Daisy Fellowes

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Mrs Reginald (Daisy) Fellowes ( John Singer Sargent )

Marguerite Séverine Philippine Decazes de Glücksbierg ( April 29, 1890 - December 13, 1962 ), better known as Daisy Fellowes , was a 20th century society celebrity, novelist and poet, fashion icon, first editor-in-chief of the fashion magazine Harper's Bazaar and a the heiresses of the Singer fortune .

She had two brothers, her parents were Isabelle-Blanche Singer (1869-1896) and Jean Élie Octave Louis Sévère Amanieu Decazes (1864-1912), the third Duc Decazes et Glücksberg. Her maternal grandfather was Isaac Merritt Singer , who made his fortune in sewing machines. After their mother's suicide, the half-orphans were raised by her sister Winnaretta Singer , Princesse Edmond de Polignac , a famous art patron .

Fellowe's first husband, whom she married on May 10, 1910, was Prince Jean Amédée Marie Anatole de Broglie . Her husband succumbed to the Spanish flu , which was rampant worldwide at the time, in 1918 while serving in the French army in Algeria . However, social gossip claimed he died by suicide as his bisexuality became public knowledge.

The marriage had three daughters: Emmeline Isabelle Edmée Séverine de Broglie (1911–1986, married Countess de Castéja), Isabelle de Broglie (1912–1960, novelist, temporarily married to the Marquis de La Moussaye), and Jacqueline de Broglie ( 1918–1965, temporarily married to Alfred Kraus). Of her own daughters, the notoriously sarcastic Daisy Fellowes said: “The eldest is like her father, only a little more masculine. The second is like me, only without courage. The third is from a hideous little guy named Lischmann. ”She had one of her affairs with the English diplomat Duff Cooper .

Fellowes second husband, whom she married on August 9, 1919, was the banker Reginald Ailwyn Fellowes (1884-1953), a cousin of Winston Churchill and grandson of the seventh Duke of Marlborough . Their daughter was Rosamond Fellowes (1921-1998).

Fellowes wrote several novels and short stories; her most famous work is Les dimanches de la Comtesse de Narbonne (1931).

Daisy Fellowes was considered one of the most fashionably courageous women of the 20th century; she was an important patron of the surrealist fashion designer Elsa Schiaparelli . She was also a loyal customer and friend of the jeweler Suzanne Belperron . She also sponsored the jewelers Cartier , Van Cleef & Arpels and Boivin .

literature

  • Annette Tapert, Diana Edkins: The Power of Style. The Women Who Defined The Art of Living Well. Crown, New York NY 1994, ISBN 0-517-58568-5 .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Sylvie Raulet, Olivier Baroin: Suzanne Belperron. Antique Collectors Club, New York NY 2011, ISBN 1-85149-625-4 .
  2. ↑ On Jeweled Wings: Daisy Fellowes & A Spectacular Boivin Brooch.
personal data
SURNAME Fellowes, Daisy
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Decazes de Glücksbierg, Marguerite Séverine Philippine
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French author and fashion icon
DATE OF BIRTH April 29, 1890
DATE OF DEATH December 13, 1962