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Ketto Mikeldze is a member of the following lists: 1956 deaths and Models from Georgia (country).

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Princes Ketto Mikeladze (19?? – 1956) was born in Tbilisi, Georgia into a Georgian noble family, known from at least the 14th century, then part of Imperial Russia. Ketto’s family belonged to the aristocratic and sophisticated circles in Russia before the Russian revolution. Ketto Mikeladze married a Russian office of Danish origin Captain Lassen who had happened to be in Iran during the war. He had miraculously escaped being massacred by his soldiers in Rezaieh at the time of the revolution. In 1930 she found her way to New York, via Paris, accompanied by her daughter “Sigrid” Lassen. In 1931 Ketto became a model working in the Bergdorf Goodman’s fine fashion department. For a while she was a Ziegfeld girll, a dress maker and a sales lady. She also became a socially prominent New Yorker. Afterwards she became the special designer for Elizabeth Arden’s lingerie department. Elizabeth Arden had a great fondness for the White Russians and was enchanted by Prince Ketto Mikeladze. The special pieces she designed sold at premium prices. The Princess also became a close friend of Helena Rubenstein who left her $1,200 in her will. She started her own business opening a gown and lingerie shop in New York by the name of “Ketto Inc.” at 8 West 56th NY, NY. Sigrid Lassen Ketto Mikeladze’s daughter studied music. Sigrid Lassen was a socialite singer who sang at Armando’s for a while. She made her light opera debut in the title of “Pink Lady” at the7th season of light and comic operas. She also starred in the ‘who’s who on the alkaline side”, a “White Rock advertisement” in 1940.