


A few days ago I mentioned the Brigitte Bardot song, “La Madrague”. The melancholic tune was inspired by her house in St. Tropez, an old fisherman’s shack with a boathouse, which she bought in 1959 to get away from the madness surrounding her—but of course the madness followed her and turned sleepy Saint-Tropez into a jet set hotspot, much to her chagrin.
She still lives there as of today, and has declared the house will become a museum after her death.
Photos by Georges Dudognon, 1965.




Brigitte Bardot’s last film before she retired: DON JUAN, OR IF DON JUAN WERE A WOMAN (1973).
1970s interiors: the movie. Man, one after the other. Hip interiors from that period often look like cheap sci-fi sets—or actually, better yet, like those LPs with schmaltzy symphonic versions of romantic songs. Remember those? Fireplace, a rug, a young couple, wine glasses…
And then sex.
“The Playboy House: Posh Plans for Exciting Urban Living”. From PLAYBOY magazine, May 1962. Art by Humen Ten.
“The Playboy House: Posh Plans for Exciting Urban Living”. From PLAYBOY magazine, May 1962. Art by Humen Ten.
“The Playboy House: Posh Plans for Exciting Urban Living”. From PLAYBOY magazine, May 1962. Art by Humen Ten.
































