Hello Vogue Paris, I'm Caroline de Maigret
and we're going to talk about my icons.
When I was 11 years old, I was in seventh grade and I fell madly in love
with Etienne Daho's album.
In it was Duel au soleil, that song would drive me crazy.
Me and my friend Shandira, I remember we wrote a letter to Etienne Daho.
He sent each of us a little postcard
which he signed with his name, along with a little note
and I was very, very happy.
The Things of Life by Claude Sautet.
Actually, more or less all of Claude Sautet's films,
for me, are iconic.
There's this approach to love which is very powerful, and me,
I'm very much in love with love and love stories.
His characters are iconic.
There are some really iconic scenes in this film.
Actually, it tells the story
of how every moment is important in life
rather than big events, actually.
I find it very graceful.
French Fried Vacation 2.
I know, it's super cliché, but it was everything when I was a teenager.
We only had one videocassette back then when we re-recorded the films,
and it's, "Hey, you forgot something!"
Josiane Balasko tossing the scrabble, and being really happy about it.
She thinks she's in a crazy state of empathy.
It's awful and it makes me laugh a lot.
Elevator to the Gallows by Miles Davis.
We're in the middle of the 50s and there's such an...
an alliance of film noir and jazz.
He composed it live while watching the film One Night in Paris.
Sabotage by the Beastie Boys.
When it came out, I had just graduated from high school
and it was really a fusion of everything I loved,
which was the fusion of punk, hip-hop, rap.
And it's a Spike Jonze clip
which is a kind of parody of the 70s crime fighting series,
like Starsky & Hutch and all that, it's really hilarious.
I mean, I don't know, I love it.
And there's this frantic pace, it's funny.
The visuals are great.
Obviously, the sound is awesome.
The Chanel jacket.
I'm fascinated by the workmanship of this jacket
and the details in the hem in which a chain is sewn in.
so that it always stays upright, no matter how you move.
I'm wearing it now.
Here's the hem.
It's probably a big cliché, but that's the concept of an Iconic.
Vanessa Paradis' picture taken by Mert and Marcus.
She's the ultimate French icon.
I love the quays of the Seine.
It's a place where, whenever I'm a little sad,
I like to collect myself.
I get there on my scooter.
There's a draught on the docks.
Our hair is always flying in the wind and suddenly,
I feel like I'm in a great dramatic story.
I don't know, there's something quite enchanting about contemplating the water,
Marguerite Duras, she has a way of talking about love that transcends me.
There are never really any great action moments.
The actions are more in the words, the characters.
It always makes you want to see great love stories.
The latest one I read again was The Ravishing of Lol Stein,
which is great.
But they're all great.
I don't want to choose one at all, actually.
It's very difficult to choose an iconic concert, but it's the LCD Soundsystem concert in 2016
at the We Love Green Festival in Paris.
When they arrived it was raining heavily, they went live immediately
with Daft Punk is playing at my house.
And there it was, it was like a religious experience.
Everyone had the same energy.
It was great.
Keith Richards.
For me, he's my role model for style.
When I wear a jacket or something, I ask myself,
"OK, so how would he wear it?
Yes, he would exaggeratedly unbutton his shirt,
he would wear a tonne of necklaces and stuff".
He always has a way of making it look more rock and roll.
Obviously, anyway, he is by default, he's the icon of rock,
but he also has something very sensual.
And his music too, everything.
That's an icon.
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