Paloma Picasso
Paloma Picasso (born Anne Paloma Ruiz-Picasso y Gilot on 19 April 1949) is a French fashion designer and businesswoman, best known for her jewelry designs for Tiffany & Co, and her signature perfumes. She is the daughter of artist Pablo Picasso and artist Françoise Gilot. Her name, Paloma (Dove), is associated with the symbol her father designed for the World Congress of Partisans for Peace, held in Paris the same year Paloma was born, and it can be found in many of her father's works.
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Ruiz-Picasso and the second or maternal family name is Gilot.
Paloma Picasso
Fashion designer, jewellery designer, businesswoman, socialite
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Rafael López-Cambil(m. 1978; div. 1998)
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[1]Eric Thévenet(m. 1999)
- Claude Picasso (brother)
- Maya Widmaier-Picasso (half-sister)
- Jonas Salk (stepfather)
- Marina Picasso (niece)
- Bernard Ruiz-Picasso (nephew)
Red[edit]
Picasso has a penchant for red;[8][9] her red lipsticks were called "her calling cards".[10] François Nars says about Picasso, "red is her trademark."[11] "It's her signature, defining, one might say, the designer's red period."[12]
Her fascination with red started at an early age, when she began wearing bright red lipstick at age 6.[13] She has become recognizable by her red lipstick; "Her angular profile serves as a reminder of her father's Cubist inclinations."[10] When she feels like staying incognito, she simply avoids wearing her red lipstick: "Red lips have become my signature, so when I don’t want to be recognized, I don’t wear it."[13]
Film[edit]
Picasso briefly lost interest in designing following the death of her father in 1973, at which time she played Countess Erzsébet Báthory in Polish filmmaker Walerian Borowczyk's erotic film, Immoral Tales (1973), receiving praise from the critics for her beauty. She has not acted since.
Personal life[edit]
In 1978, Picasso married Argentine playwright and director Rafael Lopez-Cambil (also known as Rafael Lopez-Sanchez) in a black-and-white themed wedding. The couple later divorced. In 1999, Picasso married Eric Thévenet, a doctor of osteopathic medicine.[14][15] Picasso and Thévenet live in Lausanne, Switzerland and in Marrakech, Morocco.[16][17][18]
Paloma Picasso's older brother was Claude Picasso (1947-2023), her half-brother was Paulo Picasso (1921–1975), her half-sister was Maya (1935–2022), and she has another half-sister, Aurelia (b. 1956), from her mother's marriage to artist Luc Simon.