Brigitte Bardot #2

[ann007]

She was so beautiful when she was young.

 

[funnyfan]

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Lisaa, I must admit to being frighteningly inept when it comes to manning my profile at TFS! However, I think I solved the problem-- I added you to my buddies list and you should now be able to send me private messages. Thank you once again!

Miss Retro, you continue to astonish and delight me! Love that last photo of young Brigitte from Nero's Last Weekend... her costuming from that movie was so wonderfully anachronistic and her curly hair-do was adorable! Plus, it's one of her few early movies in color-- and it's funny to see her sporting such a... I don't even know how to describe her hair-color. It's not really blond (or at least, not as blond as it would be in And God Created Woman) but it's a kind of snazzy bronzy-brown color that's still lighter than her real (?) chestnut shade. I'll need to post up screencaps eventually... for reasons of historical interest.

And Ciel, thanks to both you and Eyedea for the lovely rare photos! I love the pictures from Naughty Girl that I've never seen before! That movie is frustratingly hard to find good pictures from, so I'm truly grateful.

And out of sheer interest... what look of Brigitte's do you prefer and why? The early brunette gamine look(along with the associated '50s clothes:

(loose off-the-shoulder tops, cinched-in waists, flaring skirts, fluffy dark bangs, that mid-century-manic-pixie-good-girl-next door charm)

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or the sultrier blond look, with the later-century and eventually more moddish, body-hugging outfits? (And with ever-blonder and bigger hair as time went on... although I know I'm conflating too many blond periods in one in the interest to pitting brunette BB against her blond incarnation. ) I'm curious to know what people in the forum think!

 

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[CielDeLit]

And out of sheer interest... what look of Brigitte's do you prefer and why? The early brunette gamine look(along with the associated '50s clothes:

(loose off-the-shoulder tops, cinched-in waists, flaring skirts, fluffy dark bangs, that mid-century-manic-pixie-good-girl-next door charm)




or the sultrier blond look, with the later-century and eventually more moddish, body-hugging outfits? (And with ever-blonder and bigger hair as time went on... although I know I'm conflating too many blond periods in one in the interest to pitting brunette BB against her blond incarnation. ) I'm curious to know what people in the forum think!

That's a tricky question because girl's got style at all ages I made a detailed post with collages about her different style eras.

I think I love them all..If I had to choose I'd say my favorites are her casual figure-hugging 50s style and sexy/boho late 60s -which are polar opposites styles but nevermind - and I'm also fond of her early 60s hair and make-up.

 

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[funnyfan]

That's a tricky question because girl's got style at all ages. I made a detailed post with collages about her different style eras.

I think I love them all..If I had to choose I'd say my favorites are her casual figure-hugging 50s style and sexy/boho late 60s -which are polar opposites styles but nevermind- and I'm also fond of her early 60s hair and make-up.

Oh, Ciel, thank you for directing me to that beautifully thought-out post once again! I knew there were a couple of better explanations of Brigitte's style through the years that blew my half-arsed improvisation away... but I was just much too lazy to go back through the archives to find them. Thank you for doing it for me.

Looking back at your fantastic explanation... I think through Brigitte's older, blonder, later years, I'm most fond of her mid-sixties (the mod look-- she looked fantastic in those simple sheath-dresses and she really makes animal prints, which I usually despise, work) and her Gunter Sachs (very sleek, fantastic lady suits) eras. I think she had the kind of appearance that worked best when her styling was minimalistic and pushed her own features to the forefront-- when her clothes served as a pedestal to make you notice her beauty more, so to speak.

I have to admit that I'm not so fond of the early-60's baby-doll era, though. I think she would have looked lovely in those styles in her earlier brunette incarnation... by by the time she was in the early '60s, I feel like all the bows and frippery and braids sometimes looked too juvenile for her mature features. I do like it when she stripped that style down further, however-- I think she looks great in that one black-and-white picture from the era, where she has a simple head-band, cardigan and pencil skirt.

