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August 10, 2012

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.

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Circa 1950 Where: In La Parisienne. Photo: Underwood & Underwood/Corbis
Circa 1950  Photo: Gaston Paris/Roger Viollet/Getty Images
Circa 1950  Photo: Mondadori Portfolio via Getty Images
Circa 1952  Photo: Bettmann/CORBIS
September 1, 1952 Where: With her sister. Photo: Archive/AFP/Getty Images
December 12, 1952 Where: With Roger Vadim in Paris. Photo: Hulton Archive/Getty Images
Circa 1956 Where: In La Mar- Ie Est Trop Belle (The Bride Wore Black). Photo: Sunset Boulevard/Corbis
Circa 1955  Photo: Express/Express/Getty Images
February 2, 1955 Where: In London, England. Photo: Gavelli/Express/Getty Images
October 25, 1955 Where: With Yves Robert in Les Grandes Manoeuvres (The Grand Maneuver). Photo: Cinédis/ Everett Collection
December 30, 1955 Where: In La Lumiere d'en Face (The Light across the Street). Photo: Ullstein/Everett Collection
Circa 1956 Where: With Alberto Sordi and Gloria Swnson in Mio Figlio Nerone (Nero's Mistress). Photo: Mary Evans/Ronald Grant/Everett Collection
January 26, 1956 Where: With Stanley Baker in Helen of Troy. Photo: Warner Bros. Pictures/ Everett Collection
April 1, 1956 Where: With Pablo Picasso at his studio in Cannes, France. Photo: Jerome Brierre/RDA/Getty Images
April 1, 1956 Where: With Kim Novak at the Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, France. Photo: Patrick Morin/RDA/Getty Images
April 27, 1956  Photo: RDA/Getty Images
April 28, 1956 Where: Signing autographs at the International Cannes Film Festival. Photo: Bettmann/Corbis
October 29, 1956 Where: In London. Photo: Terry Fincher/Keystone/Getty Images
November 1, 1956 Where: In London. Photo: Evening Standard/Getty Images
November 1, 1956 Where:  In London. Photo: Evening Standard/Getty Images
April 12, 1957 Where: With Roger Vadim, leaving divorce court in Paris. Photo: Bettmann/Corbis
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). Photo: Films EGE/Hoche Productions/ Everett Collection
Circa 1958 Where: In London. Photo: Express/Hulton Archive/Getty Images
Circa 1958 Where: In Venice, Italy. Photo: Archivio Cameraphoto Epoche/Getty Images
Circa 1958  Photo: Keystone-France/Gamma-Keystone via Getty Images
October 24, 1958 Where: With Jean Francois Calve in Manina, La Fille Sans Voiles (The Girl in the Bikini). Photo: Rights Managed/Copyright (c) M... October 24, 1958 Where: With Jean Francois Calve in Manina, La Fille Sans Voiles (The Girl in the Bikini). Photo: Rights Managed/Copyright (c) Mary Evans Picture Library 2009
December 20, 1958 Where: With Jean Cocteau and Sacha Distel. Photo: RDA/Getty Images
Circa 1959 Where: On the set of Voulez-vous Danser Avec Moi? (Come Dance with Me!) Photo: RDA/Getty Images
February 4, 1959 Where: In La femme et le pantin (The Female). Photo: Dear Film Produzione/ Gray-Film/Progéfi See/Everett Collection
April 14, 1959 Where: In London, England. Photo: Manuel Litran/Corbis
June 18, 1959 Where: With Jean Cocteauin.   Photo: Keystone-France/Gamma-Keystone via Getty Images
September 15, 1959 Where: With Serge Gainsbourg on set of film Voulez-Vous Danser Avec Moi? (Do You Want to Dance with Me?). Photo: RDA/Getty Im... September 15, 1959 Where: With Serge Gainsbourg on set of film Voulez-Vous Danser Avec Moi? (Do You Want to Dance with Me?). Photo: RDA/Getty Images
Circa 1960 Where: With Jacques Charrier and their son, Nicholas. Photo: Keystone-France/Gamma-Keystone via Getty Images
Circa 1960 Where: Playing with dogs on the beach in Cannes, France. Photo: STF/AFP/Getty Images
