Victoire Doutreleau

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Victoire Doutreleau (nee Jeanne Devis, born 1934) is a French former model, who worked extensively for Christian Dior and Yves Saint Laurent.

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Early life

Doutreleau was born in 1934. [1]

Career

Doutreleau began working for Christian Dior in the early 1950s, aged 18, and he renamed her as Victoire Doutreleau. [1] Richard Avedon reportedly said that she had "the most beautiful breasts in the world". [1] In 1960, she joined YSL after Yves Saint Laurent started his own atelier. [2]

In 2014, she published a memoir, Et Dior Créa Victoire (And Dior Created Victoire). [1]

Personal life

Doutreleau had a three-year relationship with Pierre Bergé. [1] She was involved with Yves Saint Laurent at the same time, a ménage à trois, and was "the only woman the designer considered marrying". [3] [2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Guilbault, Laure (29 December 2014). "Q&A With Victoire Doutreleau at 80". wwd.com. Retrieved 23 April 2019.
  2. 1 2 Berker, Elsa de (1 August 2018). "YSL Muses Throughout History". CR Fashion Book. Archived from the original on 27 September 2021. Retrieved 23 April 2019.
  3. ↑ Samuel, Henry (20 January 2010). "Yves Saint Laurent 'didn't love women, he used them'" . Retrieved 23 April 2019– via www.telegraph.co.uk.


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