Jocelyne Wildenstein wears Alexandre Vauthier Bodysuit, Alexander McQueen Belt. Balmain Bracelets Paumé Los Angeles Archive. Necklace and Ring Versace. Shoes Alexandre Vauthier.
Up All Night With Jocelyne Wildenstein
Few people have captured tabloid attention quite like Jocelyne Wildenstein. Known for her glamorous marriage and subsequent divorce to billionaire art collector Alec Wildenstein, Jocelyne has been one of the jet set’s most outrageous characters for nearly five decades. Her opulent lifestyle first became breaking news in 1998, when the couple’s divorce filing made its way to the media. At the time, Jocelyne estimated that she spent over $700,000 a year on food, wine, flowers, pills, and more—and that was just the beginning. She walked away with one of history’s biggest divorce settlements (an alleged $2.5 billion at least). Since then, she’s been a frequent fixture in the tabloids, which refer to her as “Catwoman,” thanks to her enduring love of cats and her feline features. But despite being regularly splashed across the pages of Page Six, Jocelyne’s remained an enigma. That is, until this winter, when she’ll finally share her story in a two-part HBO documentary. Ahead of its release, she opened up to our editor-in-chief, Mel Ottenberg.
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WEDNESDAY 2:15 AM OCT. 25, 2023 NYC
MEL OTTENBERG: I just shot with the incredible and iconic Jocelyne Wildenstein—who I’m lucky to be in the presence of right now—for the winter issue of Interview magazine, and we left the shoot and came over to my house for a little after-hours.