Jeanloup Sieff

Portrait of Betty Catroux for Vogue France, 1969

interview by  OLIVIER ZAHM 

 

OLIVIER ZAHM — What was the relationship between your father, the photographer Jeanloup Sieff and Yves Saint

SONIA SIEFF — It was a professional relationship that led to a lasting friendship. They had a similar sense of humor. They would meet for Sunday afternoon tea at the Place Vauban. Yves would be drawing La Vilaine Lulu [Saint-Laurent’s only cartoon character, about a perversely impertinent little girl].

Portrait of Yves Saint Laurent at his house, 1976

OLIVIER ZAHM — Did your father also know the people around Saint Laurent — people like Betty Catroux, Loulou de la Falaise, Catherine Deneuve, and Charlotte Rampling?
SONIA SIEFF — They all knew each other. In the early ’70s they dined together nearly every night, at La Coupole or…