Years Active: 1960-2010.
Known for: Fashion muse and designer.
Net worth: $5 million.
Author Judith Thurman, writing in The New Yorker magazine, called Loulou de la Falaise “the quintessential Rive Gauche Haute bohémienne.” After a tumultuous childhood, Loulou was a fashion model for Vogue and inspired Saint Laurent’s 1966 women’s tuxedo “Le Smoking” as well as his line of see-through blouses.
La Falaise designed jewelry, boxes, vases, and articles of clothing alongside Saint Laurent, and her jewelry designs are still sold today, including a simplified line for the Home Shopping Network. She died in 2011 at the age of sixty-three.
Slim Keith
Years active: 1950-1960.
Known for: Model.
Net worth: $5 million.
Nancy “Slim” Keith was an American New York socialite and fashion icon during the fifties and sixties. While she was well known as a fashion trend-setter, one of her biggest actions was bringing Lauren Bacall to Hollywood. She showed her then-husband, Howard Hawks, a magazine cover with Bacall's picture on it, and the rest is history.
Dubbed the original “California Girl” thanks to her golden looks and athletic ability, she at one point pursued a career in opera but decided it was too demanding. Keith died at the age of seventy-two in 1990.
Chessy Rayner
Years active: 1950-1990.
Known for: Decorator and fashion icon.
Net worth: Many millions.
With a zeal for unique decorating ideas and a classic beauty herself, Chessy Rayner paved the way for interesting styles the world over. She and her husband, William P. Rayner, were a fast-paced, beautiful couple who frequently appeared in "Women's Wear Daily".
When her mother remarried and became the wife of Iva S. V. Patcevitch, the chairman of Conde Nast, Chessy became a fixture of the Manhattan social scene. Rather than relaxing, Chessy became a fashion editor and writer for Vogue. She passed away at the age of sixty-six in 1998.
Pilar Crespi
Years active: 1970-present.
Known for: Vogue editor, fashion industry, model, President at Source of Hope.
Net worth: Millions.
Being the daughter of a countess who is a member of the International Best Dressed List puts the spotlight on you at a young age, but Pilar Crespi did nothing but flourish. After becoming a model at a young age, Pilar stunned the fashion world with her breezy, effortless beauty.
She went on to become an editor at Vogue and a well-known name in the fashion industry, but she's most proud of the organization she started with her husband Stephen Robert called Source of Hope, which provides educational programs, grants, and scholarships to low-income cosmetology students.
Annabel Goldsmith
Years active: 1960s-1970s.
Known for: Mother, society hostess, the eponym for London nightclub Annabel's.
Net worth: $5 million.
Born into the aristocratic and historic Anglo-Irish Vane-Tempest-Stewart family, Lady Annabel Goldsmith ended up taking the last name of Sir James Goldsmith. He was her second husband after the two had an extramarital affair.
She was known in London as a high-society hostess, but for the most part, she has been content to raise her six children. Two of them are journalist and film producer Jemima Goldsmith and Conservative MP for Richmond Park Zac Goldsmith. As a descendant and heiress of the Marquess of Londonderry, she's never been far from the public eye.