Like Lady Stardust demonstrates with her fantastic shots of BB from Contempt, Brigitte really knew how to pull off a head-band!

Not a big fan of Brigitte's later boho/gypsy/sexy biker look, however. I never much cared for the style and BB's hair just looks so darn fried in that era-- she had probably been bleaching it for too long at that time. I honestly wish she had gone back to being a brunette at that time. But ah well... she could even pull those styles off better than anyone else. Look at how she's making a fuzzy sweater over a leather vest work in Lady Stardust's last photo.

That takes swagger indeed!

From GettyImages, Corbis and Bellazon forums, here are a few pictures of BB from her brunette era, working fashions I think are especially fantastic.

(If anyone wants me to put up full sets, let me know! I have all the pics saved to my comp!)



1. Cannes; Sheath dress worn while promoting Plucking the Daisy

I've posted on this dress before and it remains one of my favorites. BB could work those sheath dress's like nobody's business. I recently found a picture of the "back-view," as well, which we shall naturally only admire for her innate sense of fashion, right? It's so cute how it has buttons going all down its back!






2. White Polka-Dotted Dress

It's the quintessential wholesome-'50s-girl dress but it remains so pretty nonetheless.






3. The tired toile dress BB wore to visit Pablo Picasso in Cannes

Interestingly, I'm almost 100% sure that she also wore this dress during a few scenes in Naughty Girl! If that's the case, it was actually blue-and-white in color and it worked beautifully off of BB's peach complexion. It's too bad we can't tell as much in black-and-white pictures.






4. All her cold weather clothes worn in London during the mid-fifties

In 1955 (?), BB headed off to jolly old England to film Doctor at Sea-- a movie I still need to cap. While there, she wore a ton of gorgeous coats-- fur included-- and swathed herself in turtlenecks! I just find these pictures fun, since I don't think we have a lot of pictures of her wearing glamorous coats or turtlenecks otherwise. Seems she usually spend most of her time in warmer climates!





5. Striped Sheath Dress in Cannes (?)

I'm not sure when these pictures were taken and I'm only taken a random stab when I say the dress was worn in Cannes... but I do love it nonetheless. Needless to say, simple as this dress was, BB pulled it off inhumanly well!





So much more to post but I'll stop here... I have screen-caps for Plucking the Daisy to post up soon!

 

[funnyfan]

Plucking the Daisy Download and Caps!

And finally, since I keep promising and delaying... Here are my screen-caps for Plucking the Daisy! It's a very light and very silly early comedy that BB did that has a throw-away plot that simply serves as an excuse to gt her half-naked (not that the intended audience surely minded, of course) and has paper-thin characters that basically circle around BB, giving her further chances to get half-naked (that that we mind either!)

Still, BB is young and delight and charming when she hams it up through this entire farcical movie-- her outraged facial expressions are always hilarious, and she plays the most effervescent of all Plucky Manic Pixie Dream Girls-- sometimes brought down by reality but never actually put down for too long. Agnes is easily one of the most charming and efficient characters BB played in her early years, and although she can be kind of silly at times, she's actually got something resembling a functioning brain-stem, which is nice.

It's just too bad she ends up with a complete lout at the end of the movie-- why can't french films ever give BB a nice lover to end up with? She had to go all the way to England to film Doctor at Sea to find someone decent!


Anyway, you can rent the movie from Amazon.com digitally here: http://www.amazon.com/mademoiselle-...ren?s=movies-tv&ie=UTF8&qid=1332178288&sr=1-5

And now you can download my 80+ Caps from Mediafire from this link: http://www.mediafire.com/?p2meb1grfcq8sdr

(Don't worry, the download process is easy and painless and I'm not about to infect your computer. You don't even have a waiting period for it!)


Also, A Few Of My Favorite Caps (Along With Commentary!)

--> Somewhat hilariously, the first outfit BB wears in the movie is an outfit she wore in other pictures, possibly ones promoting this film!

