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The best-known photograph of Brigitte Bardot was taken in Cannes in 1953. In it, the long-haired, pout-lipped teenager, already a dancer, model, and actress, wears a flowered bikini that hid little of her Venus-like form, which BB knew quite well how to attire when she wanted to. (For a time, the actress, who turns 82 today, even had her own line of clothing.) Sure, this French sex symbol sometimes played the part of a bombshell in black leather and thigh-high boots, but a demure look was also part of her repertoire. Bardot married husband number two, heartthrob Jacques Charrier, in a lace-trimmed pink gingham shirtwaist dress by Jacques Esterel.
Like most of us, BB liked to play with fashion, and her wardrobe was filled with both pretty frocks and classic trench coats, tailored suits and softly ruffled pieces, all items that designers revisited and revamped for this ’60s-inflected Fall 2016 season. Add the French girl factor and, voilá, you’ve got a look. Here, 31 ways to channel how Bardot looked then that are just right for now. Allons-y!
