Brigitte Bardot

While working on my Dakota Fanning post, I realized how many stars were inspired by Brigitte Bardot. Bardot was the sex symbol of the sixties, and came to symbolize the aesthetics of the decade, with her soft blonde hair and heavy eye makeup. Her work with Serge Gainsbourg is best remembered by their hit single Bonnie et Clyde, a spoken word track that epitomizes the intersection of French fashion and experimental music. Several decades, drugs, husbands, and run ins with the law later she looks like an overfed bird.

Country star Faith Hill, pictured on her favorite magazine to cover for, was inspired by Bardot for a photoshoot that preceded the infamous photoshopping one (also on Redbook). It's very Stepford Wives of her.

Aussie superstar Kylie Minogue's entire Body Language project, from the videos, to the album photoshoot, to the concerts, were inspired directly by Bardot. Kylie's song Sensitized uses the backing track of Bonnie et Clyde. Kylie even preformed a medley of Serge Gainsburg's over sexualized song "Je t'aime...moi non plus" to highlight her erotic approach.

And for the inevitable Madonna connection, she was first inspired by Bardot for her iconic black and white Cherish video. Madonna called it one of her more "retarded" songs, but the connection is undeniable.

Later, the inspiration of Bardot was more appropriately used for Madonna's "Sex" multimedia project, from the album art of Erotica, to her makeup in hair in the book Sex and film Body of Evidence (with Julianne Moore).
This isn't your typical "they stole/copied a given person" post, I was merely interested by how much influence this one time French model turned political activist has had.