Willy van Rooy Designer Jewelry
    New York Times Excerpt

    Style Makers By ELAINE LOUIE
    Willy van Rooy is proof that there is life after
    modeling.


    In the 1970's Dutch born Supermodel Willy van Rooy  was a
    runway model in Paris for Yves Saint Laurent, Karl Lagerfeld
    and Thierry Mugler. Her pictures appeared in Vogue, Bazaar,
    Elle and every major magazine.  She was a favorite of David
    Bailey and Helmut Newton.

    In the late 70's, she  started to design freelance for Karl
    Lagerfeld and for Yves Saint Laurent.  They bought all of her
    designs for  bags, shoes, jewels and fabrics. Her designs
    have what she calls a fairy-tale quality.




    In her studio in Madrid, during the nineties she designed
    flamboyant shoes ornamented with stones, lace tapestry and
    brocades,  for women who like as much attention paid to the
    feet as to the face. They were in demand in exclusive shops
    in Europe and the United States.

    She created shoes made with local materials,fabrics used
    for matadors' uniforms and brocades embroidered with gold
    thread for clothes worn in the south of Spain.

    In the Twenty-First Century, Willy designs unique, exclusive
    pieces of jewelry, in LA which are sought after by current
    supermodels and other modern fashionista, as well as with
    her former collegues who visit this website..

    Today, Willy lives in Los Angeles where she designs
    exquisite one of a kind pieces of jewelry. The finely- wrought
    gold beads are hand made and they are very large
    .
Other Unique Willy van Rooy Designs
Willy van Rooy
Description:
This exquisite, one of a kind,
handmade necklace is made
of vintage pieces sewn on to
red and gold leather.
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Necklace comes in exclusive
hand painted autographed mini-
hat box

Willy van Rooy in
the News
Sixties Super Models
Veruschka Von Lehndorff
and Willy van Rooy at
book-signing in LA 2008
Old Friends Manolo Blahnik
and Willy van Rooy
Beverly Hills Oct 2008
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ONCE A
SUPERMODEL....
Willy van Rooy with Current
Supermodels
for VOGUE ITALIA Oct 20088
EXCLUSIVE
INTERVIEW
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PARIS Willy, Jean Paul
Gauthier, Veruschka 2004
Self Portrait LA 2008
Sixties Super Models Club
TO THE HEADSHEETS
and Albums
OVER 300 ALBUMS
of the 60's Top Models