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Serge Gainsbourg's house opens as long-awaited museum

More than 30 years after his death, the former home of French pop legend Serge Gainsbourg opened to the public on Wednesday – and tickets are already sold out for the rest of the year.

Radio France Internationale

NYFW: Michael Kors and Tory Burch come out on top

While Kors dreamed of Caribbean holidaying, Burch’s women became queens of odd, surprising elegance, says Laura Antonia Jordan

Evening Standard

Adèle Exarchopoulos: ‘Film shoots are like little summer love stories’

The French star of Blue Is the Warmest Colour and new film Passages talks sex scenes, avoiding Hollywood and eating Toblerones in Jane Birkin’s bath

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And Just Like That … 20 memorable looks – and what they tell us about fashion today

Sex and the City brought us hundreds of iconic outfits, and its follow-up looks set to do the same – with a new tutu, repurposed wedding dress and vintage Ralph Lauren

The Guardian - UK

How to buy women’s jeans: pick a classic, avoid elastic and always try them on in store

Shopping for the best denim can be an ordeal because every brand and style fits differently. But the reward for all that time in the changing room is a pair that won’t need replacing

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Beauty Around the Clock: Christy Turlington

The Noble Panacea Changemaker in Residence believes we need to see more "real" faces.

Marie Claire

Grayson Perry’s art knows no borders

Brief letters: Englishness in Edinburgh | Yorkshire puddings | Jane Birkin v ’Allo ’Allo! | Jogging

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Charlotte Gainsbourg and Lou Doillon carry mother Jane Birkin’s coffin at Paris funeral

‘I see already the emptiness that she has left behind,’ Gainsbourg told the congregation

The Independent UK

Paris bids final farewell to Jane Birkin, the most British of French icons

Hundreds of fans joined film legends and family members to bid farewell to British-born actress and singer Jane Birkin at her funeral in Paris on Monday.

Radio France Internationale

Jane Birkin funeral: Tributes paid to style icon as celebrities join family and friends to say farewell in Paris

Vanessa Paradis and Brigitte Macron among mourners at ceremony

Evening Standard

Watch: Jane Birkin fans gather for actor and singer’s funeral in Paris

Watch live as fans of Jane Birkin gather for the actor and singer's funeral in Paris on Monday, 24 July.

The Independent UK

Jane Birkin, an English chanteuse who left her mark on French pop

Born in London, Jane Birkin moved to Paris in her 20s and never left. While she’s remembered outside France primarily as the woman doing the moaning on an erotic duet with Serge Gainsbourg, over the span of a 50-year career she threw herself into the French musical tradition and carved…

Radio France Internationale

Best Birkin bag lookalikes to complete your quiet luxury aesthetic

The closest thing to owning the iconic accessory

Evening Standard

La chanson française: Exploring the ins and outs of iconic French music

The recent passing of Jane Birkin was a reminder of just how attached French people are to la chanson française, which literally translates to "French songs" but is much more than that. Chanson française is a very distinct genre of music and is intertwined with French culture and history. Several…

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Medical personnel called as Brigitte Bardot has breathing issue in St. Tropez heat

First responders were called to the St. Tropez home of cinema icon Brigitte Bardot, who reportedly suffered a breathing issue Wednesday at her French residence.

The Independent UK

How Jane Birkin inspired the most expensive bag in the world

Jane Birkin, the inspiration behind eponymous bag, died at age 76

The Independent UK

Jane Birkin’s Paris home ‘targeted by thieves’ days after death as family release statement

Singer’s family says she died on first night alone in two years

Evening Standard

Jane Birkin died ‘on her first night alone for almost two years’, family reveal

Singer and actress Jane Birkin died on her first night alone for almost two years as she tried to regain her independence while fighting cancer, it emerged on Wednesday.

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The Guardian - UK

Jane Birkin’s Gallic style booms on resale sites after her death

Sites report leap in interest in singer’s signature accoutrements – not least her namesake bag

The Guardian - UK

Letter: Jane Birkin obituary

Peter Rankin writes: You might say that Peter Brook is another name that could be added to Jane Birkin’s long list of eminent directors

France 24

Jane Birkin: The British actress who became a French icon

She was an icon in France: a British actress, singer and muse to many. In this edition we remember Jane Birkin, who died on Sunday at the age of 76. A British woman who was a cultural idol for the French, the lover and collaborator of one of their most…

Evening Standard

The Birkin bag — an evolution of the ultimate, theft-worthy, fashion status symbol

The Birkin is the most revered handbag of all time — and one of the most expensive. As the story of a stolen Birkin goes viral, we look back on the bag’s inception

Evening Standard

Jane Birkin — the Londoner who became fashion’s eternal muse

The ‘morning after’ hair, the gap-tooth smile, the oversized men’s blazers and — of course — the Hermès bag, Jane Birkin wielded once-in-a-generation style power, says Teo van den Broeke

Evening Standard

Emmanuel Macron, Alexa Chung and Carla Bruni lead tributes to “French icon” Jane Birkin

Leading names from the worlds of politics, fashion, Hollywood and music have released messages about the late Jane Birkin

Evening Standard

‘Keep smiling, it takes 10 years off!’ — Jane Birkin’s life in quotes

From smoking to stealing and Serge Gainsbourg, Martha Alexander reveals the icon’s greatest soundbites over the years

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