Jane Birkin

[Zkunis]

^I love that movie...jane does look amazing in it!

 

[Ice_lady]

Yes, the movie was so nice.

 

[rox_yr_sox]

A Life In Style
Magazine: Harper's Bazaar UK September 2006



scans by rox_yr_sox

 

[atooomic]

those pictures are stunning, so thanks a lot for your scans! the pictures are beautiful as always, i specially like the ones in the third page

 

[isobelisobel]

jane birkin is probably the only woman out of all my favourite sixties icons who is as beautiful and interesting today as she was back then

 

[Carrme]

Thank you sooo much for the scans

 

[StellaMare]

Ah, why did I not get that issue of Bazaar?! So many great pictures.

 

[crimsonlakes]

Her style is simple, beautiful, and charming. It's funny how in many pictures Lou resemebles Jane, but I still can find Charlotte in a few of them.

 

[Glittery_Bug]

Not sure how many of these are re-posts but they're quite big and don't have watermarks which a lot of Jane pictures do!

handbag.com

Jane Birkin's free-spirited style

Posted by Danielle Radojcin on 17/06/2009

Sticking two fingers up at bourgeois sartorial norms, Jane Birkin (b 1946), became one of the most famous women in France as a result of her relationship with singer Serge Gainsbourg. Her role in Blow Up (1966) established her as a pretty young thing who epitomised the style zeitgeist, and she sealed her notoriety when she and Gainsbourg recorded the duet Je T'aime... Moi Non Plus in 1969.
Her penchant for going bra-less and wearing skirts so short they scarcely covered her rear end further enhanced her image as a free-spirited product of her time. After mentioning she couldn't find a handbag to suit her needs (her straw basket went everywhere with her), Hermès created a style especially to her requirements, and the Birkin bag was born. Her style is today revered by the likes of Alexa Chung and her daughters Charlotte Gainsbourg and Lou Doillon, all of whom emulate her boyish, sexy chic.
Picture: Jane Birkin, carrying her trademark basket, in jeans and a white top

Jane Birkin, wearing a white knitted mini dress decorated with paillettes, shows of her leggy style.

Jane Birkin laughing in a sailor's hat with a white t-shirt and high-waisted jeans, tied with a rope (and tied with a sailor's knot).

Jane Birkin on the Cote d'Azur in 1973, wearing a blouse with high-waisted, flared jeans and platform heels.

Jane Birkin out shopping in Paris, wearing a fur jacket and carrying her trademark wicker basket.

Jane Birkin, with baby in Paris, wearing high-waisted jeans with a white cotton top and a wicker basket.

Jane Birkin out on the town with Serge Gainsbourg, wearing a white lace dress open to the naval, and decorated with a brooch.

 

[classicalbang]

I love how she always carried a wicker basket as a handbag. It was genius, really.

 

[Gainsbourg]

I love that Jane was never afraid of short dresses, I'm the same way, whenever I see a top I have to have at least 3 people convince me that's what it is bc I think everything's a dress And she wears white so well!

 

[Glittery_Bug]

source as above

Jane Birkin, in a knitted mini dress and a low-slung belt, with partner Serge Gainsbourg in Paris in 1969.

Jane Birkin with her newborn baby Charlotte in August 1971, wearing denim hotpants with a wide leather belt, chunky heeled shoes and a ribbed top.

Jane Birkin and Serge Gainsbourg clubbing at New Jimmy's in Paris in 1968. She wore a a sparkly jumpsuit with cutaways, with a matching handbag and ballet flats.

Posing barefoot in Paris in 1968, Jane Birkin epitomised the free-spirited style of the time in a dark knit mini-dress.

Serge Gainsbourg and Jane Birkin arrive at Heathrow Airport in 1971. She wears shorts with a cowl neck jumper under a wool coat with tap dancing shoes and carries a wicker basket.

Jane Birkin models an Ossie Clark ensemble.

Jane Birkin with Serge Gainsbourg, wearing a wool pea coat over a mini dress with flats and a wicker basket - a look which brings to mind Alexa Chung today.

 

[*ana*]

they look so good in those pictures. i was trying to find that ossie clark one the other day... thanks a lot Glittery_Bug

 

[anniehall]

Jane...beautiful as always

 

[brokenenglish]

The pic of her in the Ossie Clark is such a classic.

And can someone tell me how she can look so good in hotpants so soon after giving birth?
She is magical.

 

[Boomer]

^ Yup! I guess my tastes were formed by Diana Rigg in the 60s, but I am amazed that in that article she says how people said she was like a boy- I think she was/is sexy as Hell!! That big eyed look with endless legs - I guess I would have been very happy back in Swinging London!!

 

[atooomic]

^ i agree so much with you, boomer! she was so sexy and she had such an unique look. i love that on her

 

[Glittery_Bug]

flickr.com/photos/brizzlebornanbred/3501536322/

 

[-lucyinthesky-]

ebay

 

[atooomic]

the first picture is stunning!