French Nouvelle Vague Hoodies

Anna Karina illustration

'French Icon' Jane Birkin Dies Age 76

Alphaville blue moon vinyl, Alphaville is a German synth-pop band that rose to fame in the 1980s. Its founding members were lead singer Marian Gold, Bernhard Lloyd, and Frank Mertens.

Vivre Sa Vie

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French New Wave Cinema changed everything. Film fans celebrate the experimental style and reality of these films. Great gift for the cinephile or francophile. Viva la mustaches, cigarettes and dark oversized sunglasses!

Jean Seberg in Jean-Luc Godard's seminal 1960 French New Wave film "Breathless."

Anna Karina Is My Homegirl / French Film Geek Gift

Belmondo. Jean-Paul Belmondo.

A minimal tribute to the 80s classic film. Distressed/Faded print effect.

Directed by Jean-Luc Godard and starring Eddie Constantine, Alphaville combines the genres of dystopian science fiction and film noir to tell the story of Lemmy Caution, a trench-coat wearing secret agent in a futuristic sci-fi dystopia, the technocratic dictatorship of Alphaville. The Alphaville inspired design celebrates the cult classic French film, and Constantine's reprisal of his role as Lemmy Caution.

Serge Gainsbourg was a French singer, songwriter, pianist, film composer, poet, painter, screenwriter, writer, actor and director. Regarded as one of the most important figures in French popular music, he was renowned for his often provocative and scandalous releases, as well as his diverse artistic output, which embodied genres ranging from jazz, mambo, world, chanson, pop and yé-yé, to rock and roll, progressive rock, reggae, electronic, disco, new wave and funk.

The Godmother of the French New Wave

The Citroën CX is a large, front-engine, front-wheel-drive executive car manufactured and marketed by Citroën from 1974 to 1991. Production models took the form of a four-door fastback sedan, station wagon (estate), and a long-wheelbase fastback limousine.

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Francois Truffaut - 400 Blows / 400 Coups Illustration

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Alain Delon Is My Homeboy / French Film Geek Gift

Serge Gainsbourg was a French singer, songwriter, pianist, film composer, poet, painter, screenwriter, writer, actor and director. Regarded as one of the most important figures in French popular music, he was renowned for his often provocative and scandalous releases, as well as his diverse artistic output, which embodied genres ranging from jazz, mambo, world, chanson, pop and yé-yé, to rock and roll, progressive rock, reggae, electronic, disco, new wave and funk.

Serge Gainsbourg (born Lucien Ginsburg, French pronunciation: ​[sɛʁʒ ɡɛ̃sbuʁ]; 2 April 1928 – 2 March 1991) was a French singer, songwriter, pianist, film composer, poet, painter, screenwriter, writer, actor and director. Regarded as one of the most important figures in French popular music, he was renowned for his often provocative and scandalous releases, as well as his diverse artistic output, which embodied genres ranging from jazz, mambo, world, chanson, pop and yé-yé, to rock and roll, progressive rock, reggae, electronic, disco, new wave and funk.

Illustration of the french Nouvelle Vague movie by Jean Luc Godard "Vivre sa vie" with Anna Karina ("My life to live" in US.)

“I don't think you should feel about a film. You should feel about a woman, not a movie. You can't kiss a movie.” - Godard

Introverted But Willing To Discuss Mark French Cinema

Yé-yé (French pronunciation: ​[jeje]) was a style of pop music that emerged from Southern Europe in the early 1960s. The term "yé-yé" was derived from the English term "yeah! yeah!", popularized by British beat music bands. The style expanded worldwide, due to the success of figures such as the French singer-songwriters Serge Gainsbourg and Françoise Hardy. Yé-yé was a particular form of counterculture, deriving most of its inspiration from UK or American rock and roll. Additional stylistic elements of yé-yé song composition include baroque, exotica, pop, jazz, and the French chanson.

Ferdinand, an unhappily married, unemployed man, leaves his wife and children and runs away with his ex-lover Marianne, a weapons smuggler, in search of adventure.

Non Je Ne Regrette Rien

Serge Gainsbourg was a French singer, songwriter, pianist, film composer, poet, painter, screenwriter, writer, actor and director. Regarded as one of the most important figures in French popular music, he was renowned for his often provocative and scandalous releases, as well as his diverse artistic output, which embodied genres ranging from jazz, mambo, world, chanson, pop and yé-yé, to rock and roll, progressive rock, reggae, electronic, disco, new wave and funk.

Serge Gainsbourg (born Lucien Ginsburg, French pronunciation: ​[sɛʁʒ ɡɛ̃sbuʁ]; 2 April 1928 – 2 March 1991) was a French singer, songwriter, pianist, film composer, poet, painter, screenwriter, writer, actor and director. Regarded as one of the most important figures in French popular music, he was renowned for his often provocative and scandalous releases, as well as his diverse artistic output, which embodied genres ranging from jazz, mambo, world, chanson, pop and yé-yé, to rock and roll, progressive rock, reggae, electronic, disco, new wave and funk.

Non Je Ne Regrette Rien

Francois Truffaut - 400 Blows / 400 Coups Illustration

The Citroën CX is a large, front-engine, front-wheel-drive executive car manufactured and marketed by Citroën from 1974 to 1991. Production models took the form of a four-door fastback sedan, station wagon (estate), and a long-wheelbase fastback limousine.

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Jacques Brel ∆ Vintage Look Fan Design

Serge Gainsbourg (born Lucien Ginsburg, French pronunciation: ​[sɛʁʒ ɡɛ̃sbuʁ]; 2 April 1928 – 2 March 1991) was a French singer, songwriter, pianist, film composer, poet, painter, screenwriter, writer, actor and director. Regarded as one of the most important figures in French popular music, he was renowned for his often provocative and scandalous releases, as well as his diverse artistic output, which embodied genres ranging from jazz, mambo, world, chanson, pop and yé-yé, to rock and roll, progressive rock, reggae, electronic, disco, new wave and funk.

Serge Gainsbourg was a French singer, songwriter, pianist, film composer, poet, painter, screenwriter, writer, actor and director. Regarded as one of the most important figures in French popular music, he was renowned for his often provocative and scandalous releases, as well as his diverse artistic output, which embodied genres ranging from jazz, mambo, world, chanson, pop and yé-yé, to rock and roll, progressive rock, reggae, electronic, disco, new wave and funk.

Zouzou is an actress, model, singer and icon of the 1960s and early 1970s. She is known largely for her lead role in Éric Rohmer's Love in the Afternoon. The screen name "Zouzou" reportedly stems from her zézaiement of the consonants 's','j' and 'z'