“I use my face as a canvas.” Nicole de Lamargé (1938 – 1969) rarely troubled the pages of American fashion magazines. But at home, in France, her success was unrivalled — particularly at
Elle, where Helene Lazareff put her on the cover 25 times. Karl Lagerfeld proclaimed her the ‘
Elle girl par excellence,’ whilst to Grace Coddington, then starting out as a model, she was simply ‘my idol.’
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| Nicole de Lamargé in the 1960s |
Like Anna Karina, de Lamargé was discovered by Catherine Harlé in late-Fifties Paris, and became her agency’s first great star. She started out with assignments for Jardin des Modes and Vogue, but was quickly adopted as Elle’s unofficial face, collaborating with boyfriend Peter Knapp (the magazine’s art director) to incarnate the new decade’s breezy, self-possessed spirit. She found success on the other side of the channel too, working with London photographers like Parkinson, Bailey, Duffy and French.
“I keep changing my look, you see.” Nicole explained to an interviewer in early 1969. “I get very bored... I don’t think about my face anymore. It’s just instinct.” Later that year, she featured alongside Andy Warhol and the Beatles in Bailey’s epitaph to the Swinging Sixties, ’Goodbye Baby and Amen”, with bouffant curls, tongue sticking out, a cigarette dangling from her hand. Next to her name, in the index, Bailey placed the single word ‘deceased’; a few months before publication, whilst on holiday in Morocco with her second husband, de Lamargé had died in a car crash.
Take a look at these fabulous photos to see the beauty of Nicole de Lamargé as a model in the 1960s.
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| Nicole de la Marge, circa 1960s |
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| Nicole de la Marge in wool and fur ensemble called "Stockholm" by (Marc Bohan) Christian Dior, Autumn/Winter Collection Charme 62 Line, photo by Mark Shaw, Paris, 1961 |
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| Nicole de la Marge, photo by Brian Duffy, French Elle, August 1962 |
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| Nicole de la Marge in black long-sleeved lace top belted and bowed with satin over purple smooth tweed skirt by Susan Small, photo by Michael Williams, Harper's Bazaar UK, August 1964 |
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| Nicole de la Marge in coat, dress and curè hat in complimentary tweeds mingling amethyst and brown by Jaeger, photo by Michael Williams, Harper's Bazaar UK, August 1964 |
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| Nicole de la Marge in Norfolk suit in ginger Scotch wool tweed with loosely tied belt by Windsmoor, black helmet by Christian Dior Chapeaux, photo by Michael Williams, Harper's Bazaar UK, August 1964 |
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| Nicole de la Marge in short cocktail dress by Ronald Paterson, photo by Richard Dormer, October 1964 |
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| Nicole de la Marge in three-piece tweedy wool-mohair comprises scarlet dress and collarless jacket in scarlet and green check by Deréta, beaver bowler by Moriot, photo by Michael Williams, Harper's Bazaar UK, August 1964 |
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| Nicole de la Marge in black & white cloche by James Wedge, handbag by Jane Shilton and dress by Polly Peck, photo by Norman Eales, Vogue UK, 1965 |
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| Nicole de la Marge in classic black PVC (vinyl) reefer by Charles MacIntosh, sou'wester by James Wedge, photo by James Wormser, Harper's Bazaar UK, February 1965 |
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| Nicole de la Marge in cotton ticking jacket over narrow pants byThérèse and Jennifer, photo by Norman Eales at Vogue Studio, London, May 1965 |
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| Nicole de la Marge in halter dress by Mary Quant for Ginger Group, photo by Norman Eales at Vogue Studio, April 1965 |
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| Nicole de la Marge in printed cotton dress with tiered collar by Noeleen King, photo by Norman Eales, May 1965 |
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| Nicole de la Marge in printed dress by Mary Quant for Bazaar, photo by Norman Eales at Vogue Studio, April 1965 |
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| Nicole de la Marge in sea-blue and pink floral print on organza top and trousers by Graham Price at Harrods, photo by David Montogomery, Harper's Bazaar UK, January 1965 |
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| Nicole de la Marge in silver dress, photo by Brian Duffy, Queen, 1965 |
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| Nicole de la Marge in white double-breasted coat by Mary Quant (own label), photo by Norman Eales at Vogue Studio, April 1965 |
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| Nicole de la Marge in white Shetland wool ribbed sweater by John Laing and rubber-proofed Indiana trousers by Aqua-Sprite, sou'wester by James Wedge, photo by James Wormser, Harper's Bazaar UK, February 1965 |
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| Nicole de la Marge, photo by Brian Duffy, Queen, 1965 |
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| Nicole de la Marge in short belted tunic dress by Amy Linker and fantastical hat by Jean Barthet, photo by Guy Bourdin, Paris Vogue, February 1966 |
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| Nicole de la Marge in short black chiffon dress with three wide flounces each buoyed by net backing, strapless top is bound and bowed in black satin by Pierre Cardin, earrings by Gripoix, photo by Irving Penn, Vogue, 1966 |
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| Nicole de la Marge, is wearing a green wool crêpe ensemble by Jean Patou, photo by Peter Knapp, 1966 |
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| Nicole de la Marge, photo by Brian Duffy, Elle, 1966 |
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| Nicole de la Marge, photo by Brian Duffy, French Elle, November 1966 |
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| Nicole de la Marge in a silk pongee safari suit by Nina Ricci, photo by David Bailey, Vogue UK, 1967 |
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| Nicole de la Marge in bias-striped poncho-like coat by Pierre Cardin, photo by David Bailey, Paris Vogue, September 1967 |
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| Nicole De La Marge in Chanel ad as seen in French Vogue, March 1967 |
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| Nicole de la Marge in design by Pierre Cardin, photo by Peter Knapp for the Sunday Times Magazine, August 1967 |
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| Nicole de la Marge in giant houndstooth wool suit by Pierre Cardin, photo by David Bailey, 1967 |
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| Nicole de la Marge in popular jumpsuit by Andre Courrèges, photo by Guy Bourdin, French Vogue, September 1967 |
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| Nicole de la Marge, photo by David Bailey, August 14, 1967, from 'Goodbye Baby & Amen' |
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| Nicole de la Marge, photo by F.C. Gundlach, Paris, 1967 |
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| Nicole de la Marge in brown and white striped dress with large white straps and hem by Courrèges, photo by Patrick Bertrand, 1969 |
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