The BB Look

In the U.S., a girl in slacks is hardly worth a third look, but on the French Riviera last week, slacks were causing a sensation. Reason: the latest style, launched by Claire Vachon, the Riviera's high priestess of beachwear, is an outfit of very low-slung slacks combined with a bolero. The slacks are ankle-tight around the hips and finger-tight around the ankles. They start below the waistline, and thus have earned a special euphemism among English-speaking tourists: the BB look, not for Brigitte Bardot, but for belly button.

In fashionable Saint-Tropez, where BB and other international types gather to bask at one another, the quais and cafes are aflash with the new rage--in slacks of solid greens, reds and pinks, paired with multicolored boleros. While the BB look holds considerable dangers for anyone above a size 10, most of the girls have done Madame Vachon credit--proving once again that it matters not how much shows but quelque chose.

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