The Brigitte Bardot Look Book
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In the sixties and seventies, Brigitte Bardot embodied the notion of French chic. Before her ascension to sex symbol status, she strayed toward simple dresses, apart from her Snuggie-like wedding gown in 1952. At the height of her fame, she could pull off a buttoned-up pantsuit as easily as her signature swimsuit and floppy hat, or a pair of square sunglasses and the shortest of hemlines. Click through her fashion highlights in the slideshow ahead.
Circa 1950 Where: In La Parisienne.
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Circa 1952
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September 1, 1952 Where: With her sister.
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December 12, 1952 Where: With Roger Vadim in Paris.
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Circa 1956 Where: In La Mar- Ie Est Trop Belle (The Bride Wore Black).
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February 2, 1955 Where: In London, England.
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October 25, 1955 Where: With Yves Robert in Les Grandes Manoeuvres (The Grand Maneuver).
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December 30, 1955 Where: In La Lumiere d'en Face (The Light across the Street).
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Circa 1956 Where: With Alberto Sordi and Gloria Swnson in Mio Figlio Nerone (Nero's Mistress).
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January 26, 1956 Where: With Stanley Baker in Helen of Troy.
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April 1, 1956 Where: With Pablo Picasso at his studio in Cannes, France.
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April 1, 1956 Where: With Kim Novak at the Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, France.
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April 28, 1956 Where: Signing autographs at the International Cannes Film Festival.
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October 29, 1956 Where: In London.
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November 1, 1956 Where: In London.
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November 1, 1956 Where: In London.
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April 12, 1957 Where: With Roger Vadim, leaving divorce court in Paris.
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October 21, 1957 Where: In Et Dieu...créa la femme (...And God Created Woman). Photo: Éditions René Chateau Criterion Collection/ Everett ...
October 21, 1957 Where: In Et Dieu...créa la femme (...And God Created Woman). Photo: Éditions René Chateau Criterion Collection/ Everett Collection
November 17, 1957 Where: In En Effeuillant la Marguerite (Plucking the Daisy).
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Circa 1958 Where: In London.
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Circa 1958 Where: In Venice, Italy.
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Circa 1958
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October 24, 1958 Where: With Jean Francois Calve in Manina, La Fille Sans Voiles (The Girl in the Bikini).
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October 24, 1958 Where: With Jean Francois Calve in Manina, La Fille Sans Voiles (The Girl in the Bikini).
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December 20, 1958 Where: With Jean Cocteau and Sacha Distel.
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Circa 1959 Where: On the set of Voulez-vous Danser Avec Moi? (Come Dance with Me!)
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February 4, 1959 Where: In La femme et le pantin (The Female).
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April 14, 1959 Where: In London, England.
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June 18, 1959 Where: With Jean Cocteauin.
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September 15, 1959 Where: With Serge Gainsbourg on set of film Voulez-Vous Danser Avec Moi? (Do You Want to Dance with Me?).
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September 15, 1959 Where: With Serge Gainsbourg on set of film Voulez-Vous Danser Avec Moi? (Do You Want to Dance with Me?).
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Circa 1960 Where: With Jacques Charrier and their son, Nicholas.
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Circa 1960 Where: Playing with dogs on the beach in Cannes, France.
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Circa 1960 Photo: Archive Photos/Getty Images
Circa 1960 Where: With Gunter Sachs.
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Circa 1960 Photo: Archive Photos/Getty Images
March 1960 Where: In Babette s'en va-t-en guerre (Babette Goes to War).
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June 1, 1960 Where: With Henri-Georges Clouzot and Sami Frey, toasting to the release of La Verite (The Truth).
June 2, 1960 Where: On set of La Verite (The Truth) in Paris, France.
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November 2, 1960 Where: In La Vérité (The Truth). Photo: Mary Evans/Ronald Grant/Everett Collection
November 7, 1960 Where: In Voulez-Vous Danser Avec Moi? (Come Dance With Me!).
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November 25, 1960 Where: In Le Trou Normand (Crazy for Love).
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April 19, 1961 Where: In La Bride Sur Le Cou (Please, Not Now!).
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April 19, 1961 Where: In La Bride Sur Le Cou (Please, Not Now!).
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Circa 1962 Where: With Louis Malle on the set of Vie Privee (A Very Private Affair).
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Circa 1962 Where: On set of Le Repos Du Guerrier (Love on a Pillow).
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Circa 1962 Where: On the set of Vie Privee (A Very Private Affair).
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Circa 1962 Where: On the set of Vie Privee (A Very Private Affair).
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Circa 1962 Where: Sitting in her home.
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April 6, 1962 Where: With Sami Frey in Paris.
