DENEUVE Catherine (Icon)

Catherine Deneuve leaps for Francesco Scavullo's camera, a consummate model as an icon of French elegance, froideur and sensibility. Deneuve is also a long-term muse to Yves Saint Laurent, whom she met when he dressed her for Belle de Jour. Saint Laurent says of her, "She is a woman who makes me dream... As a friend she is the most delightful, warmest, sweetest and most protective". As French Vogue's most featured cover face, Deneuve represents the legendary chic femininity of French womanhood and as such was also the face of Chanel No.5. Here, she wears a suit made of calfskin printed with cheetah spots and trimmed with mink, a powerful combination brought together by Arnold Scaasi. When she talks about the de-feminized roles played by actresses in modern films, Deneuve outlines her own style, "Superficially, it may appear that the women now are stronger, but they are not stronger, only more masculine".

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