Jacqueline de Ribes died Tuesday on the age of 96.
Dubbed the “last queen of Paris,” the French countess and muse to designers Yves Saint Laurent and Valentino Garavani was a permanent image of Parisian sophistication and class. She typically arrived at excessive society galas in outfits she created herself and have become a longtime fixture of the International Best Dressed List, ascending to its Hall of Fame in 1962.
In 1983, De Ribes launched her personal style label to some essential and business success, attracting orders from the likes of Saks Fifth Avenue and purchasers together with Cher, Joan Collins and Nancy Reagan. In 2015, her life and elegance had been the topic of an exhibition on the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute, that includes couture, ready-to-wear and fancy-dress creations from her private archive.
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