Posted on 07/19/2023 12:53:36 PM PDT by nickcarraway
WORLD Jane Birkin, actor, singer and fashion icon, dies at 76 JULY 16, 2023 / 4:16 PM / CBS/AP
Actor and singer Jane Birkin, who made France her home and charmed the country with her English grace, natural style and social activism, has died at age 76.
The London-born star and fashion icon was known for her musical and romantic relationship with French singer Serge Gainsbourg. Their songs notably included the steamy "Je t'aime moi non plus" ("I Love You, Me Neither"). Birkin's ethereal, British-accented singing voice interlaced with his gruff baritone in the 1969 duet that helped make her famous and was forbidden in Italy after being denounced in the Vatican newspaper.
The style Birkin displayed in the 1960s and early 1970s — long hair with bangs, jeans paired with white tops, knit mini dresses and basket bags — still epitomizes the height of French chic for many women around the world.
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Heard about this a few days ago.
Back when France was still France.
I only barely know of her. Not much. I grew up with a couple of sisters who were heavily into fashions, like most young girls are. When Dame Lesley Lawson DBE dies, there will be a humongous hullabaloo about it. Her working name was Twiggy.
If you were around then at all, and aware of the British Style & Music Invasion at all, you would have heard of Twiggy.
I like Charlotte and liked John Barry, but Jane didn’t make much of an impression, and Serge was very hard to take.
Oh yes, she's famous because she had a small part in Blues Brothers.
Boy can she sing!
Bob Dylan apparently tried to interest Francoise Hardy in the philosophy of poetry and other things....
https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/the-bob-dylan-song-that-links-him-to-francoise-hardy/
I bet he did.
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