Trivia
- In 1949 at age 19 Vali travelled to Paris to pursue a dance career but found herself living on the streets of Saint-Germain-des-Pres Quarter on the Left Bank.
- Love on the Left Bank is a 1954 book of photographs from Dutch photographer Ed van der Elsken (1925–1990), documenting the bohemian life on the Rive Gauche of Paris. Vali Myers is shown throughout the book, along with some of her early drawings.
- Vali Myers was a huge inspiration to the young Patti Smith, whose walls were covered in pictures of and by Vali Myers. When they met in New York, Vali tattooed Patti with a lightning bolt on her knee cap. This was filmed by Sandra Dailey who also filmed the infamous piercing of Robert Mapplethorpe's nipple. This information is from Patti Smith: A Biography (1997) by Nick Johnstone Omnibus Press, UK ISBN 0-7119-6193-X paperback.
- Vali was the inspiration behind the character of Carol in Tennessee Williams' play Orpheus Descending.
- Vali is also mentioned in Marianne Faithfull's 1994 Autobiography Faithfull.
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