The Charlotte Gainsbourg Look Book
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The daughter of Serge Gainsbourg and Jane Birkin, Charlotte Gainsbourg won the genetic lottery, but she doesn’t rub it in. Often showing up to events with barely brushed hair and no makeup on, she’s a walking antithesis to the immaculately styled, bronzed, and polished celebrities who’ve overrun today’s red carpets. A longtime Balenciaga face, Gainsbourg frequently wears Nicolas Ghesquière, but it’s obvious from her simple, relaxed outfits — usually just a cocktail dress for formal events, or beat-up jeans, work boots, and a jacket for everything else — that she dresses herself and doesn’t employ a stylist. Isn’t it ironic when the women who try the least look the best?
May 17, 2017 Where: At the premiere of 'Ismael's Ghosts' during the 70th Annual Cannes Film Festival. Photo: 2017 Getty Images
February 10, 2015 Where: At the premiere of 'Every Thing Will Be Fine' during the 65th Berlinale International Film Festival in Berlin. Photo: P...
February 10, 2015 Where: At the premiere of 'Every Thing Will Be Fine' during the 65th Berlinale International Film Festival in Berlin. Photo: Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images
February 5, 2015 Where: At Louis Vuitton 'Series 2' The Exhibition in Los Angeles. Photo: Valerie Macon/Getty Images
December 1, 2014 Where: At the British Fashion Awards in London. Photo: Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images
November 7, 2014 Where: At the Louis Vuitton Monogram celebration at Museum of Modern Art in New York City. Photo: Larry Busacca/Getty Images
September 7, 2014 Where: At the premiere of 'Samba' during the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival. Photo: Jemal Countess/Getty Images
September 1, 2014 Where: At the premiere of 'Nymphomaniac: Volume 2 - Directors Cut' during the 71st Venice Film Festival. Photo: Pascal Le Segr...
September 1, 2014 Where: At the premiere of 'Nymphomaniac: Volume 2 - Directors Cut' during the 71st Venice Film Festival. Photo: Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images
August 30, 2014 Where: At the premiere of 'Three Hearts' ('3 Coeurs') during the 71st Venice Film Festival. Photo: Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images
March 13, 2014 Where: At the screening of 'Nymphomaniac: Volume I' at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City. Photo: Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images
June 27, 2012 Where: Performing at the Veranos de la Villa Festival in Madrid, Spain. Photo: ALBERTO MARTIN
March 7, 2012 Where: At the "Louis Vuitton & Marc Jacobs: The Exhibition" during Paris Fashion Week.
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March 7, 2012 Where: At the "Louis Vuitton & Marc Jacobs: The Exhibition" during Paris Fashion Week.
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March 1, 2012 Where: At the Balenciaga fall 2013 runway show during Paris Fashion Week.
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February 18, 2012 Where: At the closing ceremony of the Berlin international Film Festival.
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February 9, 2012 Where: At the Les Adieux De La Reine premiere during the Berlin international Film Festival.
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February 9, 2012 Where: At the Les Adieux De La Reine premiere during the Berlin international Film Festival.
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October 3, 2011 Where: At the New York Film Festival premiere of Melancholia.
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September 29, 2011 Where: At the Balenciaga spring 2012 runway show during Paris Fashion Week.
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May 18, 2011 Where: At the Melancholia premiere during the Cannes Film Festival.
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May 12, 2011 Where: At the Melancholia photocall during the Cannes Film Festival.
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September 30, 2010 Where: At the Balenciaga spring 2011 runway show during Paris Fashion Week.
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July 8, 2010 Where: At the inauguration of the Serge Gainsbourg Garden in Paris, France.
July 4, 2010 Where: Performing at the Montreux Jazz Festival, in Switzerland.
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June 25, 2010 Where: At the premiere of L'arbre, in Paris. Photo: Trago/Getty Images
May 23, 2010 Where: With Gabriel Gotting and Morgana Davies at the premiere of The Tree, during the Cannes Film Festival. Photo: Venturelli/Wire...
May 23, 2010 Where: With Gabriel Gotting and Morgana Davies at the premiere of The Tree, during the Cannes Film Festival. Photo: Venturelli/WireImage
May 23, 2010 Where: At the photocall for The Tree, during the Cannes Film Festival.
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May 21, 2010 Where: At the Canal+TV show Le Grand Journal, at the Cannes Film Festival.
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May 3, 2010 Where: With Nicholas Ghesquierre at the "American Woman: Fashioning a National Identity" gala, at the Metropolitan Mus...
May 3, 2010 Where: With Nicholas Ghesquierre at the "American Woman: Fashioning a National Identity" gala, at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Photo: Larry Busacca/Getty Images
March 6, 2010 Where: Performing at Les Victoires de La Musique.
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March 4, 2010 Where: At the Balenciaga fall 2010 runway show, during Paris Fashion Week.
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February 27, 2010 Where: At the Cesar Film Awards.
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January 26, 2010 Where: At the Chanel Haute Couture runway show, during Paris Fashion Week.
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December 3, 2009 Where: With Romain Duris and Jean-Hugues Anglade at the Persecution premiere, in Paris.
