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Le Mepris (1963)

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Brigitte Bardot’s clothes (when dressed) in this film goes long ways to inspiring 1960s vintage looks today. Kylie Minogue directly referenced the style in the cover of her 2003 album, Body Language.
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Dr. No (1962)

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The first of all Bond films gave rise to the most iconic,and certainly the one everyone refers back to when thinking of the classic Bond Girl. After the success and
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West Side Story (1961)

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West side story when adapted from a Broadway production to film, took its costume designer with it.  Irene Sharaff second only to Edith Head in winning 5 academy awards, complimented
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Breakfast at Tiffany´s (1961)

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This being an early Sixties film it still had the style and glamour of the 1950s woman but was a milestone in portraying the more independent, carefree person the woman of the Sixties was
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Funny Face (1957)

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An Edith Head and Hubert de Givenchy collaboration in Audrey Hepburn’s first great musical production, this film was another of Edith’s nominations for an academy award for costume design. Fred Astaire as a fashion
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