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Throughout the ’50s, her appearance in risqué French films, some directed by then-husband Roger Vadim, endeared her to future giants of the nouvelle vague.
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Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 28 Dec. 2025
Black rollnecks now feel nouvelle vague; prairie dresses look all the more saccharine; blouses with eccentric necklines have their time to shine now that my hair isn't concealing the main event.
—Georgia Murray, refinery29.com, 15 Apr. 2020
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Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 28 Dec. 2025
Black rollnecks now feel nouvelle vague; prairie dresses look all the more saccharine; blouses with eccentric necklines have their time to shine now that my hair isn't concealing the main event.
—Georgia Murray, refinery29.com, 15 Apr. 2020
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“Nouvelle vague.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nouvelle%20vague. Accessed 11 Mar. 2026.
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