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for her jewelry designs for Tiffany & Co. and her signature perfumes. She is the daughter of 20th-century artist Pablo Picasso and painter Françoise Gilot. Paloma Picasso is represented in many of her

father's works, such as Paloma with an Orange and Paloma

in Blue. Paloma Picasso's jewelry career began in 1968, when she was a

costume designer in Paris. Some rhinestone necklaces she had created from stones

purchased at flea markets drew attention from critics. Encouraged by this early

success, the designer pursued formal schooling in jewelry design. A year later,

Ms. Picasso presented her first efforts to her friend, famed couturier Yves Saint Laurent,

who immediately commissioned her to design accessories to accompany one of his

collections. By 1971, she was working for the Greek jewelry company Zolotas. In

1980 Picasso began designing jewelry for Tiffany & Co. of New York. In 1984 she began

experimenting with fragrance, creating the "Paloma" perfume for L'Oréal. In the New York Post Picasso described it as intended for

"strong women like herself." A cosmetics and bath line including body

lotion, powder, shower gel, and soap were produced in the same year.T wo

American museums have acquired Ms. Picasso's work for their permanent

collections. Housed in the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of Natural

History is a 396.30-carat kunzite necklace designed by her. And visitors to The Field

Museum of Natural History in Chicago can view with diamond "lightning bolts." In 1988, Ms. Picasso was

honored by The Fashion Group as one of the "Women Who Have Made an

Extraordinary Impact on Our Industry." The Hispanic Designers Inc.

presented her with its MODA award for design excellence. Since 1983, she has

been a member of the International Best Dressed

List. In

2010, Picasso celebrated her 30th anniversary with Tiffany and Co. by

introducing a collection based upon her love of Morocco, called Marrakesh. In 2011, she debuted

her Venezia collection, which celebrates the city of Venice and its motifs. Picasso has a penchant for red; her

red lipsticks were called "her calling cards” ]François Nars says about Paloma, "red is her

trademark." "It's her signature, defining, one might say, the

designer's red period."

Her fascination with red started at an early age, when she began wearing

bright red lipstick at age 6. She has become recognizable by her red lipstick;

"Her angular profile serves as a reminder of her When she feels like staying

incognito, she simply avoids wearing her red lipstick: "Red lips have

become my signature, so when I don’t want to be recognized, I don’t wear

it." Picasso briefly lost interest in designing following the death of her

father in 1973, at which time she played Countess Erzsébet Borowczyk's erotic film, Immoral Tales (1973),

receiving praise from the critics for her beauty.[ She has not acted

since. In 1978, Picasso married playwright and director Rafael Lopez-Cambil

(also known as Rafael Lopez-Sanchez) in a black-and-white themed wedding. The

couple later divorced. In 1999, Picasso married Dr. Eric Thévenet, a Doctor of interest in art and design has provided

valuable insight toward the creation of Picasso's jewelry collections. Paloma

Picasso and her husband live in Lausanne, Switzerland and

in Marrakech, Morocco. Paloma Picasso's older brother is Claude Picasso (b. 1947), her half-brother is Paulo

Picasso (1921–1975), her half-sister is Maya (b. 1935), and she has another

half-sister, Aurelia (b. 1956), from her mother's marriage to artist Luc Simon.