Betty catroux style

Yves Saint Laurent and his muse, Betty Catroux.

A conversation with the fashion dissenter, gender pioneer, reluctant muse to no end of designers and Yves Saint Laurent’s “double.”

Betty Catroux (born Betty Saint in 1945) is a former Chanel model, and fashion icon. She has been cited as a muse by both Yves Saint Laurent and Tom Ford. She was born in 1945, the only child of Carmen Saint, a Brazilborn French socialite, and Elim O'Shaughnessy (19071966), an American diplomat. S

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Supercool: Betty Catroux shot by Jeanloup Sieff (1969)

See photos of Yves Saint Laurent muse Betty Catroux.

French model and Yves Saint Laurent muse, Betty Catroux (Betty Saint) married French decorator, Francois Catroux 1968

Betty Catroux| YSL friend and muse

With her boyish physique, never-ending legs, platinum hair, shades and irreverent attitude, Betty Catroux was both Yves Saint Laurent’s muse and go-to party girl from when they met in 1967. At age 73, she is set to star in the Fall/Winter 2018-2019 campaign of the house that pushed her into the spotlight in the 1970s. We look back at her close relationship the Parisienne has enjoyed with Saint Laurent, as well as her fondness for cutting witticisms, with inspiring vintage snaps.