Introduced Coco Chanel to English society, inspired Chanel's "English Look", denounced Chanel for collaborating with the Nazis
Vera Bate Lombardi (born Vera Nina Arkwright, 11 August 1883 – 22 May 1947) was a socialite and close associate of Coco Chanel and the mother of Bridget Bate Tichenor. A British citizen at birth, she became a citizen of the United States after her first marriage and of Italy after her second marriage. She was arrested in Italy in 1943 under suspicions of spying for the British during World War II. After her release, she made her way to Madrid, where she denounced Chanel for collaborating with the Nazis.
VeraBateLombardi (born Vera Nina Arkwright, 11 August 1883 – 22 May 1947) was a socialite and close associate of Coco Chanel and the mother of Bridget...
husband of VeraBateLombardi, the British socialite, and the father of Bridget Bate Tichenor, the surrealist artist. Frederick Blantford Bate born in Virginia...
home. Bate was the daughter of Frederick Blantford Bate (c. 1886–1970) and Vera Nina Arkwright (1883–1948), who was also known as VeraBateLombardi. Although...
eyelids and dances with every maneuver of her head.: 248 In 1923, VeraBateLombardi, (born Sarah Gertrude Arkwright), reputedly the illegitimate daughter...
Vera married Frederick Blantford Bate in 1916. They divorced in 1929, and that same year she married Italian Cavalry Officer Prince Alberto Lombardi....
(1823–1895), publisher, died at his home there #17 Birthplace of VeraBateLombardi (1883–1948), socialite #18 Sir Wilfrid Lawson, 2nd Baronet, of Brayton...
contributed the first detailed biographical data of Bridget Bate Tichenor's mother VeraBateLombardi and her relationship to Coco Chanel for the book Sleeping...
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