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………………….Remembering TATJANA…………..in my 50 YEARS in the world of Fashion I have met a zillion people, and almost as many models…….There are some who have make a strong imprint on mind that time can’t erase! Tatjana was one of those SUPER MODELS! To say that she was spectacular looking would be a HUGE UNDERSTATEMENT!!!…..Besides everything else she had incredible eyes. She always reminded me of the French Actress, when she was young, Simone Signoret…..There was a reason she was considered one of the SUPERS!….. I tried to book her for as many shows as I could….but she was so busy, and not often in the country working in Europe…..She did two or three Nation Ad campaigns for me. I can’t remember and don’t have the pictures, but they were always photographed by a brilliant photographer who lived and worked on the west coast…….HERB RITTS….who passed away many years ago and died from HIV…..another young brilliant talent gone too soon!…..They had great chemistry together, and created wonderful pictures…Tatjana was always very professional, and NEVER caused any problems. She always did what was necessary to get the job done, and she did it beautifully. She never made a fuss, always had a smile, and in general was pretty quite……I always thought she was a little shy, but that couls have been just around me……It was impossible for Tatjana to take a bad picture….In the photo at the left is Tatjana and Anna Bayle in one of my spring AK shows…..The photo on the right is Tatjana wearing my “Marilyn” dress for a VOGUE EDITORIAL……She’s simple exquisite!…….Like so many Tatjana was taken too soon!…..I’m sure she and Herb, and so many other photographers that she worked with who are gone…..are making beautiful pictures together in Heaven……….RIP dear TATJANA