Vicky Tiel

After graduating from Parsonu2019s School of Design in 1964, Vicky and her best friend Mia Fonssagrives moved to Paris to start a career in fashion. A few weeks after arriving, they were discovered by couturier Louis Fu00e9raud, who asked them to contribute designs to his July 1964 couture show. It was at the show that the Mia-Vicky mini was introduced.After seeing the Mia-Vicky minis at the Fu00e9raud show, The International Herald Tribune ran this headline: u201cAnyone in Fashion Over 25 Might as Well be Dead.u201d Life Magazine wrote a 5-page article about Vicky and Mia. Paris fashion photographers couldnu2019t get enough of them, and they were internationally recognized. Johnny Carson invited Mia and Vicky to introduce their minis to America on the u201cTonight Show.u201dIn September 1964, while dancing at Parisu2019 hottest nightclub, wearing their lameu2019 bra and hip-hugging creations, Hollywood producers invited them to create the costumes for a new movie called u201cWhatu2019s New Pussycat. It was Woody Allenu2019s screenplay debut. While Vicky was working on u201cPussycat,u201d Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor were filming a movie on an adjoining lot. Elizabeth spotted Vicky Tiel wearing a lace mini dress, and immediately told her husband that she loved the dress. Later, when Richard saw Vicky again, he ordered a pearl covered lace mini, with matching lace stockings, as a surprise for Elizabeth for their November wedding anniversary. Liz Taylor soon became a frequent client, and friend. In 1968, the Burtons became investors in Mia Vicky Paris boutique in Paris. In a fashion show at Maximu2019s that year, they introduced wrap dresses, caftans, string bikinis and micro minis. Vicky went on to do the costumes for 12 more movies.