
The untold story: Givenchy’s Filipino muse remembers her ‘Gentle Giant’
It was late Monday night when, upon learning that Givenchy had died, I took a chance on calling up Tetta Agustin-Baverey. She picked up, and I broke the sad news
It was late Monday night when, upon learning that Givenchy had died, I took a chance on calling up Tetta Agustin-Baverey. She picked up, and I broke the sad news
In Europe, she drives a 1956 Mercedes Gullwing or a 1960 Bentley Continental Flying Spur across thousands of kilometers on roundabout roads, through bad weather and cracked pavements. But it’s not just to enjoy the glorious panorama of the continent.
The whistle-bait, 53.3-centimeter waistline is gone. But Tetta Agustin, the 1.7-meter-tall, dusky international fashion model who ruled Europe’s catwalks in the 1970s, still turns heads when she walks into a room.
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