Hélène Arpels

Hélène Arpels
Born
Hélène Ostrowska

1907
Monte Carlo, Monaco
Died2006 (aged 98–99)
Occupation(s)Model, shoe designer and retailer
SpouseLouis Arpels (m. 1933, divorced)
PartnerAndre Azria (d. 2001)

Hélène Arpels (née Ostrowska; 1907–2006) was a French model, the wife of jeweler Louis Arpels, and later a shoe designer and retailer in New York. She was known for her catch phrase "Diamonds go with everything" and was on the annual "10 Best Dressed List" for more than a decade. Shoes designed by Arpels are in the permanent collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute.

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