The most unforgettable swimsuits in cinema

Canopea invites you to discover some of the most iconic swimsuits on the silver screen. A flashback to make you dream…

Stars make their movies in iconic swimsuits

1956 - Brigitte Bardot – And God Created Woman (Roger Vadim): three men fight over Juliette's artichoke heart, who doesn't know which one to choose. With her white two-piece swimsuit, Brigitte Bardot definitively launches the bikini fashion in France.

1958 – Jean Seberg – Bonjour Tristesse (Otto Preminger): Cécile, 17, spends the summer on the Côte d'Azur with her father and Elsa, his latest conquest. Anne, a friend, invites herself at the last minute and plays the party pooper by creating a climate of rivalry between the women. Short hair and slender figure, Jean Seberg appears in a red one-piece swimsuit combining classicism and elegance.

1959 – Elizabeth Taylor – Suddenly Last Summer (Joseph L. Mankiewicz): Violet Venable, a wealthy widow, pays a surgeon to perform a lobotomy on her niece, who is presumed insane and has been hospitalized since the death of her cousin, who disappeared under strange circumstances. Elizabeth Taylor plays a very attractive niece, molded into a white one-piece swimsuit.

1962 – Marilyn Monroe – Something's got to give (George Cukor): a married woman and mother of two children, disappears, then reappears. In her last unfinished film, shot shortly before her death, the actress wears a very unusual flesh-colored two-piece.

1962 – Ursula Andress – James Bond 007 vs. Dr. No (Terence Young): The famous British secret agent is sent on a mission to Jamaica. He is tasked with investigating the mysterious death of one of his colleagues. Ursula Andress joins the highly coveted circle of James Bond girls and takes off her career thanks to an ivory two-piece swimsuit, belted on the hips, sporty and original at the same time.

1962 – Sue Lyon – Lolita (Stanley Kubrick): Humbert, a literature teacher, rents a room during the summer. The landlady will try to seduce him, but Humbert seems much more attracted to her daughter Lolita, a sensual teenager. Sue Lyon's printed two-piece is not limited to a simple fashion accessory. The director makes it an object of seduction essential to the screenplay.

1969 – Romy Schneider – The swimming pool (Jacques Deray): A couple lives happily in a superb villa on the Côte d'Azur. Until the day when Harry, the woman's former lover, and his daughter Penelope, invite themselves unexpectedly and come to sow trouble in the couple. Goodbye to pin-ups and make way for real women with a Romy Schneider strolling in her black two-piece with the greatest naturalness.

1983 – Isabelle Adjani – The Murderous Summer (Jean Becker): When she learns that she was born from a triple rape, a young woman decides to avenge her mother. Isabelle Adjani reveals a disturbing sensuality in a red and blue bikini perfectly in line with the 80s trend.

2000 – Cameron Diaz – Charlie’s Angels (Joseph McGinty Nichol): Natalie, Dylan and Alex are tasked with finding the kidnapped creator of a revolutionary software program. Cameron Diaz rocks a surfer girl look in a crisp white two-piece swimsuit.

2003 – Angelina Jolie – Lara Croft: Tomb Raider, the cradle of life (Jan de Bont): action and adventure for the charming archaeologist Lara Croft, who must find the famous Pandora's Box. Angelina Jolie's black swimsuit is reminiscent of the one worn by Ursula Andress in James Bond against Dr. No, forty years earlier. It has the effect of immediately placing her in the rank of sex symbol.

2003 – Ludivine Sagnier – Swimming Pool (François Ozon): A successful English crime writer spends a few days in the superb house of her publisher based in the Lubéron. Julie, the latter's daughter, comes to disturb the novelist's tranquility. Ludivine Sagnier's black and white two-piece, sunbathing by the pool, immediately transforms the young actress from a teenager into a woman.

2006 – Scarlett Johansson – Scoop (Woody Allen): A journalism student sets out on the trail of a serial killer. She is accompanied by the magician who reveals the identity of the killer during one of his acts. It only takes a little to highlight the figure of Scarlett Johansson, who appears in this film in an ultra simple red one-piece swimsuit.