Finding Myself in Fashion (30 page)

My wondrous and edifying journey—especially these last dozen or so years, since I wrote my first autobiography,
Jeanne Unbottled: Adventures in High Style
—has been inspired and enhanced by so many amazing people. Thanks to those in my
Fashion Television
family, past and present, who've helped me tell so many stories: Jay Levine; Howard Brull; Marcia Martin; Mary Benadiba; Luke McCarty; Shane Hogan; Claire Caillout; our Paris driver, J.F., and our New York driver, Sam; and all the talented writers, producers, editors, interns, and cameramen. I must especially thank my dance partners in the field: Arthur Pressick, Martin Brown, Jeff Brinkert, Patrick Pidgeon, Jim Needham, and Basil Young. A special thank-you to the one and only
Christopher Sherman for taking such good care of me, and to CTV publicists Matthew Almeida and Ellery Ulster for helping get the word out there. Heartfelt appreciation also goes to CTV's head honchos, Susanne Boyce and Ivan Fecan, for their vision and support; to David Greener for being relentless; to Geoffrey Dawe, Michael King, and Shelagh Tarleton for enabling my big magazine adventures; to Ed Matier, Linda Legault, Noah Stern, and Ayal Twik for seeing the power of the brand; to Gregory Parvatan for coiffing me; to Lida Baday for dressing me; to Dr. Trevor Born for tweaking me; to Steve Hudson for trimming me; to my pal Bonnie Brooks for inspiring me; and to Eden del Pilar and Emma Madriaga for helping me run my home.

Thank you to my
Globe and Mail
editors, past and present—Sheree Lee Olson, Debra Fulsang, Danny Sinopoli, and Maggie Wrobel. And much gratitude to all the people at Penguin Group (Canada), especially Diane, Jonathan, Mary Opper, Sandra Tooze, and Trish Bunnett, as well as freelance editor Janice Weaver.

More big thanks to all my beloved friends, who keep me cozy and help me hang in there, especially Penny Fiksel, Jackie Feldman, Deenah Mollin, Carol Leggett, Louise Kennedy, Melanie Reffes, Dawna Treibicz, Kate Alexander Daniels, Chabela and George Ayoub, Mary Symons, Andrée Gagné, Diti Dumas, Vivian Reiss, Melanie Chikofsky, Carl Lyons, Joyce Roney, Robbie Cooper, Sandy Kybartas, Jaleh Farhadpour, Kyra Harper, Wendy Natale, Sue Brunt, Max Gotlieb, Steven Levy, Stephan Argent, Mark Labelle, Virginie Vincens, Alan Gratias, the Oundjian family, Melissa Chepa, Dan Duford, Luigi Carruba, Marion Perlet, and the inimitably colourful Toller Cranston. Much gratitude also goes to Denny O'Neil for fathering my two exquisite beauties; to Jack Steckel for helping me through such a trying time; and to Barry Flatman for the passion. Finally, thank you to my immediate family for all the love—Marilyn Beker; Greg Rorabaugh; Keith Del Principe; Bekky; Joey; my mum, Bronia; and my late dad, Joseph, who's still with us every day. You all mean the world to me.

INDEX

Aimée, Anouk,
79
,
82

Alexander, Hilary,
46

Alexander, Paul,
146

Alfred Sung,
98

Amiel, Barbara,
74

Angelou, Maya,
151

Anielewicz, Mordecai,
17

Anson, Lady Eloise,
164
–
165

Arcand, Denys,
77

Atkin, Barbara,
47
–
48
,
73

Atkin, Hayley,
73
,
83
,
87

Ayoub, Chabela,
221

Ayoub, George,
221

Ayoub, Mouna,
63

Bach, Barbara,
195

Baday, Lida,
214

Bailey, Bruce,
29
–
30
,
74

Baird, John,
212

Barkin, Ellen,
52

Bay, The,
218
,
219
,
224

Beaton, Cecil,
136

Beene, Geoffrey,
51

Beker, Bronia,
14
–
20
,
26
,
32
,
128
–
131
,
200
,
207
–
208
,
211
,
212
,
213

Beker, Joseph,
14
,
16
,
19

Beker, Marilyn,
112
,
128
,
129
,
131
,
143
,
200

Bergé, Pierre,
58
,
59

Berry, Halle,
71

Blanchett, Cate,
171

Blanks, Tim,
152

Blatchford, Christie,
222

Blow, Isabella,
163
–
167

Born, Dr. Trevor,
78
,
79

Boyce, Susanne,
209

Brill, Ben,
105

Brinkert, Jeff,
147

Brooke, Randy,
47

Brooks, Bonnie,
48
,
218
,
219

Brull, Howard,
81

Bruni, Carla,
213
,
215

Budd, Barbara,
223

Bullock, Sandra,
51

Bündchen, Giselle,
136

Campbell, Naomi,
62
,
136

Canada's Next Top Model,
137
,
138
–
141
,
221

Caoc, Joeffer,
214

Cardin, Pierre,
53
–
54
,
55
–
56

Carlu,
73
,
75
,
76

Carlu, Jacques,
73

Catroux, Betty,
63

Chanel,
72
,
177
,
178

Chiuri, Maria Grazia,
174

Chloé,
194
,
195

CHUM,
9
,
10
,
69
,
70
,
77

CHUM Television,
77

CityPulse,
48

Citytv,
9
,
45

Clarke, Wayne,
214

Club Monaco,
98

Cocteau, Jean,
55

Cohan, Tony,
111

Cohen, Shawna,
73
,
188

Colombia (fashion shoot),
143
–
44

Combs, Sean,
149
–
155

Coombs, Erin,
187
–
188

Corwik Group,
218

Coté, Lisa,
87
,
88

Council of Fashion Designers of America,
47

Couric, Katie,
45

Cover Stories,
143

Coyle, Edward,
34

Cranston, Toller,
111
,
112

Crawford, Joan,
74

Cruz, Penélope,
172

CTV,
77
,
153
,
154
,
209
,
221

Dahl, Sophie,
163

Dalton, John,
4

Daniels, Kate Alexander,
130
,
199

Dawe, Geoffrey,
71
,
72
,
73
,
188
,
189
de Brunhoff, Michel,
58
de la Renta, Oscar,
44
,
45
de Sade, Marquis,
54
,
55
–
56

