Victoire Doutreleau (nee Jeanne Devis, born 1934) is a French former model, who worked extensively for Christian Dior and Yves Saint Laurent.
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 in an intense friendship with Yves Saint Laurent at the same time, and was "the only woman the designer considered marrying".[3][2]
References
- Laure Guilbault. Q&A With Victoire Doutreleau at 80 wwd.com, 29 December 2014, retrieved 23 April 2019^
- Elsa de Berker. YSL Muses Throughout History CR Fashion Book, 1 August 2018, retrieved 23 April 2019^
- Henry Samuel. Yves Saint Laurent 'didn't love women, he used them'