Pauline de Rothschild

Pauline, Baroness de Rothschild (née Potter; December 31, 1908 – March 8, 1976) was an American fashion designer, writer and, with her second husband, a translator of both Elizabethan poetry and the plays of Christopher Fry.[1] She was named, with Diana Vreeland, who was added to this list in 1964, to the International Best Dressed List Hall of Fame in 1969, alongside Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Dean Acheson, Angier Biddle Duke, Cary Grant, and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh.[2][3]

  1. ^ Philippe de Rothschild and Joan Littlewood, Milady Vine: The Autobiography of Philippe de Rothschild (London: Jonathan Cape, 1984)
  2. ^ Marylin Bender, "A New Goal for the Ambitious Male: The Best Dressed List", The New York Times, 13 January 1969
  3. ^ Bernadine Morris, "Wives Proud of 'Best-Dressed' Husbands", The New York Times, 12 January 1970