Dean John,
149

Decroux, Étienne,
8

Dell'Orefice, Carmen,
136

Deneuve, Catherine,
58
,
62

Designer Guys, The,
33
,
35

Devil Wears Prada, The,
140

Diaz, Cameron,
172

Diddy.
See
Combs, Sean Dior, Christian,
58

Duford, Dan,
26

Dufour, Gilles,
177

E!,
151

Eaton's,
97
–
100

EDIT by Jeanne Beker,
217
,
219
,
223

Elizabeth and James,
157
,
159

Elte Carpets,
33
–
34

Emery, Prudence,
158

Ensler, Eve,
37

Ephron, Delia,
223

Ephron, Nora,
223

Espace Cardin,
53

ET Canada,
140

Evangelista, Linda,
136

Fashion Quarterly (FQ),
72
–
77
,
83
,
104
,
143
,
164
,
186
,
188
,
189

Fashion Television (FT),
10
,
13
,
16
–
20
,
60
,
69
,
72
,
75
,
77
,
79
,
80
,
103
,
109
,
136
,
145
,
146
,
152
,
153
,
175
,
194
,
196
,
211
,
217
,
224

FDJ French Dressing,
218

Fecan, Ivan,
209

Feldman, Jackie,
93

Fendi,
177

Ferretti, Dante,
172

Fiskel, Penny,
205
,
210
5 avenue Marceau,
61

Flare
,
103
,
218

Flatman, Barry,
197
–
201
,
209

Ford, Tom,
59
,
171

Fowler, Marion,
73

French, Serena,
44
–
45

FTV Paris (Fashion Television Paris),
80

Galliano, John,
84

Garavani, Valentino.
See
Valentino Gardner, Marley,
110

Gardner, Tony,
110

Gaultier, Jean-Paul,
74
,
175
–
176

Giametti, Giancarlo,
168
,
170
,
172
,
173

Givenchy,
164
,
181
,
183
,
184

Globe and Mail,
72
,
104
,
116
,
140

Gold, Esther Malka,
14
,
15

Goldstein, Lori,
67

Goy, Luba,
223

Greene Raine, Nancy,
222

Greta Constantine,
214

Gucci Group,
184

Guttenberg, Steve,
158

H. (Nashville musician),
118
–
127

Hall, Jerry,
62

Halston Heritage,
157

Harlow, Shalom,
152
,
184

Harper, Laureen,
211
–
216
,
222

Harper's Bazaar,
72

Hawkins, Ronnie,
142

Heming, Emma,
152

Hepburn, Audrey,
171

Herbert Berghof Studio,
7

Herrera, Carolina,
171

Hicks, Michele,
76

Hilfiger, Tommy,
49

Hilton, Nikki,
67

Hollywood Reporter,
158

Holt Renfrew,
47
,
48
,
72
,
159

Horst, Horst P.,
136

Howard, Cyndi,
98

Hunter, Holly,
51

Hurley, Elizabeth,
52
,
171

Hyndman, Christopher,
26
,
33
,
34
,
35

Hynes, Ron,
197

Iman,
136

India (fashion shoot),
83
–
90

Inside Entertainment,
70
,
71
,
140

Inside Out by Jeanne Beker,
100

Interview
,
177

Ireland vacation,
108
–
110

Irish Independent,
109

Jacobs, Marc,
44
,
51

Jeanne Beker Collection,
99

Jeanne Unbottled
(Beker),
166

Jennings, Andrew,
48

Jewitt, Kerry,
73

John, Elton,
109

Johnson, Betsey,
64
–
67
,
125
,
143

Johnson, Lulu,
65

Julian, Colston,
89

Juno Awards,
221

Kamali, Norma,
125

Kaziranga National Park,
83
–
85

Kennedy, Jackie,
171

Kennedy, Jamie,
217

Kennedy, Louise,
108
–
109

Kenney, Jason,
212

King, Michael,
70
,
71
–
73
,
75
,
76
,
83
,
86
,
89
,
187
,
188

Klein, Calvin,
51
,
52

Klensch, Elsa,
60

Kloss, Karlie,
136

Kontent Group,
71
,
188

Kors, Michael,
167

Labelle, Mark,
209

Lagerfeld, Karl,
58
,
124
,
172
,
173
,
176
–
179
,

195,
219

Lane Crawford,
218

Last Emperor, The,
173

Lastman, Mel,
36

Laumann, Silken,
222

Lauren, Ralph,
52

Lazareanu, Irina,
136

Ledger, Heath,
152

Legault, Linda,
218
–
219

Leggett, Carol,
44
,
45
–
46
,
110

Lennox, Annie,
173

Levy Canada,
217
,
218

LINK Group,
16
,
17

Little, Ric,
72

Lopez, Jennifer,
151