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L’amour is...an older woman
The Times ^ | February 12, 2007 | Matthew Campbell

Posted on 02/11/2007 4:53:24 AM PST by MadIvan

Femmes over 50 see off France’s pretty young things

FORGET about yesterday’s sirens. The anorexic catwalk models and sultry young actresses once feted as icons of beauty are being replaced as France’s feminine idols by women in their fifties and sixties.

The French have long been associated with a fascination for the “superior vintage” but are taking that obsession to new extremes with a series of magazine spreads and advertising campaigns featuring women over 50 in seductive poses and without many — or in some cases any — clothes on.

Ségolãne Royal, the glamor-ous 53-year-old Socialist presidential candidate, may have set the tone last summer when she was photographed on a beach in her bikini, but she has been outdone by Arielle Dombasle, the actress, chanteuse and general sex kitten.

Her marriage to Bernard-Henri Lévy, France’s most famous living philosopher, gives her a fig leaf of respectability, but last week’s Paris Match featured her wearing nothing but silvery knickers under the headline “Arielle Dombasle naked”.

She was hailed on a recent tour of America to promote her new record as a Gallic fusion of Edith Piaf and Brigitte Bardot, but at home she was being celebrated less for her perfect pitch than her plastique parfaite. Not bad for a woman of 53.

(Excerpt) Read more at timesonline.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Health/Medicine; Society
KEYWORDS: france; men; women
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To: martin_fierro

Merci beaucoup mon vieux


21 posted on 02/11/2007 6:47:26 AM PST by ninonitti
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To: MadIvan

There comes a time in a woman's life when SPECLATION is better than VERIFICATION.

signed/Granny


22 posted on 02/11/2007 6:47:37 AM PST by Iowa Granny
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To: melt

She's aged better than him:


23 posted on 02/11/2007 6:51:40 AM PST by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
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To: MadIvan

Cougarvill'e.


24 posted on 02/11/2007 6:53:55 AM PST by TADSLOS (Iran is in the IED exporting business. Time to shut them down.)
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To: MadIvan
Sophia Loren still looks pretty good.
25 posted on 02/11/2007 7:00:43 AM PST by veronica
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To: martin_fierro

She looks great, but obviously has had a facelift or two. She's got that "pulled" look. That said, she's in great shape, aka skinny.


26 posted on 02/11/2007 7:13:00 AM PST by veronica
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To: grey_whiskers
Ouch! From "Conan the Barbarian" to "Conan the Blubberian".

He's even starting to resemble Teddy Kennedy.

27 posted on 02/11/2007 9:37:43 AM PST by melt (Someday, they'll wish their Jihad... Jihadn't.)
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To: veronica; MadIvan

Well, good greif! She's 72 years old! 'Pulled' look or not, I'd say that plastic surgeon is a credit to his profession!


28 posted on 02/11/2007 4:52:05 PM PST by uglybiker (AU-TO-MO-BEEEEEEEL?!!)
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29 posted on 02/11/2007 5:25:22 PM PST by SunkenCiv (I last updated my profile on Saturday, February 3, 2007. https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: SunkenCiv

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30 posted on 02/11/2007 5:41:31 PM PST by Fred Nerks (Read THE LIFE OF MUHAMMAD free pdf download. Link on my bio page.)
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To: grey_whiskers
My God! She looks like Loreena McKennitt.

My God! She has made some plastic surgeon awfully rich with all that facial work. But I don't think there's anything wrong with that at all. Her hair is gorgeous--that thickness and length are very unusual for a woman in her fifties.

31 posted on 02/11/2007 8:17:15 PM PST by Fairview
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To: MadIvan




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32 posted on 02/12/2007 3:19:39 PM PST by Cincinna (HILLARY & HER HINO "We are going to take things away from you for the Common Good")
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33 posted on 02/14/2007 11:54:44 AM PST by SunkenCiv (I last updated my profile on Wednesday, February 14, 2007. https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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