Charlotte and Balenciaga

"The doorman at The Carlyle doesn't know who Charlotte Gainsbourg is. Told she's in movies, he only nods: "We get a lot of those." But this one is half French and wholly Parisian, willowy and whispery and smoky - no? And when she's not an actor, she's a singer - a chanteuse -and longtime muse for Balenciaga. The poor man still hasn't the faintest idea, but now he's curious. I say, finally: "She looks like a deer? In very high heels?" Now a spark alights in the doorman's eyes. He says: "Her? I thought she was a ballerina."

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