Circa 1960  Photo: Archive Photos/Getty Images
Circa 1960 Where: With Gunter Sachs. Photo: Rowan/dpa/Corbis
Circa 1960  Photo: Archive Photos/Getty Images
March 1960 Where: In Babette s'en va-t-en guerre (Babette Goes to War). Photo: Iéna Productions/ Everett Collection
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. Photo: Bettmann/Corbis
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!). Photo: Sofradis/ Everett Collection
November 25, 1960 Where: In Le Trou Normand (Crazy for Love). Photo: Cité Films/ Everett Collection
Circa 1964  Photo: Hulton Archive/Getty Images
April 19, 1961 Where: In La Bride Sur Le Cou (Please, Not Now!). Photo: Francos Films/Les Productions Jacques Roitfeld/Vides Cinematografica/ E... April 19, 1961 Where: In La Bride Sur Le Cou (Please, Not Now!). Photo: Francos Films/Les Productions Jacques Roitfeld/Vides Cinematografica/ Everett Collection
Circa 1962 Where: With Louis Malle on the set of Vie Privee (A Very Private Affair). Photo: Sunset Boulevard/Corbis
Circa 1962 Where: On set of Le Repos Du Guerrier (Love on a Pillow). Photo: Reporters Associes/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images
Circa 1962 Where: On the set of Vie Privee (A Very Private Affair). Photo: Reporters Associes/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images
Circa 1962 Where: On the set of Vie Privee (A Very Private Affair). Photo: Reporters Associes/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images
Circa 1962 Where: Sitting in her home. Photo: Andre SAS/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images
April 6, 1962 Where: With Sami Frey in Paris.   Photo: Agence France Presse/Agence France Presse/Getty Images
October 8, 1962 Where: In Saint-Tropez, France. Photo: Bettmann/Corbis
Circa 1963 Where: Walking in London. Photo: Hulton-Deutsch Collection/Corbis
Circa 1963 Where: On set of Le Mepris (Contempt). Photo: Hulton Archive/Getty Images
Circa 1963 Where: In the film Le Mepris (Contempt). Photo: Embassy Pictures/Getty Images
April 22, 1963 Where: With Carlo Ponti at the Le Mepris (Contempt) press conference in Rome, Italy. Photo: Keystone/Hulton Archive/Getty Images
August 2, 1963 Where: With Jean-Luc Godard at a screening of Le Mepris (Contempt) in Nice, France. Photo: P. Louis/AFP/Getty Images
October 31, 1963 Where: On the set of Une Ravissante Idiote (A Ravishing Idiot) in Paris. Photo: Henri Bureau/Sygma/Corbis
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. Photo: Hal Mathewson/NY Daily News Archive via Getty Images
May 26, 1965 Where: With Jeanne Moreau at Orly Airport in Paris. Photo: AFP/Getty Images
December 16, 1965 Where: At Orly Airport in Paris. Photo: AFP/Getty Images
December 17, 1965 Where: At a news conference. Photo: Hal Mathewson/NY Daily News Archive via Getty Images
December 20, 1965 Where: With Bob Zaguri in Los Angeles. Photo: Hal Mathewson/NY Daily News Archive via Getty Images
December 20, 1965 Where: Waiting for her flight to depart. Photo: Hal Mathewson/NY Daily News Archive via Getty Images
December 22, 1965 Where: Sitting outside a hotel in Beverly Hills. Photo: Hal Mathewson/NY Daily News Archive via Getty Images
December 23, 1965 Where: Shopping in Hollywood. Photo: Hal Mathewson/NY Daily News Archive via Getty Images
Circa 1966 Where: With Laurent Terzieff. Photo: Leonard de Raemy/Sygma/Corbis
July 13, 1966 Where: With Gunter Sachs at Los Angeles International Airport in Los Angeles, California. Photo: Harold Matosian/AP/Corbis
July 19, 1966 Where: On set of A Coeur Joie (An Open Heart). Photo: Keystone-France/Gamma-Keystone via Getty Images
August 1, 1966 Where: With Gunter Sachs, entering JFK Airport in New York City. Photo: AP Photo/ David Pickoff
