sam lévin

sylvie vartan, 1960

i am completely & utterly OBSESSED with this picture. so perfect.

jane birkin, 1972

sheila, 1963

mylène demongeot

jeanne moreau

françoise hardy

claudia cardinale, 1961

brigitte bardot

ava gardner

anna karina, 1964

anouk aimée, ca. 1960

catherine deneuve

annette stroyberg

jean-louis trintignant & michèle mercier, 1965

romy schneider, 1960

vince taylor, 1962

all photographs by sam lévin

gaaaah, those faces!

icon - catherine deneuve

in luis bunuel’s “belle du jour”, photograph by raymond voinquel, 1967

photograph by richard avedon, ca. 1970s

photograph by milton greene

chanel nº5, 1979

with husband david bailey, may 5, 1966

1964

photographed by helmut newton, 1976

before a press conference for "belle de jour',  new york, 1968

1963

with husband roger vadim, ca. 1962

with sister françoise dorleac

in "the hunger"

with marcello mastroianni, ca. early 1970s

during the filming of roman polanski's "repulsion", 1965

photograph by raymond depardon

with yves saint laurent

catherine deneuve was my first blonde icon.....i can't really say the first time i saw her, probably in magazines for chanel nº5.  i remember seeing the hunger when i was quite young (bowie fetish!) and just being mesmerized by her.  it was so difficult to pick my favorite images of her - she is just so beyond stunning.  she was the epitome of class & otherness - so glamorous, so beautiful, so blond, so french. oh la la.  still going strong & still beautiful.  & i am still obsessed with her hair color!!

the story-tellers, part 44

catherine deneuve ca. 1968

charlotte rampling, 1960s

frida khalo photographed by nickolas muray

evelyn nesbit

helga, crown of flowers by andrew wyeth, 1973

jean shrimpton photographed by david bailey, 1960s

mick & bianca jagger

princess natalia pavlovna paley, ca. 1930s

marisa berenson photographed by henry clarke in sardinia, 1967

wild flowers photographed by mark anthony, ca. 1857

la femmes de david bailey - catherine deneuve

david bailey & catherine deneuve are surrounded by press photographers as they leave st. pancras after their wedding,  august, 1965.

catherine deneuve & david bailey cut their wedding cake, 1965

catherine deneuve walks with her groom david bailey in rome after their wedding, september 1965.

catherine deneuve by david bailey, vogue, august 1965.

catherine deneuve & david bailey at the first annacat fashion show in chelsea, london, 1965.  photograph by patrick lichfield.

catherine deneuve & husband david bailey attend the cannes film festival, 1966

bailey & deneuve

catherine deneuve & david bailey at premiere of the umbrellas of cherbourg, 1965

deneuve by bailey, 1965.

deneuve by bailey, 1966

bailey & deneuve

catherine deneuve by david bailey, 1968.

photographer david bailey was introduced to catherine deneuve by roman polanski, towards the end of the filming of repulsion in 1965. polanski told him, "you're gonna love this french girl i'm making a film with". bailey replied, "no, she's short, and i don't like short women."  when polanski talked her into posing for playboy with bailey photographing her,  "catherine and i just hit it off", bailey recalled. they were married in august of 1965. 

bailey described their seven year marriage as "like trying to manage a maserati when you're used to a ford."  bailey would be deneuve's only husband...she has said, "marriage is obsolete & a trap." although her screen image is cold, bailey has said in interviews that she's not like that. "she's got a good sense of humor - likes a good dirty joke. i love her. we're still friends." 

they separated after 3 years & divorced after 7 years in 1972 (deneuve was already pregnant with marcello mastroianni's child).