YVES SAINT LAURENT
BETTY CATROUX YVES SAINT LAURENT Féminin singulier
Feminine singular
BETTY CATROUX
Féminin singulier Feminine singular
Qu’est-ce qui fascine tant Yves Saint Laurent chez Betty Catroux lors de leur rencontre en 1967 ? Voit-il en elle son idéal androgyne, l’attitude taillée pour son smoking ? Devine-t-il son alter ego, l’indépendance d’un caractère et, sous la nonchalance chic, la difficulté à être, les tentatives de fuite hors de la réalité ? Pressent-il qu’elle incarnera, mieux que quiconque, l’énigme fascinante et la longue silhouette affûtée Saint Laurent, sacrées à travers le monde et audelà des modes ? « Il a eu un coup de foudre, répond Betty. Il m’a demandé de défiler pour lui. Je lui ai ri au nez. Il a pris mon téléphone et on ne s’est plus jamais lâchés. » When they met in 1967, what was it about Betty Catroux that fascinated Yves Saint Laurent so much? Did he see in her his andro gynous ideal, the perfect shape for his tuxedo? Did he sense in her his alter ego, an independent personality and, behind the chic nonchalance, the complexity of being alive, the attempts to escape reality? Did he recognize that she would personify, better that anyone else, the fascinating enigma of Saint Laurent and his long silhouettes, celebrated around the world and immune to passing trends? “It was love at first sight,” Betty answers. “He asked me if I would model for him. I laughed out loud. He took my phone number, and from then on never let me go.”
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