I love Hilary Rodham Clinton's expression 'It takes a village'. Like getting ready for the Met gala, it takes a village but more on that later...
A fashionable woman needs a village: the clothes, the shoes, the lover... This is Part One in a series on the French actress Lantelme who was the daughter of a janitor and was said to be the most beautiful woman in the world. Weekend reading for you from RARE vintage. Read on...
There is a photo of the French actress Lantelme and it is inscribed "to the dearest and best shoe maker in the world".
Lantelme
Yantorny: Bottier
Paolo Yantorny, the artist bootmaker, who clothes the feet of Princesses, Grand Dukes and men of wealth. If you happen to be one of these he will receive you in his white apron and somewhat rough clothing, and with the same absence of any sort of deference.
