Image by © JP Laffont/Sygma/Corbisįrancoise Hardy in Montmartre – Photo by © Jean-Marie Périer viaįrancoise Hardy snapping photos during the filming of Grand Prix, 1966.įrancoise Hardy – Photo by © Jean-Marie Périerįrancoise Hardy posing at her Paris home (in a 670/671 Eames lounge chair?), 1970- Image by © Leonard de Raemy/Sygma/Corbisįrancoise Hardy in Central Park, 1969. The following year the Brabham team won its second successive world championship when New Zealander Denny Hulme drove the BT20 to victory. Brabham was the first driver in history to be knighted for his services to motorsport, and the only Formula One driver to have won a world title in a car of his own construction – the BT19 – which he drove to victory in 1966. viaįrancoise Hardy with Formula One racing legend (Sir) Jack Brabham, three-time World Champion, during the filming of Grand Prix, 1966. World-famous “Grand Prix” drivers who appear in the picture include 1962 world champion Graham Hill, Jack Brabham, World Champion in 1959, 1960 & 1966 five-time World Champion Juan Manuel Fangio (1951, ’54, ’55, ’56 & ’57), and 1961 World Champion Phil Hill. Her unease with fame and adoration is at times clearly evident in her photos– serving only to make her even more alluring.įrancoise Hardy perched atop a Honda motorcycle is an all-time internet #babesonbikes favorite.įrancoise Hardy resting in a Formula One race car during the filming of Grand Prix, 1966.įrancoise Hardy sittting in a Formula One race car during the filming of Grand Prix, 1966.įrancoise Hardy, Antonio Sabato, and director John Frankenheimer on the set of 1966′s Grand Prix, which won three Academy Awards. The four stars- James Garner, Yves Montand, Brian Bedford and Antonio Sabato did their own driving on real GP tracks. With her faraway gaze and lazy smile, Francoise Hardy is like a melancholy dream that you simply don’t want to wake up from.

The incredible enduring images of Hardy, particularly those by famed photographer Jean-Marie Perier (who shot her donned in Dior, Yves Saint Laurent, Andre Courréges, and Paco Rabanne), made her an instant and timeless style icon. She was adored by Bob Dylan, Nick Drake, Mick Jagger, David Bowie, and more. Mysterious, sweetly naive, and utterly desirable. Francoise Hardy on the ‘Grand Prix’ film set seen wearing co-star James Garner’s helmet, 1966.įrancoise Hardy was a wistful breath of fresh air during the sex, drugs & rock ‘n’ roll of the 1960s.

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