Marianne Faithfull Was an Unforgettable Style Paragon
She was a figure out of fiction, right down to her Jane Austen name. The daughter of a baroness and a British major (a spy during World War II), Marianne…
Marianne Faithfull Made an Art of Upending Expectations
In March 1964, at a swinging London party, Marianne Faithfull got a record deal without singing a note. Andrew Loog Oldham, the brash young manager of the Rolling Stones, had…
Marianne Faithfull, Chanteuse of Survival, Is Dead at 78
At a 1964 party for the Rolling Stones, she was approached by their manager, Andrew Loog Oldham, who was drawn by her beauty. “He asked me, ‘Can you sing?’ And…