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Brigitte Bardot, Icon of French Cinema and Style, Has Died

The actress and international sex symbol of the 50s and 60s became a style icon for her tousled hair, smoky eye and Riviera chic looks, contributing to the ‘French girl’ aesthetic marketed around the world.
Brigitte Bardot has passed away at the age of 91.
Brigitte Bardot, icon of French cinema and style, has died at the age of 91. (Getty Images)

Actress Brigitte Bardot shot to international fame dancing the mambo barefoot in “And God Created Woman”, her tousled hair and fierce energy radiating a sexual magnetism rarely before seen in mainstream cinema.

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