„Götterdämmerung?“ - A reckoning of the Gods? Two Goddesses meeting each other? The divine Brigitte Bardot and the Goddess of fashion herself, Coco Chanel? The very own handwriting of Bardot, Brigitte´s lines in light blue, as a facsimile in the foreword of the book? In this wonderful picture edition, now published by Schirmer/Mosel, the reader can experience the feeling of having a personal letter from one of the most beautiful women in the world.
Bardot has opened up her personal collection of photographs, some never seen before, and opens up a view on a woman that has influenced the last century as an unique icon through her beauty, humor, cleverness and charm. What she did with the thousands of robes, dresses, the ensembles she wore over time? The creations of couturiers like Balmain, Dior, Hubert de Givenchy, Coco Chanel, Pierre Cardin and finally, in  the  era after ´68, Paco Rabanne? „I auctioned them off for my foundation.“ And what is she wearing now? „I don´t dress at all“.
With her pouting mouth, her peachy teint, silk skin and the figure of this extraordinary sex-appeal (90-50-89) „The Bardot“ in the 50´s and 60´s was the french answer to american stars like Jean Dean, Marlon Brando, Marilyn Monroe - a piece of art with nothing comparable or on a par in the whole of Europe.
Brigitte Bardot, born in Paris in 1934, has - with the assistance of journalist Henry-Jean Servat - brought out a portfolio in France that Schirmer/Mosel now publishes in a german edition. 189 plates on 256 pages illustrate a whole epoch and the life of an enchanting woman.
Complete with confessions of love for her in the plenty, as f.i. that of her once-husband Roger Vadim, who said: „Not being a product of a phantasy, Brigitte could shock, seduce, create a style and finally become a sex-symbol for the whole world“. We do concur: Bardot defines the Maginot-Line of superstardom.

In this near-to intimate portfolio with countless photographs of all epochs - the book indeed defines the expression „richly illustrated“ - you can see her up close as perhaps never before, a real lush and compelling experience: „Up to her calves/she wears her boots/like vases/for her beauty/but for a drop of scent/of Guerlain/in her hair (Serge Gainsbourg).

More informations at: Schirmer/Mosel