Solange d'Ayen

Solange Marie Christine Louise de Labriffe, Duchess of Ayen (5 April 1898 – 3 November 1976), known professionally as Solange d'Ayen, Solange de Noailles, and Solange de Labriffe, was a French noblewoman and journalist, known for being the fashion editor of French Vogue magazine from the 1920s until the 1940s. She also wrote for the American Vogue. She was born into the and was named Duchess of Ayen by marrying Jean Maurice Paul Jules de Noailles, the 6th Duke of Ayen, in 1919, with whom she had two children. Solange was a survivor of a Nazi concentration camp after being arrested by the Nazis in 1942. She died in Paris on 3 November 1976 at the age of 78. Early life Solange Marie Christine Louise de Labriffe was born in Amiens, in northern France, on 5 April 1898. Born into the , her father was Camille, Count of Labriffe, and her mother was Countess Anne-Marie Vassart d'Hozier. She had an older sister, Marie de Labriffe (1893–1985). Career In the late 1920s, Solange started working as a fashion consultant and later became the fashion editor of French Vogue magazine under the name Solange de Noailles. By October 1928, she was signing her articles as Solange d'Ayen. She also wrote for the American Vogue. Irish journalist Carmel Snow, who was working for Vogue at that time, said of Solange: "she was the person I most wanted at that time to fashion myself on". Solange was well-connected in the Paris social circle known as "" and introduced Snow to several members of the Paris elite.