Andrée Acouri and Sandra Chidiac meet again in Beirut in September 2024 to speak with L'Orient-Le Jour. (Credit: Laurent Selinder)
In a large, warmly-colored living room, Andrée Acouri scrolled through a hundred black-and-white snapshots on a smartphone held with the tips of her candy-pink fingernails. With a lively gaze, the soon-to-be 84-year-old former supermodel recalled memories of a libertarian era when champagne flowed freely and uptight businessmen and outspoken couturiers met in trendy nightclubs after dark."I was the first! I am and remain the first Lebanese model!" said Nina Ricci's ex-muse, home-made lemonade in hand and glasses matching a white blouse on her nose. "Before Georgina [Rizk], Felicina [Rossi] and Mona [Ross], there was me!" she added.From Yves Saint Laurent's redesigned catwalks to Dior's fantasy presentations, the muse of a Parisian jet-set traveled the world's megacities like the glossy pages of magazines in the depths of the gleaming...
In a large, warmly-colored living room, Andrée Acouri scrolled through a hundred black-and-white snapshots on a smartphone held with the tips of her candy-pink fingernails. With a lively gaze, the soon-to-be 84-year-old former supermodel recalled memories of a libertarian era when champagne flowed freely and uptight businessmen and outspoken couturiers met in trendy nightclubs after dark."I was the first! I am and remain the first Lebanese model!" said Nina Ricci's ex-muse, home-made lemonade in hand and glasses matching a white blouse on her nose. "Before Georgina [Rizk], Felicina [Rossi] and Mona [Ross], there was me!" she added.From Yves Saint Laurent's redesigned catwalks to Dior's fantasy presentations, the muse of a Parisian jet-set traveled the world's megacities like the glossy pages of magazines in the depths of the gleaming...
