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That 60s Sound
‘Zou Bisou Bisou’ was an early hit for a ’60s muse and a Sophia Loren movie tune. See its pop origins.
Star Support
The aging bombshell has emerged as an ardent supporter of France’s far-right presidential candidate Marine Le Pen.
Men's fashion may inspire yawns today, but it wasn't always so. Blake Gopnik visits a new exhibit that celebrates a time when guys donned sparkly kaftans and scarlet leggings.
Bad Hair Days
The first lady wore deliberately messy curls to greet German Chancellor Angela Merkel.
The reclusive French siren emerged to blast filmmakers who were planning to make a biopic about her and in a letter to Eric Pape she explains her reasons. View our gallery of Bardot’s career.
Brigitte Bardot, 75 today, did more than serve as a siren of the sexual revolution—she connected France inextricably with the libido. Plus, view our gallery of women she inspired.