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Brigitte Bardot, Fashion Icon
Her smoky eye and casual hair epitomize everything Bardot style. A style that comes first from an attitude – incandescent and spontaneous – which has set up a number of pieces in icons! In the preface to the book which celebrates Le Style Bardot , by Henry-Jean Servat, Brigitte Bardot writes: “I dressed as I did my hair,...
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Jolie Madame, Balmain’s Iconic Collection
A perfume paved the way for Pierre Balmain’s couture – a scent called Jolie Madame, which later gave its name to the 1952 haute couture collection. 1945. Paris was just emerging from the Second World War when Pierre Balmain founded his studio at 44 rue François 1st in Paris. Formerly of Lucien Lelong and Edward...