Natacha Beverloo Corneille_photos by Irina Ionesco

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 Natacha Beverloo Corneille by Irina Ionesco

Dear Shaded Viewers,

The other day I received a call from Natacha, quite out of the blue, she had observed me in Paris over the past 20 years. A few weeks ago when I was in Brussels she saw me on the street practically in front of her gallery. She called, we met today and had the first of what I am sure will be many interesting conversations. 

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Natacha and a wax head looking like a reflection photo by Irina Ionesco

Natacha was a dancer in the Ballet Russe and married to the Belgian born Dutch master painter, printmaker, ceramicist and writer, Corneille van Beverloo. We talked about many things, meetings she had with Guy Bourdin, Picasso and of course her years as a model for Irina Ionesco. It's funny because the other night when I was having dinner at Mr. Pearl's, Catherine Baba was there and she did the costumes for Eva Ionesco's new film, Je ne suis pas une princesse with Isabelle Huppert. I don't know if you know the story behind the relationship between Eva and her mother Irina but there are many chapters and many films that could possibly come out of this very complicated relationship. At any rate it was the artist Corneille that bought Irina her first camera and with that she took many photos of Natacha. Several years later Natacha and Corneille married and forty years later they are still together.

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Natacha and one of Irina's portraits of her

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Natacha and her son DImitri

  
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Gavilane and Natacha chez Gavilane

I'll post a few video NVU's with Natacha soon. 

Later,

Diane

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Diane Pernet

A LEGENDARY FIGURE IN FASHION and a pioneer of blogging, Diane is a respected journalist, critic, curator and talent-hunter based in Paris. During her prolific career, she designed her own successful brand in New York, costume designer, photographer, and filmmaker.

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