02 – ALINE GRIFFITH
A life told through many lifetimes.
Aline Griffith, American journalist, model and spy, worked for the OSS and the CIA. After marrying the Count of Romanones, she also excelled as a writer and an international fashion icon.
FACET 01 – WRITER
A glance narrative.
Aline Griffith developed a work marked by history, intrigue, and social observation. Her books allow the reader to travel through a period from a personal, elegant, and deeply narrative perspective.
FACET 02 – JOURNALIST
The pressure of the job.
Her background in journalism brought precision, sensitivity, and a capacity for observation to her way of interpreting the world—a foundation that is evident throughout her subsequent body of work.
She worked for Vogue, as a country editor.
FACET 03 – COUNTESS OF ROMANONES
Link with Spain.
His life in Spain linked him to the aristocracy, culture, Spanish society and the family heritage; an era that marked the rest of his personal and public career.
FACET 04 – INTERNATIONAL FIGURE – SPY
A bridge between two worlds.
Aline represents a connection between the United States and Spain, between New York, Madrid, Extremadura, and the great social circles of the 20th century.
FACET 05 – STYLE AND ELEGANCE
A visual legacy.
Her relationship with haute couture, her public presence and her style are part of a very important visual legacy, present in photographs, the press and archives.
FACET 06 – LIVING MEMORY
A testimony that is preserved.
Through her books, photographs, archive and memories, Aline left a valuable testimony of a time that the Foundation wants to preserve and make accessible to new generations.
