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Vicky Tiel: From Paris Couture to Farm Life — Elizabeth Taylor, Coco Chanel & Choosing Happiness
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- Jul 31, 2026
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Summary
Georgette Beck welcomes legendary Paris couturier Vicky Tiel to the Junk to Jewels™ Podcast for a conversation that moves from a Parsons School rejection to a couture empire built at the heart of Hollywood glamour. Vicky shares how she arrived in Paris at twenty with a dream, a best friend, and a lace mini dress — and how that dress caught Elizabeth Taylor's eye and launched a twenty-five-year friendship. The two swap stories of a legendary dinner with Coco Chanel, who made both women promise to create a perfume — a promise that led to Elizabeth Taylor's bestselling fragrance and the Elizabeth Taylor AIDS Foundation, and to Vicky's own perfume, complete with a bottle she hand-sculpted herself. Vicky opens up about decades of jet-set living, celebrity and royal clients, a difficult divorce, and the transformation that followed when she married a Key West fisherman, moved to a quiet farm, and gave up drinking and smoking for good, thirty years and counting. Throughout the episode, Vicky returns again and again to one message: happiness is a daily choice. From dressing-room confessions to lessons Elizabeth Taylor taught her about kindness and generosity, from faith to the healing power of nature, Vicky's story is a masterclass in turning what felt broken into something beautiful — proof that it's never too late to choose joy. Episode Chapters 00:00 Welcome and Introduction 01:48 Health and Empowerment 02:11 Parsons Rejection to Paris 04:10 Early Hustle and Money Rules 05:51 Elizabeth Taylor Connection 08:31 Coco Chanel Dinner 10:53 Perfume and Creative Leap 12:55 Farm Life and Sobriety Reset 16:27 Farm Life Reset 17:20 Junk To Jewel Question 17:52 Happiness Is A Choice 18:04 Dressing Room Confessions 20:08 Elizabeth's Lessons 21:34 Paris Days And Fashion Shift 23:53 Self…