Jan de Souza

Jan de Souza
Jan de Souza, from a 1967 magazine
Born	Jan Margaret de Souza 14 August 1940 Agra, India
Died	11 June 2022 (aged 81)
Occupation(s)	Fashion model, nightclub hostess
Spouse	Johnny Gold

Jan Margaret de Souza Gold (14 August 1940 – 11 June 2022) was a British model and nightclub hostess.

Early life

Jan de Souza was born in Agra, India, the daughter of George de Souza and Inez de Souza. Her father was a railway executive. Her first language was Hindi; she was raised in London after 1948.[1][2]

Career

At art school in the early 1960s, de Souza met designer Mary Quant,[3] and became a model for Quant's fashion ideas,[4] especially the popular miniskirt.[5] She also modeled designs by Foale and Tuffin,[6] posed with musicians including a young David Bowie,[1] and usually appeared in a short Vidal Sassoon hairstyle. She worked in Australia in 1967 and 1968.[7][8][9] She retired from modeling after she married in 1971, and was the hostess of her husband's exclusive Tramp nightclub in London.[2]

Personal life

Jan de Souza married Johnny Gold in 1971; writer Jackie Collins stood as de Souza's maid of honor at the wedding.[2] They had two children. They retired to the Bahamas in 2003, and he died in October 2021.[10] She died from cancer in June 2022, at the age of 81.[2]

References

1. "Jan de Souza obituary". The Sunday Times. 21 June 2022. ISSN 0140-0460. Retrieved 4 December 2022.
2. Coke, Hope (20 June 2022). "Swinging Sixties muse and grande dame of London's social scene Jan de Souza dies at 81". Tatler. Retrieved 4 December 2022.
3. "Coming for the Cup". The Australian Women's Weekly: 9. 25 October 1967 – via Trove.
4. Quant, Mary (1966). Quant by Quant. Internet Archive. London : Pan. pp. 169, 190.
5. Levy, Shawn (2003). Ready, steady, go! : the smashing rise and giddy fall of swinging London. Internet Archive. New York : Broadway Books. p. 185. ISBN 978-0-7679-0588-6.
6. Webb, Iain R. (2009). Foale and Tuffin : the sixties : a decade in fashion. Internet Archive. Woodbridge : ACC Editions; New York, NY. pp. 12, 125. ISBN 978-1-85149-606-8.
7. "London look at Flemington". The Australian Women's Weekly: 3. 22 November 1967 – via Internet Archive.
8. "What people are wearing in Sydney". The Australian Women's Weekly: 8. 20 March 1968 – via Internet Archive.
9. Beach, Camilla (21 February 1968). "London Models on the Move". Australian Women's Weekly. p. 14. Retrieved 4 December 2022 – via Trove.
10. Cope, Rebecca (8 October 2021). "Johnny Gold, the legendary founder of Tramp nightclub, has died aged 89". Tatler. Retrieved 4 December 2022.

External links

• "Jumping Jan" (1968), "Fashion Show For Berkertex In 1966" (1966), "Susan Gellard, Mary Quant, Jan De Souza with their Vidal Sassoon hairstyles" (1965), "Paterson Design" (1962), some of the photographs of Jan de Souza in the collection of Getty Images
• "London Models Coming for Melbourne Cup" The Australian Women's Weekly (25 October 1967); de Souza on the cover of an Australian women's magazine, via Trove