September 2, 1966 Where: With Mike Sarne at London Airport, in London. Photo: Keystone/Getty Images
September 5, 1966 Where: On set of A Coeur Joie (An Open Heart). Photo: Keystone-France/Gamma-Keystone via Getty Images
September 12, 1966 Where: Sitting in London. Photo: Bentley Archive/Popperfoto/Getty Images
Circa 1967 Where: With Laurent Terzieff on the set of A Coeur Joie (An Open Heart). Photo: Sunset Boulevard/Corbis
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. Photo: Bettmann/Corbis
May 29, 1967 Where: With Gunter Sachs, leaving Maxim's restaurant in Paris, France. Photo: RDA/Getty Images
June 15, 1967 Where: Shopping in Rome, Italy. Photo: Keystone/Getty Images
December 28, 1967 Where: Walking with her husband Gunther Sachs and his son Rolf. Photo: RDA/Getty Images
Circa 1968 Where: Lying in a field. Photo: Terry O’Neill/Getty Images
Circa 1968 Where: With Sean Connery. Photo: Terry O’Neill/Getty Images
April 3, 1968 Where: At the Gunter Sachs Micmac Collection presentation in Saint-Tropez, France. Photo: Keystone-France/Gamma-Keystone via Getty... April 3, 1968 Where: At the Gunter Sachs Micmac Collection presentation in Saint-Tropez, France. Photo: Keystone-France/Gamma-Keystone via Getty Images
August 1, 1968 Where: In Saint-Tropez, France. Photo: Jean-Pierre Bonnotte/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images
September 1, 1968 Where: At Zoom Zoom Nightclub in Saint-Tropez, France. Photo: Ron Galella/WireImage
November 1968 Where: In Shalako. Photo: Cinerama Releasing Corporation/ Anglo-Amalgamated Film Distributors/ Everett Collection
December 11, 1968 Where: With Patrick Gilles at Heathrow Airport in London. Photo: Central Press/Hulton Archive/Getty Images
December 12, 1968 Where: With Patrick Gilles at the premier of Shalako. Photo: Bentley Archive/Popperfoto/Getty Images
Circa 1969  Photo: Sunset Boulevard/Corbis
Circa 1969 Where: With Maurice Ronet on the set of Les Femmes (The Vixen). Photo: Sunset Boulevard/Corbis
April 1, 1969 Where: On the set of Les Femmes (The Vixen). Photo: AFP/Getty Images
Circa 1970 Where: On the set of a television show in Paris. Photo: Henri Bureau/Sygma/Corbis
Circa 1970 Where: On set during the filming of Les Novices (The Novices). Photo: Terry O’Neill/Getty Images
Circa 1970  Photo: Henri Bureau/Sygma/Corbis
October 29, 1970 Where: With Annie Girardot at the premiere of Les Novices (The Novices), in Paris. Photo: AFP/Getty Images
April 12, 1971 Where: Walking with Christian Kalt in Saint-Tropez, France. Photo: Bentley Archive/Popperfoto/Getty Images
Circa  1972 Where: With Claudia Cardinale at the premiere of Le Petroleuses (Frenchie King). Photo: Reg Lancaster/Express/Getty Images
February 1, 1972 Where: With Roger Vadim. Photo: Jean-Pierre Bonnotte/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images
April 4, 1972 Where: With Christian Kalt in Saint-Tropez, France. Photo: Ralph Gatti/AFP/Getty Images
October 9, 1972 Where: With Jane Birkin on the set of If Don Juan Was a Woman. Photo: RDA/Getty Images
November 14, 1972 Where: Walking with Laurent Verges. Photo: RDA/Getty Images
June 7, 1973 Where: With Laurent Verges in Saint-Tropez, France. Photo: AFP/AFP/Getty Images
June 3, 1975 Where: With Simone Veil on set of Au Pied du Mur. Photo: RDA/Getty Images
Circa 1977 Where: In Paris. Photo: Miroslav Brozek/Sygma/Corbis
January 17, 1989 Where: Playing with a dog. Photo: Gerard Fouet/AFP/Getty Images
February 26, 1995 Where: At an animal rights demonstration in Paris. Photo: Michel Gangne/AFP/Getty Images
July 9, 1995 Where: In Saint-Tropez, France. Photo: James Andanson/Sygma/Corbis
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