signature style: carole bouquet
Monday, October 22, 2012
I have a theory that almost every girl has a character they see on screen as a teen, who makes such a powerful impression that it gets filed away and internalized as a point of reference for beauty, style, and femininity. For me it happened in college at a James Bond marathon. I was 17, and the instant I saw this woman with long dark hair wearing all white on a yacht in the sparkling Aegean sea I wanted to be her.
As it turns out so did a lot of people--Carole Bouquet is one the biggest beauty icons of the past 50 years, modeling as the face of Chanel during the 80s and 90s, and acting in over 40 films, including Too Beautiful For You (1989), for which she won the César Award for Best Actress.
Her romantic liaisons with enigmatic personalities like the infamous producer Jean-Pierre Rassam, Gerard Depardieu and Nicolas Sarkozy, make the plot of a James Bond movie pale in comparison. She's always appeared in public as low key and chic, wearing elegant clean lines--the very definition of style that inspires me.
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32 Comments:
Carole Bouquet really is stunning.
I love this question! I need to think about the answer though.... will get back to you on it! :)
i know that i did but i can't think of who at the moment i grew up in the 80's and i know princess Di was always someone i really admired.
You've made me want to watch Too Beautiful For You. Haven't seen it yet. She's always been so graceful and stylish. xo
Ada
She is positively regal and stunning! I'm not sure if I had fashion influences - perhaps Gwyneth Paltrow though she's not a lot older than me. The classic Grace Kelly and Audrey Hepburn were also icons!
xoxo,
Chic 'n Cheap Living
She is stunning and I love her simplistic style! Growing up, it was Grace Kelly. Modern day - Victoria Beckham.
xo
Rachel
Can't go wrong with a bond girl! Love her sleek long hair. Looks like she aged beautifully :)
I liked Wednesday Adams/Christina Ricci growing up haha I'm definitely a tomboy at heart. Wear a lot of black. But fashion school pushed me to explore trends and other personality types.
I would have to say Elizabeth Taylor for the diamonds, fur and red lip.
Such grace with her style. There are several people that I loved growing up, just as inspiration. Grace Jones, Lena Horne, Audrey Hepburn and even Georgiana Cavendish!
Yay for Bond girls!
She is SO gorgeous!
xoxox,
CC
She has an international timeless beauty - and looks actually the most stunning casually - with her hair down centre-parted wearing a white t-shirt. I always loved Paulina Porizkova(spelling????) who I just saw again on the documentary About Face and she was still almost surreally beautiful. And turns out she's funny and likeable. Amazingly she said only now she's 45 does she realise how beautiful she was all those years ago.
i can totally see this mary jo! you look like her! so pretty! for me it was phoebe cates and kimora lee simmons.
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Yes! I love her chic style and she is STILL gorgeous. Great {earlier} photos with the long dark hair wearing white.. and hanging out with JB. :)
leslie
BEAUTY!!
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Oh she is so pretty and I remember seeing her for the first time in the Bond movie also!
Wow she is gorgeous!
Victoria Beckham influenced me, because I loved her in the Spice Girls, haha :)
xxx
I love her. What a beautiful and perfect face. Carole Bouquet is one of my favorite actress. She's so elegant and her sense of style is gorgeous.
Nice post Mary Jo.
xo
Wonderful post!!! I don't know why I haven't seen that movie yet?!
There was a girl in our building, about six years older than me, that influenced my style growing up. She had a classic style, always very well put together. Nowadays, I really like Sarah Jessica Parker.
Have a good day, Mary Jo!
xoxoxo
What a great topic Mary Jo! I think for me, and probably every other girl my age it was Cher from Clueless. Even today I still have a soft spot for all things preppy and plaid.
xx Jenee C.
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Wow! She is so exquisite!
Honestly, I think that Blake Lively and her Gossip Girl character Serena van der Woodsen would be responsible for influencing my style. I love the way that it is ever-changing, and a mixture of so many styles - from bohemian to Ivy League! I see traces of it in my style every single time I get dressed! :D
She is indeed such a graceful woman, at least this is what I see when I look at these pictures. I did not see the movie, but for sure it is on my list now. Kisses
timeless style. Can't go wrong with a bond girl! hugs to you, Mary Jo
She has such a sophisticated and edgy style. Love it!
she is just gorgeous!
i loved molly ringwald. it's true! she was amazing to me. to this day i adore pink. i still believe diane von furstenberg is beautiful.
xo
wow! she is hot..
She's pretty perfect looking -- very classic and chic! I have always seen Julie Andrews as a style icon for me, not necessarily because of her outfits, but because of her personality and attitude.
She's definitely stunning and has a classic style to her. As I was growing up, both of my aunts (my dad's sisters) influenced my style. I grew up in a small town in Indiana and when they would visit they always had the most beautiful things made by names I had never heard of. I quickly came to associate style with power and intelligence because they were extremely well-educated and well-respected women. They are still icons to me today. And it definitely helps that we all wear the same shoe size now :)
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Allison
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She was even on SATC as mikhail Baryshnikov's ex wife... She's gorgeous!
She is a true beauty! I had so many style influences growing up that I couldn't pick a single one (I will say, embarrassingly, that Lara Croft/Angelina Jolie was somewhere in the mix)! I have even more as an adult!
So pretty!!!
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She's a stunner!! Love that long hair, so gorgeous :) xx
What an absolutely stunning woman!
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