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She is the pearl in the king of Poland's ear, the Queen of Sheba's tallow-drop emerald, Diane de Poitiers' crescent tiara, the Ring of the Nibelungen. She is a castle in Bavaria, a tall, black swan, a royal blue orchid. "Yves Saint Laurent
Known for her exotic beauty and an innate chic and seductive charm and fashionable
Countess Jacqueline de Ribe
(Jacqueline de Ribes) said that he would never write a memoir - one of them simply do not believe it. But a living relic of a large Parisian style has a story to tell. Valentino calls it "the last queen of Paris, and in April last year, President Nicolas Sarkozy presented the Countess Legion of Honor. It represents something that is remarkable only in French: the ability to live, denoted untranslatable art de vivre, and sophistication. And this - leaving натура... 
Jacqueline de Ribes by Richard Avedon
Vicomtesse Jacqueline de Ribes with Raymundo de Larrain 1961
Jacqueline de Ribes by Richard Avedon
Her husband, Édouard, referred to her as a “gazelle.” Emilio Pucci called her “Giraffina,” or “baby giraffe.” And Valentino, who found a muse in the elegant aristocrat, recently described her as “the last Queen of Paris.”
Jacqueline de Ribes sits on the lap of her maternal grandfather, Count Olivier de Rivaud de la Raffinière, in the passenger’s seat of his 1932 all-terrain Citroën-Kégresse Autochenille car, one of only a handful produced, while on vacation in Saint-Moritz, early 1930s. Her sister Monique and their Scottish nurse are seated in the back. Jacqueline lived with her entrepreneurial grandfather for most of her early life.
with her children in early 1960s
With her husband, Count Édouard de Ribes, at home in a gown of her own design, 1988. Édouard fell in love with Jacqueline when he met the 17-year-old at a luncheon party in 1947. When the couple wed the following year, Jacqueline, who would later be described by Town & Country as the most stylish woman in the world, had only two dresses in her wardrobe.
At Blenheim Castle, the birthplace of Sir Winston Churchill, 1970s. Though her father, Count Jean de Beaumont, was an Olympic marksman with a celebrated hunting lodge, Jacqueline preferred skiing to shooting. Here she takes a cigarette break with Juan Abello, James Spencer-Churchill, Marquess of Blandford, and Alfonso de Bourbon, Duke of Cadiz.
At the My Fair Lady ball given by Hélène Rochas, June 1965. Jacqueline stole the show dressed up as the Madwoman of Chaillot, the character from Jean Giraudoux’s play. British fashion-and-portrait photographer Cecil Beaton (pictured here), who designed the theater and film costumes for My Fair Lady, was among those enchanted by her ensemble, which Jacqueline herself created. She wore the costume once more, and it is now preserved in a trunk in her attic.
At the Swan Ball, a charity event in Nashville, Tennessee, where Jacqueline was invited as a special guest to present her fashion collection, June 14, 1986. On the day of the event, she attended rehearsals, making sure the show ran seamlessly. Jacqueline threw herself so completely into her work that she rarely saw friends or family. She had been designing clothes and costumes since she was a little girl but turned professional only after her father-in-law passed away.
At her Paris studio with members of her fashion-house staff, in her working uniform of a short knit dress, 1990. Jacqueline was her own best model. Emilio Pucci recognized Jacqueline’s eye for design when he encountered her wearing a pink ski ensemble on the slopes in the mid-1950s. Pucci, who had recently started his own business, invited her to design dresses for him. After two seasons, however, their collaboration dissolved. The two remained friends, and Jacqueline went on to ghost design for Oleg Cassini.
Adjusting her logo in preparation for the fashion show at the Swan Ball, 1986. 
wearing Pucci abroad La Creole, Starvos Niarchos' yacht, 1956
Society hostess and fashion designer, Viscountess Jacqueline de Ribes at her house in Ibiza, Spain, September 1978 
“I’m designing for a woman with my sense of elegance,” de Ribes says, “someone who is astonishing without creating astonishment. I want to dress the anti-tarty, sexy woman.” 
Jaqueline de ribes yslwith YSL, one of her closest friends, at Hotel Lambert, mid 1980s 
Jacqueline de Ribes and Hubert Givenchy
Jacqueline de Ribes, Onassis, Elizabeth Taylor
Jacqueline de Ribes little black dress, 1980s
Nan Kempner, Fran Stark and Jequeline de Ribes 
ССЫЛКИ:
The Last Queen of Paris
Jacqueline de Ribes - Fashion Designer Encyclopedia
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