From the Archives: YSL Muse Betty Catroux
Yves Saint Laurent reading Women’s Wear Daily with Pierre Berge and Betty Catroux after arriving in New York prior to attending a party given by Andy Warhol at the downtown Factory location, 1968.
Yves Saint Laurent reading Women’s Wear Daily with Pierre Berge and Betty Catroux after arriving in New York prior to attending a party given by Andy Warhol at the downtown Factory location, 1968.
Yves Saint Laurent and Betty Catroux at Yves Saint Laurent’s Rive Gauche collection, modeled around the big conference table at the Lanvin-Charles of the Ritz offices, 1968
Betty and Francois Catroux attending a party thrown by photographer Francesco Scavullo in honor of Andy Warhol superstar Candy Darling, 1972.
Oscar de la Renta, Alexis de Rede and Betty Catroux for a cha-cha line while dancing at the De Rede Party held at Versailles Palace, 1973.
Betty Catroux and Yves St. Laurent attending Sao Schlumberger’s party to celebrate Francois Marie Banier’s first play “Hotel du Lac” in the Grand Hotel, 1975.
Betty Catroux and Lynn Wyatt in the front row at Yves Saint Laurent fall 1976 couture collection .
Betty Catroux, Helene Rochas and Yves Saint Laurent after a showing of YSL’s fall 1976 couture collection.
Betty Catroux, Lou Lou Klossowski and Kenzo at Andree Putman’s surprise 25th birthday party for Joel Le Bon on January, 1978.
Betty Catroux, Loulou de la Falaise, and Yves Saint Laurent, 1978.
Betty Catroux, Karl Lagerfeld, Patrick O’Higgins attending Loulou Klossowski’s Magic City costume ball, 1978
Betty Catroux at Florence van der Kemp and husband Gerald’s reception at the palace of Versaille’s, 1980.
Betty Catroux, toujours tuxed, in YSL at the Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institute Gala, 1983.
Betty Catroux attends a mass to mark the first anniversary of couturier Yves Saint Laurent’s death at Eglise Saint-Roch in Paris, 2009.