Look at this photo, and tell me this isn't the same outfit! Even the plaid pants are the same! Pic from this forum.

--> Meeting the first two of her slimy would-be lovers. Sadly, one really isn't much better than the other... Anyway, this costume really emphasizes how innocent she is at the beginning of the movie, even as she escapes being hauled to a convent by her father. See the high neck of her shirt? Believe me, it'll descend later!

--> Speaking with her stuffed piglet in her hand. Cute...! She took a few backstage photos with her sister in this outfit as well.

--> Sadly, she wears much the same dress for the entire movie, with very few change of outfits. I do like the arm-band she added for this "formal" scene, however. Did BB wear a lot of arm-bands otherwise?

--> Wearing what appears to be Hogwart's robe. Quick, BB-- cast finite incantem and try to will yourself to a better movie!

--> Even BB apparently had doubts about her figure in earlier years...

--> I'm a little tea-pot, short and stout...

--> BB's seductive dance-- the high-light of the film! Needless to say, gifs will be made! Also, this bodice is a marvel... and back-stage photos show that she was wearing daisies in its place once she took it off! Needless to say, I'll put those pictures up soon-- or would be grateful is someone else did so as well!

--> One of the few alternate out-fits she wears in the film. Sadly, it's just a simple school-girl costume, although it does emphasize her sweetness and innocence in the film.

--> Whistler's mother after a few rounds of botox. Her sleeping dress for the movie is so cute... I love the little ribbon across the neck!

--> I love her hair-piece for this movie. Close-up, it truly makes her look otherworldly. It would be fantastic for Swan Lake! And of course, she radiates so much vulnerability here...

--> Her last outfit at the end of the movie. Very '50s, very wholesome, very wonderfully bosomy. Anyone know if this was her own clothes or if the costume department picked this out for her? Did she wear this at any other point?

Also, good gravy, they couldn't find a better looking french actor to play her lover? The guy opposite her looks disconcertingly older. Guh!

 

[CielDeLit]

Oh, Ciel, thank you for directing me to that beautifully thought-out post once again! I knew there were a couple of better explanations of Brigitte's style through the years that blew my half-arsed improvisation away... but I was just much too lazy to go back through the archives to find them. Thank you for doing it for me.

Don't worry, both threads are soo long it's no wonder you missed this. And it was a pleasure for me doing it !

Not a big fan of Brigitte's later boho/gypsy/sexy biker look, however. I never much cared for the style and BB's hair just looks so darn fried in that era-- she had probably been bleaching it for too long at that time. I honestly wish she had gone back to being a brunette at that time. But ah well... she could even pull those styles off better than anyone else. Look at how she's making a fuzzy sweater over a leather vest work in Lady Stardust's last photo.

That takes swagger indeed!

Yep, that's what I love about her late 60s style, so much swagger ! I agree her hair wasn't great, that's why it's styled with a bun in "The Bear And the Doll" (shot in 1969), because they were so dry and fuzzy. She stopped bleaching them in the 70s.



Now on to your screencaps, a massive thank you !! It's remarkable how you take the time to do all this, to analyze and make witty comments
I'm yet to see this film and I'm all the more eager to watch it !

It's true her partners were not necessarily handsome, and often much older than her at the beginning of her career. Ah the 1950s..
Though there were some who were attractive, in my opinion, like Henri Vidal, Alain Delon, Jacques Charrier, Marcello Mastroianni, Jean-Pierre Cassel, etc..(will post more pictures as soon as I'm back on my computer !)

As for the clothing, there was sometimes a stylist if the director had specific ideas on what the character should wear I guess, but otherwise she frequently brought her own clothes. Her characters' clothes were always true to her style anyway. I have pictures where she wears them both on and off set. Sadly not with this particular dress, which is gorgeous And I don't recall her wearing arm bands.

