Marine Vacth: Elements of Style

a black and white image of the actress marine vacth

If you haven’t heard of Marine Vacth you should: She is exceptional in Jeune et jolie (Young and Beautiful), now streaming on Tubi for free. Watch it! Not even a summer in the Lot could give you a better understanding of French ideas around youth, age, and sexuality. 

Vacth isn’t a fashion girl like, say, Emmanuelle Alt or Jeanne Damas: “I wear the same clothes everyday, more or less. I’ve never been particularly interested in fashion.” Off-duty, she looks like an average Parisian model-turned-mom (lol basically exceptional), while her on-duty look skews heavily toward Chanel, for whom she is an ambassador. That said, there’s plenty here to note — whether red lips or nude lips, Chanel jackets or her red-carpet Levi’s. 

1. classic french red lips on the red carpet...

Because I remember that red-lip moment (in the first image) so well, I overestimated how often she wears it: a handful of times on the Cannes red carpet and for promotional images, and not much more than that. Instead….

Le Rouge Duo in Daring Red

Chanel

Rouge Dior Lipstick in #999 Velvet

Dior

Plume Lip in En Feu

Violette

Rouge G in 880

Guerlain

2. But the softest lip off it

You’ll often find her (and her characters, that’s Jeune et jolie on the left) in a very berry/very nude lip. 

Pillow Talk

Charlotte Tilbury

Libre

Chanel

Calisson

Sephora

Petal Pop

Clinique

3. just regular levi's

Levi’s! Why not? 

Levi's 501s

Levi's

501 Original Short

Levi's

High-Rise ’90s Straight Jeans

Gap

Wedgie High-Rise Jeans

Levi's

4. chanel jackets (or similar lol)

It’s easier to live in head-to-toe Chanel when you’re working for the brand (and the recipient, God can even imagine it) of myriad closets-worth of free clothes). There are ways to get close enough, either with vintage or other brands. 

The link to TheRealReal’s Chanel jackets goes to all they have available; here’s the direct link to the pink one seen here

Pre-owned Jackets

Chanel

Tweed Jacket

Frame

Tweed Jacket

J. McLaughlin

Tweed Jacket

WHBM

5. MOVIES TO WATCH

Jeune et jolie is a terrific movie. Here’s where to stream that and three more — including L’Amant double, her reunion with Jeune et jolie director Francois Ozon. 

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