Getty Images, "Bettina Graziani," Slim Aarons, January 1, 1964

This enchanting photograph captures French fashion icon Bettina Graziani in an elegant moment of maritime leisure, adjusting the sail of a boat on the pristine waters of Costa Smeralda, Sardinia, Italy. The image epitomizes the effortless sophistication that made Graziani one of the world's first supermodels and the definitive muse of 1950s haute couture. Born Simone Micheline Bodin, she was renamed by Jacques Fath and became an early muse to fashion designer Hubert de Givenchy, for whom Givenchy named his first collection in 1952 and created the iconic "Bettina blouse" that became a fashion icon and inspired the bottle for the best-selling Givenchy perfume Amarige. Photographed during her post-modeling years when she had retired to pursue a quieter life, this intimate portrait showcases the natural grace and timeless elegance that made her "the most photographed woman in France" and captures the Mediterranean idyll that defined the jet-set lifestyle of the 1960s.

Slim Aarons, renowned for his evocative photographs of, as he described it, "attractive people doing attractive things in attractive places," was the quintessential chronicler of high society. After serving as a war photographer, Aarons turned his lens to a new landscape: the glamorous lives of Hollywood elites, Palm Beach socialites, and jet-setting debutantes and princes. His work for society publications captured an aspirational world of leisure and luxury that defined the American upper class throughout the mid-20th century, creating images that remain timeless symbols of sophistication and style.

Every piece in our unique Slim Aarons collection is meticulously handcrafted using archival materials and printed on premium, luster photographic paper with environmentally safe inks, custom framed by skilled artisans who ensure that each work of art meets the exacting standards befitting such an iconic photograph.