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Farida Khelfa (born May 23, 1960) is a French documentary filmmaker and former model.
Farida Khelfa, née le 23 mai 1960 à Lyon 2e ( Rhône ), est une actrice, réalisatrice de documentaires et ancien mannequin franco- algérienne.
- On Her Background. Khelfa is the first woman of Algerian descent to have a successful modeling career, but she didn’t have an easy path. “At this time, I wasn’t French.
- On Finding Farida. Khelfa’s career kicked off in the 1980s. While working in a Paris nightclub, she found herself at the center of the city’s nightlife.
- On Khelfa and Louboutin. Before her modeling career began, the young Khelfa didn’t have a place to stay in Paris. Revered shoe designer Christian Louboutin invited her to stay at his parents home for one night – and she ended up staying for six months.
- On Her First Cover. In 1983, Khelfa appeared on the cover of the first issue of Le Style Beur (‘beur’ being a slang term for Arab), a supplement for French magazine Le Monde.
Oct 3, 2021 · Her aim is to dismantle the prejudices and misconceptions surrounding Muslim Arab women in the region. Farida Khelfa and Christian Louboutin at the Louis Vuitton Parfum Dinner in July in Paris. Getty Images. “It’s a very personal project,” tells The National.
Jul 15, 2021 · One of fashion’s first top Arab models has a new documentary about the creative class in Dubai, Saudi Arabia and Qatar.
- Jessica Testa
Jan 17, 2024 · For the first time, model-turned-director Farida Khelfa reveals how rocky that road was in “Une enfance française” (“A French Childhood” in English), her first book published in French on...
A darling of Paris nightlife in the '80s, style icon Farida Khelfa speaks with L'OFFICIEL about the formative decade and the friendships she forged with photographer Jean-Paul Goude and designers Azzedine Alaïa, Jean Paul Gaultier, and Christian Louboutin.
