Aside from being an international fashion icon and tastemaker, Pauline Potter (to become Rothschild) was a writer, a fashion designer herself, and translated the plays of Chritopher Fry along with translating many Elizabethan poems.
Born in Paris to expatriate parents; Pauline was the great-great granddaughter of Francis Scott Key and a decendent of Pocohontas.
Her first marriage ended in divorce as she had married a tortured closet alcoholic homosexual husband.
From there, in the 1930's she moved to Manhattan and became a personal shopper for rich and famous women that were not sure about their own taste. Pauline's taste was impeccable and lengendary. At one point she ended up back in Paris working for the amazing designer Shiaperelli and even opening her own fashion house/line (which did not work out..her collection was critically panned and the fashion house closed within a year).
Beginning as a mistress, she became the second wife to the legendary Baron Phillpe de Rothschild...owner of the famed winery Chateau Mouton Rothschild.
No longer did she have to shop for others. Pauline now frequented all of the top fashion houses and remained a fashion icon for the rest of her life. However, even her new found wealth couldn't contain her spirit and drive. She wrote articles for Harper's Bazarre and Vogue (Diana Vrelland was a distant cousin).
Upon her death she was buried at the Rothschild family home. Her tomb is made of marble and Lalique glass.
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