its 1.66 m tall young redhead abandoned his Normandy 18 (west) native to race in Paris. Jacques Costet was the stylist who hired first.
His reputation soared when Jacques Fath, famous designer of the post-hires from 1947. Dior paraded for the “New Look” and the writer Françoise Sagan remembered devoted an article in Vogue Paris, entitled “The redhead eminence.”
Known at the time as” France’s most photographed “Bettina achieved worldwide notoriety on the covers of fashion magazines worldwide. In 1952, Hubert de Givenchy works for, which had just launched his couture house.
At the height of his career, which ended in 1955, Bettina was the best paid model of the time .
Valentino and Ungaro will then entrusted their public relations in America in the 1960s, and in 1969, Chanel gave him a collection. Since then, Bettina Graziani remained a popular figure in French society life.
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