Inès De La Fressange Biography

Date of Birth
11 August 1957, Gassin, Var, France

Birth Name
Inès Marie Laëtitia de Seignard de La Fressange

Spouse
Luigi D Urso' (19 June 1990 - 23 March 2006) (his death) 2 children

Trivia

Daughter of André de Seignard de La Fressange (b. 1932) and Cecilia Sanchez-Cirez.

Her French father (a marquis) was a stockbroker, and her mother was an Argentine model.

Her father was a Marquis de La Fressange.

She grew up in an 18th century mill outside Paris with three brothers.

Her brothers are Emmanuel de Seignard de La Fressange (b. 1956) and Yvan de Seignard de La Fressange (b. 1969).

Paternal grandparents: Paul de Seignard de La Fressange (1899-1947) and Simone Lazard (1899-1991).

Her grandmother was Madame Simone Jacquinot, heiress to the Lazard banking fortune.

Mother of Nine Marie d'Urso (February 27, 1994) and Violette Marie d'Urso (August 6, 1999).

Godmother of her daughter Nine Marie d'Urso is Princess Caroline of Monaco.

Is best friends with Princess Caroline of Monaco.

Two step-daughters Clotilde d' Urso and India d' Urso - daughters of Luigi d' Urso and Guendalina Levier.

In the 1980s, she modeled for photographer Karl Lagerfeld at Chanel, becoming his muse, but in 1989, they had an argument and parted company.

In 1989, she became one of the series of models whose image represented Marianne, the French national emblem of reason and liberty.

She is now a businesswomen with a chain of clothing boutiques, a designer and a consultant for Jean-Paul Gaultier.


Source: imdb.com