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.
Loulou de la Falaise
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.
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.
Princess Stéphanie
Years active: 1970-present.
Known for: Singer, swimwear designer, and fashion model, royalty.
Net worth: $100 million.
That title isn't a joke: Princess Stéphanie of Monaco (Stéphanie Marie Elizabeth Grimaldi) is the daughter of Rainier III, Prince of Monaco, and American actress Grace Kelly. She's currently fourteenth in line for the Monegasque throne, the throne of Monaco.
Her mother sadly died after an accident, in which Stéphanie was also involved, and afterward, she began an apprenticeship at Christian Dior. She's also released a number of albums that feature her as a singer. She spends most of her time running a number of organizations and having numerous relationships with people such as her bodyguard, an elephant trainer, and an acrobat.
Nina Griscom
Years active: 1970s-2020.
Known for: Socialite, entrepreneur, model, TV personality.
Net worth: millions.
While attending Barnard College in the 1970s, Nina Griscom started modeling for Eileen Ford. She married and divorced men as if on a whim, including Joe Hunter, Lloyd P. Griscom Jr., and Dr. Daniel C. Baker.
While known as a party girl, Griscom also appeared on television as a co-host on HBO and a restaurant-review series on the Food Network. She partnered with Alan Richman to create home-decorating stores in Manhattan and Southampton and appeared as a spokeswoman and consultant for Revlon, among other fashion endeavors. Griscom died at the age of sixty-five early in 2020.