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- Countess Jacqueline de Ribes, a French fashion designer and socialite, died at age 96 in Switzerland, with the death confirmed by friend Françoise Dumas.
- De Ribes blended aristocratic heritage with a bold fashion sense and designed clothes for herself and a prominent clientele.
- Photographers such as Richard Avedon captured her striking appearance.
- Her legacy endures as a fashion icon and a symbol of a fading cultural era.
