London girl will be 'Madame Recamier' British industry's fair. Miss Iris Leslie, a London girl, has been chosen to give a life representation of the portrait in the Louvre of Madame Recamier, leader of Paris and London fashions more than 100 years ago, at the fashion theatre of the textiles section of the British Industries Fair, opening in Earls Court, London, on 21 February. The portrait shows, the leader of Paris society as she was in her 23rd year, reclining on a couch and wearing a white evening gown, a classical design.. Miss Lesley's wig will be an exact copy of Madame Recamier's coiffure. Photo shows, Miss Iris Leslie, with her pet cat at her home in Barnes, London 10 February 1938