Born 1933 as Elizabeth Janet Pickering in New York City, Betsy Pickering began her modeling career in the early 1950s, making her first of several appearances on the cover of Vogue in 1953.
Betsy Pickering in the 1950s
Betsy was a constant on the International Best Dressed List. She was elevated to the Best Dressed Hall of Fame in the early 1970s.
Betsy was a member of the Bath & Tennis Club and The Everglades Club in Palm Beach, the Meadow Club in Southampton, N.Y., and The Colony Club in Manhattan. She was also an active member of The Garden Club of Palm Beach and served as a chairwoman for The Society of the Four Arts benefit.
Betsy died in 2013, in Santa Barbara, California, after a long illness.
She was 79. Take a look at these glamorous photos to see portraits of young Betsy Pickering as a model in the 1950s.
Betsy Pickering in figure-defining silk satin dress, panier framed by Jo Copeland-Patullo, photo by Gleb Derujinsky, Harper’s Bazaar, October 1954
Betsy Pickering in black silk crêpe dinner/cocktail sheath by Ben Reig, rhinestone-bow cap by Dior, photo by Roger Prigent, Vogue, June 1, 1955
Betsy Pickering in Lyle & Scott cashmere sheath with hip-line welting by Christian Dior, photo by Virginia Thoren, Vogue, September 1, 1955
Betsy Pickering in an elegant sheath, squared high in front, low and bowed in back in Merrimack velveteen by Anne Fogarty, Vogue, August 1, 1956
Betsy Pickering in CMB Majestic Canada Mink dark lustrous stole from Calman Links Furriers, photo by Virginia Thoren, Harper’s Bazaar UK, March 1956
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