She was the kind of woman who never belonged to anyone but herself. At least, when it came to love. But for Natalie Clifford Barney, life overflowed with colour, creativity, and passion in Paris' Left Bank during one of city's most romantic periods. Think of her as a lesser-known Gertrude Stein, alb

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1903 - Zambelli of Paris Opera in a photograph by Henri Manuel of Paris. Carlotta Zambelli was an Italian prima ballerina and ballet teacher. Apart from a year in St Petersburg, she spent her entire career in Paris. She was born in Milan on 4th Nov 1875 and died there on 28th Jan 1968. From 1884 she studied with Adelaide Viganò and Cesare Coppini at the La Scala Ballet School with further studies at the Paris Opera Ballet School with Rosita Mauri. She made her debut at the Paris Opera in…

Laura Clifford Barney.

I love that she dressed as her nickname. We should all try this at home.

Natalie

Natalie Barney would become the 20th century’s greatest saloniste. Visitors to her Friday afternoon meetings included Ernest Hemingway, Ezra Pound, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Gertrude Stein, James …

Barney remembers a dramatic episode in which she tried to win back her lover, Renée Vivien.