 

[CielDeLit]

Pictures to illustrate my point

Each time, the first picture is a candid and the second one is from a movie or a music video :

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A skirt of hers she wore in two movies (Contempt and A Very Private Affair
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[funnyfan]

Now on to your screencaps, a massive thank you !! It's remarkable how you take the time to do all this, to analyze and make witty comments
I'm yet to see this film and I'm all the more eager to watch it !

Hahaha, I'm glad you enjoyed the caps and that I could pique your curiosity about Plucking the Daisy! It's on Amazon.com's streaming service in a serviceable English-dub so you can see it that way... otherwise, there might be... er... other ways to acquire the film online. And while the plot really is superbly silly-- and the men who continuously sexually harass BB's character are so freaking gross shock, she is completely adorable in the film. I reccomend it only for her-- her Agnes is one of the most down-right likeable character's I've seen in BB's cinematography so far.

And thankfully, caps aren't so hard to do so long as you have a program like Screen Hunter, where you can instantly cap with the touch of a button as you watch a film. It's just cleaning up the caps afterward that's a pain in the tuckus!

It's true her partners were not necessarily handsome, and often much older than her at the beginning of her career. Ah the 1950s..
Though there were some who were attractive, in my opinion, like Henri Vidal, Alain Delon, Jacques Charrier, Marcello Mastroianni, Jean-Pierre Cassel, etc..(will post more pictures as soon as I'm back on my computer !)

Ooh, I would love to see a time-line of all the men BB's been with, cinematically and otherwise! She seems to have favoured dark-haired men... and I do believe I read a quote of hers at some point saying she likes charm and "full lips" on her chosen masculine specimens.

My main problem is how SLIMY so many of the men around her on-screen (no idea how it shook up in IRL) often were portrayed as being. Seriously, I think Doctor at Sea is the only movie where I ever genuinely liked her love interest... they either range from not-so-inspiring (her Cletus-like yokelish husband in And God Created Woman) or just plain sleazy (her fellow in Plucking the Daisy.) But as you said... it was from an earlier era...

As for the clothing, there was sometimes a stylist if the director had specific ideas on what the character should wear I guess, but otherwise she frequently brought her own clothes. Her characters' clothes were always true to her style anyway. I have pictures where she wears them both on and off set. Sadly not with this particular dress, which is gorgeous And I don't recall her wearing arm bands.

How interesting to know this about BB! I always figured she was either taking clothes from sets or bringing her own personal clothes to sets, since she repeats so many outfits in both candids and the screen... but it's a special treat to see how she did it long in life as well! Thank you for the fab pic-stream... it really illustrates the point fantastically!

And I also recognize the tired cupcake-of-a-dress in the third-to-last and fourth-to-last pictures as well... BB originally wore it for publicity shots and the shooting of her early movie The Bride is Much Too Beautiful! How amazing that she kept it later on in life as well, considering she first wore it in 1955!

 

[funnyfan]

Which Movie's Screen-Caps Would You LIke Next?

Oh... and exciting news. Thanks to the AMAZING generosity of our own Fiammfiero (who I think we can agree is one of the best human beings alive ), I managed to get copies of practically EVERY ONE of BB's early movies! So I finally got ahold of such rare gems like School for Love, The Girl in the Bikini, The Bride is Much Too Beautiful, and (drum-roll please)...

La Lumiere d'en Face!!!

So I'll be screen-capping and posting up analysis of BB's outfits and fashion styles for all of these beauties eventually! But in the mean-time, please let me know which movie you'd like me to screen-cap first...



1) Doctor at Sea: a funny, gorgeous, light comedy with BB in color




OR OR OR


2) Naughty Girl: a silly french sex-farce with BB in some adorable dancing costumes





Let me know and I'll have everything up by next, next week! (Sorry... spring break intervening mid-way. )


And by the way, here are a couple of other photos from Plucking the Daisy that I found online... I love the color-photos especially. You can really see how beautiful her dancing costume's bodice is in these photos-- as well as how... er... festive the colors are as well!

