Fashion Flashback: 60s Icon Veruschka
07/31/2007 (3:24 pm)
Born into the German nobility in 1939 Countess Vera Gottliebe Anna von Lehndorff-Steinort became one of the most famous faces in fashion during the 1960s and 70s… Continue reading below for biography, more photos, and video.
Her family was left homeless after WWII and Veruschka went on to study art in Hamburg and Florence. In Florence she met photographer Ugo Mulas and was soon introduced to Eileen Ford of the Ford Modeling Agency. Initially she received few bookings so Eileen sent her back to Munich and told people she was Russian. Under the name Veruschka a mystique surrounded the Countess and she soon changed the face of fashion. In 1966 Veruschka starred in the legendary Michelangelo Antonioni film Blow Up.
Veruschka in Blow-Up