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December 3, 2009 Where: With Romain Duris and Jean-Hugues Anglade at the Persecution premiere, in Paris.
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November 23, 2009 Where: With Mayor Bertrand Delanoe at the "Champs-Elysees Christmas Lights Switch-On."
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November 23, 2009 Where: With Mayor Bertrand Delanoe at the "Champs-Elysees Christmas Lights Switch-On."
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May 24, 2009 Where: With Yvan Attal at the Coco Chanel and Igor Stravinsky premiere, during the Cannes Film Festival.
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May 24, 2009 Where: With Yvan Attal at the Coco Chanel and Igor Stravinsky premiere, during the Cannes Film Festival.
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May 18, 2009 Where: With Yvan Attal at the Antichrist premiere, during the Cannes Film Festival.
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February 27, 2009 Where: With Yvan Attal at the Cesar Film Awards.
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July 1, 2008 Where: At the Chanel Haute Couture runway show, during Paris Fashion Week.
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June 30, 2008 Where: At the Giorgio Armani Haute Couture runway show, during Paris Fashion Week.
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June 8, 2008 Where: With Yvan Attal at Roland Garros. Photo: BENAINOUS/HOUNSFIELD/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images
May 5, 2008 Where: With Jennifer Connolly at the the Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institute annual gala.
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May 5, 2008 Where: With Jennifer Connolly at the the Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institute annual gala.
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December 17, 2007 Where: At the second edition of Raimu de la comedie.
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September 4, 2007 Where: At the screening of I'm Not There, during the Venice International Film Festival.
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September 4, 2007 Where: At the screening of I'm Not There, during the Venice International Film Festival.
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June 10, 2007 Where: At the Roland Garros Tournament in Paris.
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May 19, 2007 Where: Performing for the FRANCE2 television show, Tenue de soiree, live from Cannes.
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May 7, 2007 Where: At the Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institute benefit gala, "Poiret: King Of Fashion."
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May 7, 2007 Where: At the Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institute benefit gala, "Poiret: King Of Fashion."
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May 2, 2007 Where: At the premiere of Golden Door, during the Tribeca Film Festival.
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March 5, 2007 Where: At the premiere of Golden Door in Paris. Photo: Lorenzo Santini/WireImage
September 9, 2006 Where: Arriving at the premiere of Nuovomondo, during the International Venice Film Festival.
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May 18, 2006 Where: With William Dafoe at the Antichrist photocall, during the Cannes Film Festival.
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May 1, 2006 Where: With Nicolas Ghesquiere at the "AngloMania: Tradition and Transgression in British Fashion," Costume Institute gala,...
May 1, 2006 Where: With Nicolas Ghesquiere at the "AngloMania: Tradition and Transgression in British Fashion," Costume Institute gala, at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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April 30, 2006 Where: At the opening of Palazzo Grassi. Photo: Daniele Venturelli/WireImage
May 11, 2005 Where: With Andre Dussollier and Dominik Moll at the premiere of Lemming, during the Cannes Film Festival.
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May 11, 2005 Where: With Andre Dussollier and Dominik Moll at the premiere of Lemming, during the Cannes Film Festival.
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October 19, 2004 Where: With Yvan Ittal at the premiere of Un long dimanche de fiancailles (A Very Long Engagement), in Paris. Photo: Tony Barso...
October 19, 2004 Where: With Yvan Ittal at the premiere of Un long dimanche de fiancailles (A Very Long Engagement), in Paris. Photo: Tony Barson/WireImage
September 5, 2003 Where: At the photocall for 21 Grams, during the Venice Film Festival.
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May 14, 2001 Where: At the Cannes Film Festival. Photo: Dave Hogan/Getty Images
May 13, 2001 Where: With Yvan Attal at the screening of The Man Who Wasn't There, during the Cannes Film Festival.
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May 13, 2001 Where: With Yvan Attal at the screening of The Man Who Wasn't There, during the Cannes Film Festival.
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May 11, 2001 Where: With Yvan Attal at the screening of Apocalypse Now Redux. Photo: Cardinale-Robert/Sygma/Corbis
May 9, 2001 Where: At the Moulin Rouge premiere, during the Cannes Film Festival.
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February 19, 2000 Where: with Jane Birkin at the Cesar Awards.
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March 6, 1999 Where: At the Cesar Awards.
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January 1, 1994 Where: With Yvan Attal and Jean-Claude Brialy at the evening Molieres, in Paris.
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January 1, 1994 Where: With Yvan Attal and Jean-Claude Brialy at the evening Molieres, in Paris.
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January 1, 1994 Where: At a rehearsal of David Mamet's play Oleanna.
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February 27, 1986 Where: With Kate Barry, Jane Birkin, and Serge Gainsbourg at the Cesar Awards. Photo: PAT/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images
Circa 1986 Where: With Serge Gainsbourg in Charlotte Forever.
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Circa 1973 Where: With Serge Gainsbourg and Jane Birkin in a family photo, taken in France.
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August 1, 1972 Where: With Serge Gainsbourg, Kate Barry, and Jane Birkin on holiday in St. Tropez.
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