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Charlotte Gainsbourg Is Very on Top of Her Cliché Usage

Charlotte Gainsbourg attends the
Charlotte Gainsbourg attends the “Melancholia” premiere after party during the 49th annual New York Film Festival at the Stone Rose Lounge on October 3, 2011 in New York City. Photo: Jason Kempin/Getty Images

When asked how London style differs from Parisian style, she told British Elle, “I find Londoners are much freer in their style. More eccentric. But perhaps that’s a cliché, having never lived there I could be looking at it through rose-tinted glasses. It does all seem more fun to me though, sometimes Parisians are a little too serious and self conscious. Parisians can be chic but that too is another cliché. Anyway styles are good as a reference but I prefer not to pay too much attention to them.”

Charlotte Gainsbourg on Top of Her Cliché Usage