(June 25, 1922-April 30, 2009)
Born in London, England, United Kingdom
Birth name was Maxine Birley
Model for Yves St. Laurent and Elsa Schiaparelli
Appeared in the Andy Warhol film 'Dracula'

She was a kleptomaniac.
She divorced Comte Alain De La Falaise, a man 20 years older.
She lost custody of her 2 children due to an extramarital affair with an Italian.
She dated Louis Malle and described her dalliance with Max Ernst as 'strange, erotic.'

She was known for her lust for life.
Cecil Beaton proclaimed her the 'only chic Englishwoman of her generation.'
Her daughter, Loulou, followed in her footsteps as a top model.
Her second husband, art curator John McKendry, drank himself to death.

Credit: Black Chic

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