About the author
Esmeralda De Rethy is a royal Belgian princess, niece of the present King. Her mother Princess Lilian of Belgium, was one Christian Dior's first clients and knew everybody in the house by first name. She studied law before becoming a journalist in Paris, where she interviewed everybody from Moshe Dayan to Donald Trump for French magazines and newspapers. A renowned conservationist, she is head of the King Leopold III Fund for the Exploration and Conservation of Nature.
Jean Louis Perreau is a fashion historian and researcher living in Paris.