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October 8, 1962 Where: In Saint-Tropez, France.
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Circa 1963 Where: Walking in London.
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Circa 1963 Where: On set of Le Mepris (Contempt).
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Circa 1963 Where: In the film Le Mepris (Contempt).
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April 22, 1963 Where: With Carlo Ponti at the Le Mepris (Contempt) press conference in Rome, Italy.
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August 2, 1963 Where: With Jean-Luc Godard at a screening of Le Mepris (Contempt) in Nice, France.
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October 31, 1963 Where: On the set of Une Ravissante Idiote (A Ravishing Idiot) in Paris.
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December 18, 1964 Where: With Fritz Lang and Giorgia Moll in Le Mépris (Contempt). Photo: Embassy Pictures/ Everett Collection
Circa 1965 Where: In Viva Maria! Photo: Mary Evans/Sport Films/Ronald Grant/Everett Collection
Circa 1965 Where: With Bob Zaguri at a party in Beverly Hills, California.
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May 26, 1965 Where: With Jeanne Moreau at Orly Airport in Paris.
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December 16, 1965 Where: At Orly Airport in Paris.
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December 17, 1965 Where: At a news conference.
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December 20, 1965 Where: With Bob Zaguri in Los Angeles.
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December 20, 1965 Where: Waiting for her flight to depart.
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December 22, 1965 Where: Sitting outside a hotel in Beverly Hills.
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December 23, 1965 Where: Shopping in Hollywood.
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Circa 1966 Where: With Laurent Terzieff.
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July 13, 1966 Where: With Gunter Sachs at Los Angeles International Airport in Los Angeles, California.
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July 19, 1966 Where: On set of A Coeur Joie (An Open Heart).
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August 1, 1966 Where: With Gunter Sachs, entering JFK Airport in New York City.
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September 2, 1966 Where: With Mike Sarne at London Airport, in London.
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September 5, 1966 Where: On set of A Coeur Joie (An Open Heart).
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September 12, 1966 Where: Sitting in London.
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Circa 1967 Where: With Laurent Terzieff on the set of A Coeur Joie (An Open Heart).
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Circa 1967 Where: On set of À Coeur Joie (An Open Heart). Photo: Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images
January 5, 1967 Where: With Gunther Sachs, walking their dog.
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May 29, 1967 Where: With Gunter Sachs, leaving Maxim's restaurant in Paris, France.
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June 15, 1967 Where: Shopping in Rome, Italy.
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December 28, 1967 Where: Walking with her husband Gunther Sachs and his son Rolf.
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Circa 1968 Where: Lying in a field.
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Circa 1968 Where: With Sean Connery.
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April 3, 1968 Where: At the Gunter Sachs Micmac Collection presentation in Saint-Tropez, France.
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April 3, 1968 Where: At the Gunter Sachs Micmac Collection presentation in Saint-Tropez, France.
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August 1, 1968 Where: In Saint-Tropez, France.
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September 1, 1968 Where: At Zoom Zoom Nightclub in Saint-Tropez, France.
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November 1968 Where: In Shalako.
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December 11, 1968 Where: With Patrick Gilles at Heathrow Airport in London.
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December 12, 1968 Where: With Patrick Gilles at the premier of Shalako.
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Circa 1969 Photo: Sunset Boulevard/Corbis
Circa 1969 Where: With Maurice Ronet on the set of Les Femmes (The Vixen).
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April 1, 1969 Where: On the set of Les Femmes (The Vixen).
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Circa 1970 Where: On the set of a television show in Paris.
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Circa 1970 Where: On set during the filming of Les Novices (The Novices).
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Circa 1970 Photo: Henri Bureau/Sygma/Corbis
October 29, 1970 Where: With Annie Girardot at the premiere of Les Novices (The Novices), in Paris.
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April 12, 1971 Where: Walking with Christian Kalt in Saint-Tropez, France.
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Circa 1972 Where: With Claudia Cardinale at the premiere of Le Petroleuses (Frenchie King).
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February 1, 1972 Where: With Roger Vadim.
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April 4, 1972 Where: With Christian Kalt in Saint-Tropez, France.
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October 9, 1972 Where: With Jane Birkin on the set of If Don Juan Was a Woman.
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November 14, 1972 Where: Walking with Laurent Verges.
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June 7, 1973 Where: With Laurent Verges in Saint-Tropez, France.
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June 3, 1975 Where: With Simone Veil on set of Au Pied du Mur.
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Circa 1977 Where: In Paris.
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January 17, 1989 Where: Playing with a dog.
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February 26, 1995 Where: At an animal rights demonstration in Paris.
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July 9, 1995 Where: In Saint-Tropez, France.
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