Françoise Hardy, fragile and sentimental, was an icon of music and cinema. With an unforgettable charm
Françoise Hardy she passed away on June 11 at the age of 80. With her velvety voice, she told the story of an entire country, France, while at the same time singing her voice, to the tune of her sensitive melodies, with a veneer of disconcerting sincerity. In the musical landscape of her time, she was an anomaly with a singular clothing style, and from her simple status as a somewhat fragile singer, she became afundamental pop icon.
Today, in the wake of this sad news, Vogue traces the career of Françoise Hardy. A tribute to the woman who always found the right words to sing our pains, our dreams and our disillusionsour joys and all our sorrows.
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Françoise Hardy, incurable romantic
Discreet, introverted, self-aware and incurably sentimental, Françoise Hardy has always been a shy and charming woman. The stage terrified her, because she never knew what to do with her body. Throughout her life, Françoise Hardy never stopped having stage fright. Every time she left the scene, she swore it would be her last time, too shaken by an emotion so strong that it paralyzed her and shattered her nerves. Yet she Hardy sang her emotions best, even the most uncontrollable ones. Her favorite themes mirrored her personal life and her songs are forever inked with the thwarted love that bound her to the singer-songwriter and guitarist Jacques Dutronc.
