Jacqueline de Ribes achieved rare crossover: the elegant French Countess and socialite, considered a style icon during the ’50s and ’60s, became a designer in her own right at the age of 53. Now, a ...

More than sixty years ago, the young Viscountess de Ribes, née Jacqueline Bonnin de La Bonninière de Beaumont, stood on the balcony of a friend’s Venetian palazzo. She was twenty-two, and only a few ...

One of few people in the world of style who could legitimately claim the status of icon, she dressed to impress even before she became a designer. Jacqueline de Ribes in 1953. She designed clothes for ...

“Elegant to the point of distraction” was Oleg Cassini’s take on Jacqueline de Ribes. She was a woman whom the camera loved, with a beauty that sent people scrambling for the words to describe it. “I ...

Jacqueline de Ribes's hôtel particulier is a mess. Metal rolling racks obscure her regal Right Bank Paris mansion's tapestry-covered walls. Pins, needles, and thread lie scattered across 18th- century ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. She passed away in Switzerland on Tuesday, according to event organizer Françoise Dumas, who had known her since the late 1960s ...

“I am not a lady who lunches,” designer and Vicomtesse, Jacqueline de Ribes once said. “My suits have to move. My clothes have to be comfortable. I have to be able to work.’’ Vicomtesse Jacqueline de ...

QUEEN OF PARIS: Socialite style is all the rage: Sotheby’s is preparing to auction off the collection of Count and Countess de Ribes, ranging from rare paintings and books to the contents of the ...

A photo of Jacqueline De Ribes at the entrance to an exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in 2015. Photo: AFP Countess Jacqueline De Ribes, the Parisian grande dame, tastemaker, fashion designer ...

Considered by many to be the epitome of Parisian elegance, de Ribes was among the Swans written about by Truman Capote and was photographed by Richard Avedon. De Ribes was closely covered by WWD, ...