Betty Catroux

Betty Catroux (born Betty Saint) is a former Chanel modelCite web|url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,902334,00.html|title=Yves in New York|accessdate=2008-02-08|year=1968-09-27|work=Time] and fashion icon who has been cited as a muse by both Yves Saint Laurent and Tom Ford. Saint Laurent has called her his twin sister and referred to her as his female incarnation.Cite web|url=http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/09/04/style/fbook.php|title=Karl and Yves in the Decadent '70s|accessdate=2008-02-08|year=2006-09-04|author=Suzy Menkes|work=International Herald Tribune] Tom Ford was so inspired by her that he dedicated his debut YSL Rive Gauche collection to her.Cite web|url=http://www.style.com/beauty/icon/031004/|title=Betty Catroux: Beauty Icon|accessdate=2008-02-07|author=Laird Borrelli|work=Style.com] Catroux is famed for her long white-blond hair, lanky body, gaunt features, and androgynous appearance.Cite web|url=http://www.iht.com/articles/2002/01/08/ysl.php|title=Saint Laurent Designs an Elegant Exit|accessdate=2008-02-07|year=2002-01-08|author=Suzy Menkes|work=International Herald Tribune] Catroux and Saint Laurent met, according to her, in a "very, very gay" nightclub in Paris, Regine's in the 1960s and have been friends ever since.

Personal life

She is the only child of Carmen Saint, a Brazil-born French socialite, [http://www.newyorksocialdiary.com/listpopup.php?tid=260] [http://www.newyorksocialdiary.com/socialdiary/2005/10_17_05/socialdiary10_17_05.php] and Elim O'Shaughnessy, an American diplomat.

In 1968, Betty Saint married French interior decorator François Catroux, a son of General Georges Catroux. The couple has two daughters: Maxime, a book editor at Flammarion, [http://www.linkedin.com/pub/3/905/654] and Daphné, who is married to Count Charles-Antoine Morand. [http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-22221265_ITM]

References

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NwXEnS9b5hg Betty Catroux interview on YouTube]