Off-the-shoulder tops and a signature hair-do: Brigitte Bardot’s style legacy
Model turned actor never lost the poise from her dancing days – but she also made gingham and leopard print her own French screen legend dies aged 91 Brigitte Bardot: a life in pictures Obituary: star who shot to fame in the 1950s And God Created Woman, the title of the 1956 film that made Brigitte Bardot a global star, is the phrase that captures the magic of her. Bardot had an allure that was dazzling in its glamour, yet so natural that to gaze on it felt like a gift from the heavens. In style, as in life, timing is everything – and Bardot became the poster girl for that sweet spot of postwar France in which the storied heritage of Gallic culture was electrified by the Bohemian spirit of Paris in the 1950s and 60s. Continue reading...
Model turned actor never lost the poise from her dancing days – but she also made gingham and leopard print her own
And God Created Woman, the title of the 1956 film that made Brigitte Bardot a global star, is the phrase that captures the magic of her. Bardot had an allure that was dazzling in its glamour, yet so natural that to gaze on it felt like a gift from the heavens.
In style, as in life, timing is everything – and Bardot became the poster girl for that sweet spot of postwar France in which the storied heritage of Gallic culture was electrified by the Bohemian spirit of Paris in the 1950s and 1960s.
Continue reading...