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Last week, French aristocrat/fashion designer/style icon Jacqueline de Ribes died at 96. I interviewed her in 2000. She was a pill.

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Dana Thomas
Jan 02, 2026
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Jacqueline de Ribes

In early 2000, I was assigned by New York Times Magazine Style Editor Amy Spindler to write a story about Yves Saint Laurent’s muses. Every one of them—Betty Catroux, Loulou de la …

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