Belle de Jour has a lot going for it. 1967 Paris isn’t a bad start, plus legendarily stylish screen babe Catherine Deneuve, a plethora of gorgeous coats designed by Yves Saint Laurent, fancy French interiors and some eye-popping intrigue as an affluent but bored housewife spends her afternoons as a prostitute. Skip over the selling yourself bit, and instead, dream up a slightly less scandalous version for yourself. — Amy M.
1. Adelphi Wallpaper, Carnations and Shells; 2. Vintage Pillbox Hat, $30; 3. Trillage Mirror, $1045; 4. Classic Kettle Desk Phone, $53; 5. Walnut Bar Tool Set, $32; 6. Badgley Mischka Heels, $215; 7. Candle Holder, $150; 8. Dom Perignon 2002, $149; 9. Holmegaard Champagne Flute, $40; 10. Burberry Patent Trench, $1495
The second set of stills and a second roundup continue after the jump . . .
Deneuve’s subtle, stoney Séverine Serizy is enough to send me packing to Paris. She pulls off an elegance that isn’t often associated with blunt force sexuality, a combo that is pretty powerful in the style department. I tend towards church mouse in my day-to-day life, but I’ll be dialing up the drama just as soon as it’s time to pull out a trench coat.
1. Antiqued-Glass Pedestal Bowl, $89; 2. Black Mother of Pearl Boxes, $65+; 3. Chantelle Garter Belt, $60; 4. Aidan Gray Chandelier, $1350; 5. Christina Vase, $110; 6. Big Ben Alarm Clock, $39; 7. Vintage French Bar Cart, $1980; 8. Vigo Round Table, $798; 9. Vintage Italian Bar Tools; 10. Gold Leaf Rattan Glasses, $375; 11. Amulette Bra and Knickers, $113
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Ooh la la, I could definitely see myself living in Belle de Jour!
Lovely picks. I’ve been searching high and low for a bar cart like that. So pretty.
I love the red coat! So perfect for the coming fall!
This is a great film. I saw it for the first time a few years ago and was taken aback by the “out there” storyline (for back then anyway!).
Great pick!
My dears, “back then” was far more risque than today. And “way back then” even more so. In any case, vive la France!
That wallpaper just made my heart skip a beat- as did the bar cart!
Love this movie…I have not seen it in a long time and remember being quite shocked considering it was made in 1967! But…it is French after all ;)
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I love this movie, and your roundup, but want to add that the roger vivier patent leather flats she wears (with buckles!) are GREAT. there’s tons of shots of just her feet as she approaches the brothel, and the shoes are so divine and chic! it is a slightly…(can i say “kinky” on d*s?!) off-beat film, but so very stylish.
Love the Burberry coat, the heels, and the gold leaf glasses!! How classic!
you have to be an amazing woman like Catherine Deneuve to be the muse of YSL when he was alive and the lover of Marcello Mastroiani… more women out there today should be following on her footsteps!
Un belle film! I too remember being taken aback by the profoundly risque nature of this film… very brave for the day. Love that fashion era – a great backdrop for the subject… as the lines are so clean and pure.
This movie sounds intriguing, Catherine Deneuve is a classic beauty, I always love these” living in”posts. Those rattan gold glasses are fun! I’d like the vintage bar cart too!
I love this column, I first discovered it when you did “In the Mood for Love” which has a sequel called “2046″. I would love to see that movie profiled or “Hideous Kinky” starring Kate Winslet. It can be a little difficult to find but it is set in Morocco in the 1960′s and it would make a brilliant, stylish post!
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