Sources: Bellazon Forum, Brigittebardot.canalblog.com,
mademoisellebardot.tumblr.com, fan-de-bb.forumpro.fr/forum

















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[funnyfan]

Last Set of Costumes from Plucking the Daisy

And finally, a few more misc photos and fashion from Plucking the Daisy. If anyone has more, please feel free to put them up!

Sources: Bellazon Forum, Brigittebardot.canalblog.com, mademoisellebardot.tumblr.com, fan-de-bb.forumpro.fr/forum

(By the way, though there are pictures, she weirdly never wore the filmy white gown covering her dancing corset in the movie. Who knows why?)

 

[CielDeLit]

Having seen "This Naughty Girl", I'll vote for "Doctor at Sea"

IMO her early films are really not that good, apart "La Lumière d'en Face" and a few funny ones. But she's damn cute

Ooh, I would love to see a time-line of all the men BB's been with, cinematically and otherwise! She seems to have favoured dark-haired men... and I do believe I read a quote of hers at some point saying she likes charm and "full lips" on her chosen masculine specimens.

Good idea, I'll do it I was thinking about it recently, how most of her boyfriends didn't look handsome in my opinion...If I could be in that body, I'd certainly go for a bigger fish !

How interesting to know this about BB! I always figured she was either taking clothes from sets or bringing her own personal clothes to sets, since she repeats so many outfits in both candids and the screen... but it's a special treat to see how she did it long in life as well! Thank you for the fab pic-stream... it really illustrates the point fantastically!

And I also recognize the tired cupcake-of-a-dress in the third-to-last and fourth-to-last pictures as well... BB originally wore it for publicity shots and the shooting of her early movie The Bride is Much Too Beautiful! How amazing that she kept it later on in life as well, considering she first wore it in 1955!

Yep, good eye !

 

[funnyfan]

Hahaha, yes, BB had bad taste in men! Well, some of them were filthy rich, so I understand why she went for international play-boy types like Gunter Sachs. But Vadim looks like a cut-rate Lurch and some of her other fellows ain't much better. Maybe she chose them for their personality???

And just to keep the thread alive, a few random pics from Brigittebardot.canalblog.com I thought were adorable!

(BTW, it's not my site [I can't even speak French, for one] but if you're a BB fan, I highly recommend that you go visit this french blog. It was tons of adorable, rare pics of BB through her entire life! I found some very lovely pics of her there that I have yet to see on other forums or sites.)



--> LOVE THIS! Anyone know where this is from?

 

[CielDeLit]

Hahaha, yes, BB had bad taste in men! Well, some of them were filthy rich, so I understand why she went for international play-boy types like Gunter Sachs. But Vadim looks like a cut-rate Lurch and some of her other fellows ain't much better. Maybe she chose them for their personality???

Vadim was her first true love, she was just 15 and she thought a guy so "handsome" would never notice her Granted she was not the bombshell yet but she was very pretty already !

Gunter Sachs was the only wealthy man she dated actually, and she was already very rich when she met him, money was the last thing she needed.

She mostly dated poorer guys, often younger, some of them took advantage of her fame and wealth..I assume she was tired of being in charge all the time. Gunter treated her like a princess, and for a while it seduced her. I mean, which girl would not like having her house showered with hundreds of roses ? But she hated luxury and his jet-set lifestyle, plus he was barely there and cheated on her, so the couple fell apart pretty quickly.

Maybe it's their personalities but it's not like she didn't pay attention to looks, it mattered to her. She found them attractive. So my conclusion is that she just has pretty weird tastes in men, in my humble opinion of course


The picture with the red dress is from a photoshoot I guess, don't know more about it

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[Fantomette]

The last photoshoot was for english magazine Picture Post, published in March 1954 or 1956 depending on the sources. The second picture CielDeLit posted graced the cover so I tend to believe the magazine was published in 1956 after the success of Et Dieu Créa la Femme.
And just because her boyfriends weren't the most handsome men doesn't mean she had bad taste, just that she wasn't shallow.

 

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