Vicomtesse Jacqueline de Ribes, hair by Kenneth, New York, December 14, 1955
Richard Avedon
On our February to do list: The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s intimate “Jacqueline de Ribes: The Art of Style” exhibit, which ends February 21. The doyenne of French chic and a muse to some of the twentieth century’s greatest designers, de Ribes also designed her own line, noted for adding her own artistic flair by cutting up her old haute couture dresses. She mixed high and low before it was en vogue to do so, which is why she is our woman crush this month. For further reading, we highly recommend this fabulous article via Harper’s Bazaar.
Jacqueline de Ribes, dress by Yves Saint Laurent, Paris, 1962.
Richard Avedon