The former model Françoise Schluter met Franco Rubartelli while working at a pub in Cambridge. The Swiss beauty was earning pocket money while studying languages at the university. It was amore, and soon Rubartelli and Schluter were a couple. They married and lived in Rome with their son, Luigi.
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| Françoise Rubartelli in the 1960s |
One night, after having mysteriously found a camera in their apartment, Rubartelli asked Schluter to pose for him on a beach. With no stylist, hair, or makeup—nor much knowledge of how the camera worked—he took pictures of the wife he feared he was losing, pictures that were infused with longing, youth, and freedom—qualities rarely expressed in the formal fashion photographs of the time. Having asked Schluter what the most important magazine was, Rubartelli got together some money to develop the film and secretly sent the results to Vogue.
Much to Rubartelli’s surprise, he received a positive reply from New York in the form of a telegram, signed Diana Vreeland, then Vogue’s editor in chief, that read: “Beautiful model, beautiful pictures, will get in touch with you.” Soon, the photographer and his model wife were working with Consuelo Crespi, the magazine’s editor in Rome; their first story appeared in the August 1964 issue.
As Rubartelli and Schluter were racking up credits and becoming known as a couple, though, their love story was unraveling. “We spent too much time together as photographer and model, and not enough as man and woman,” Their final rupture (circa 1965) left Rubartelli “without work, without my wife, without my model, without my son.”
Take a look at these glamorous photos to see the beauty of young Françoise Rubartelli as a model in the 1960s.
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| Françoise Rubartelli's coiffure by Kenneth, necklace by Jack Gilbert, photo by Franco Rubartelli, Vogue, October 15, 1965 |
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| Francoise Rubartelli in beaded and satin gown by Belinda Belville, photo by Saul Leiter, Vogue UK, October 1966 |
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| Françoise Rubartelli in violet chiffon dress covered in iridescent paillettes by Donald Brooks, photo by Richard Avedon, Vogue 1966 |
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| Francoise Rubartelli is wearing a blue crepe evening dress by Polly Peck, photo by Saul Leiter, Vogue UK, 1966 |
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| Françoise Rubartelli in a red chinchilla cloth coat, double-breasted, raglan-sleeved and a pleat in back by Matlin, hat by Mr. John, Golo boots, photo by Irving Penn, Vogue, September 1, 1967 |
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| Françoise Rubartelli in grass-green, fleecy, hooded duffel-coat over plaid culottes and white turtleneck, all by Dominic for Matty Talmack, earrings by YSL, coiffure by Maury of Kenneth, photo by Gianni Penati, Vogue, August 15, 1967 |
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| Françoise Rubartelli in red-dyed mink single-breasted blazer worn with white mink skirt deep-pleated in front by Laurence Kay, earrings by Schreiner, photo by David Bailey, Vogue, November 1, 1967 |
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| Françoise Rubartelli in a midnight-blue silk chiffon dress swirling from a pointed bodice jeweled with blue beads and rhinestones by George Halley, earrings by Pucci, coiffure by Alan of Kenneth, photo by Irving Penn, Vogue, 1968 |
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| Françoise Rubartelli in beige mini-wrap coat piped with white braid by Don Simonelli for Modelia, sandals by Latinas, photo by Irving Penn, Vogue, February 1, 1968 |
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| Françoise Rubartelli in bright purple sequined jumpsuit under a floor-length coat of Imperial purple thick wool caught with purple suède belt by Marc Bohan for Dior, photo by Irving Penn, Vogue, October 15, 1968 |
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| Françoise Rubartelli in chrome yellow rabbit fur ski suit with white leather fastenings by Courrèges, photo by Arnaud de Rosnay, November 1968 |
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| Françoise Rubartelli in colorful organza silk dress ruffled at the hem with sheer ruffled cape by Oscar de la Renta, necklace by Sheldana, photo by Gianni Penati, Vogue, January 1, 1968 |
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| Françoise Rubartelli in deep dark green silk organza with low rounded neck and ruffled elbow sleeves with long gauze skirt by Miss Branell, hat from Bergdorf Goodman, coiffure by Alan of Kenneth, photo by Irving Penn, Vogue, 1968 |
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| Françoise Rubartelli in EMBA natural demi-buff mink coat, diamonds by Harry Winston, photo by Virginia Thoren-Rice, Vogue, February 15, 1968 |
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| Françoise Rubartelli in grass-green mini-coat of double-faced melton with white leather buttons and belt by Originala, shoes by Charles Jourdan, photo by Bert Stern, Vogue, January 15, 1968 |
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| Françoise Rubartelli in leather edged cape and dirndl in a blow-up tartan of tan-navy-and-white wool with beige wool jersey turtleneck by Bonnie Cashin for Phillip Sils, photo by Irving Penn, Vogue, February 1, 1968 |
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| Françoise Rubartelli in the Inverness cape-coat in pale taupe-brown fleece, with detachable cape by Donald Brooks, muff by Reiss & Fabrizio, photo by Irvng Penn, Vogue, September 1, 1968 |
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| Françoise Rubartelli in worsted bright yellowover navy overplaid held by gilt chain at the collar by Handmacher, coiffure by Ara Gallant with Fashion Tress hairpieces, photo by Bert Stern, Vogue, January 15, 1968 |
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| Françoise Rubartelli in yellow rayon-crêpe, collarless shirtdress that buttons down the front with wide belt and cuffs of tinseled gold by Malcolm Starr, earrings by KJL, jeweled collar by Trifari, photo by Irving Penn, Vogue, 1968 |
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| Françoise Rubartelli is wearing golden gauze around her head by Yves Saint Laurent, her braided coiffure is by Carita, earrings by Majaro, photo by Irving Penn, Vogue, November 1, 1968 |
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| Françoise Rubartelli is wearing Moon Drops Demi Makeup by Revlon, photo by Irving Penn, Vogue, January 15, 1968 |
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| Françoise Rubartelli in beautiful dress in vermillion organdie swirling with diamanté white garlands by George Halley, coiffure by Violeta of Norbert, photo by Gianni Penati, Vogue, January 1, 1969 |
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| Françoise Rubartelli in bikini with tiny sleeves in India pink of Du Pont nylon by Jantzen, golden chain by Napier, photo by Norman Parkinson in Palm Beach, Florida, Vogue, January 15, 1969 |
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| Françoise Rubartelli in lemon-yellow and green plaid three-piece of a jacket, bra and short skirt wrapped like a kilt by Ginori, photo by Norman Parkinson, January 15, 1969 |
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| Françoise Rubartelli in shimmery plunging bodice openly crocheted with a scarlet flounced organza skirt by Oscar de la Renta, photo by Gianni Penati, Vogue, January 1, 1969 |
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| Françoise Rubartelli in striped pants of brown, black and white with a squared-neck pull of deep-water green, both by Scott Barrie, sunglasses by Riviera, photo by Norman Parkinson, Vogue, January 15, 1969 |
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| Françoise Rubartelli in white bikini braced over brown by Bill Blass for Roxanne, hat by Adolfo, golden stomach chain by Napier, photo by Norman Parkinson in Palm Beach, Florida, Vogue, January 15, 1969 |
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| Francoise Rubartelli is wearing an evening chemise over pants with long fringed sash of Paisley lamè by Christian Dior, photo by Françoise Rubartelli, Vogue US, 1969 |
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| Françoise Rubartelli is wearing leather headband by Ruza Creations, shirt by Melba Hobson, hair by Vittorio d'Italia, photo by Norman Parkinson, Vogue, January 15, 1969 |
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| Françoise Rubartelli, photo by David Bailey, Vogue, August 15, 1969 |
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