Vicky Tiel: From Paris Couture to Farm Life — Elizabeth Taylor, Coco Chanel & Choosing Happiness

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 Worth And Healing 25:13  Faith And Helping Others 26:38  Beauty Therapy And Jewelry 27:22  Perfume And Believing 28:05  Marlon Brando Tea Date 28:26  Stay Happy Closing   Vicky Tiel Contact Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/vicky.tiel.2025 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/vickytiel/   About Your Host — Georgette Beck Georgette Beck is an author, podcast host, lay minister, mentor, and Founder & President of Bella Healing Hearts Foundation. Her book, Junk to Jewels: A Journey from Brokenness & Despair to Beauty & Delight, won the International Impact Book Awards (Inspirational/Transformational category) and was a Semi-Finalist in the 2025 Royal Palm Literary Award Competition with the Florida Writers Association.   Book (Junk to Jewels): https://a.co/d/0etqV85U Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/georgette.beck/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GeorgetteBeckWriter LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/georgette-beck-7a659387/ Twitter/X: https://x.com/GeorgetteMBeck TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@georgette2038 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@georgettebeck9168   Subscribe, share, and leave a review — it means the world!