Silver Screen

One of French cinemas' most emblematic faces and and an ambassador of La Nouvelle Vague, Anna Karina was born in Denmark to a dress shop owner and a ship's captain. Having begun her career in her native...

Once upon a time, Léa Seydoux dreamt of becoming an opera singer, but it was at drama school, aged 18, that the French actress found her calling. In perfect Parisian nonchalance, her attitude to beauty is...

Fragile, beautiful, disturbed, regal, aloof, and positively seductive, the icy blondes honoured by Alfred Hitchcock's movies had complex, intricately woven personalities which puzzled the men who crossed their...

It has been over 60 years since Marilyn Monroe was first quoted confessing she wore nothing but Chanel No. 5 to bed. The legendary French brand went on a mission to discover the source, and the result is...

Sofia Coppola's movie, The Virgin Suicides - faithfully based on the debut novel by Jeffrey Eugenides - was an immense aesthetic reference to me when it came out in 1999. Still fresh-faced and rebellious, I...

One cannot think of French beauty without Catherine Deneuve springing to mind. Famous for her roles on iconic movies such as 'Repulsion' and 'Belle de Jour', the now 70 year-old actress still looks picture...