Jane Birkin with Serge Gainsbourg / Image courtesy of Vanity Fair

Knitwear label Lutz & Patmos‘ guest designers have included such luminaries as actress Kirsten Dunst, director Sofia Coppola and French Vogue editor-in-chief Carine Roitfeld. For the spring, they’ve enlisted Jane Birkin, chanteuse and she of the Birkin bag and mother to Charlotte Gainsbourg and Lou Doillon. The natural collaboration of Birkin’s bohemian style and Lutz & Patmos’ sumptuous knits is a foolproof match. “She has this really relaxed, nonchalant style without being overtly sexy, which is very sexy,” commented Tina Lutz, one half of the knitwear duo. Birkin has put her touch on two pieces, both made of 100% cashmere: a knit tank and a v-neck sweater which both have a gloriously slouchy feel and come in heathered neutrals and black.

Jane Birkin, guest designer for Lutz & Patmos / Image courtesy of Lutz & Patmos

Jane Birkin V-Neck and Tank available on Lutz & Patmos’ newly opened online shop.

Tags: Carine Roitfeld, cashmere, Charlotte Gainsbourg, collaboration, designers, guest designer, Jane Birkin, Kirsten Dunst, knitwear, Lou Doillon, Lutz & Patmos, Sofia Coppola.

Francoise Hardy, the French songstress who is best known for her breathy ballads and bohemian style turns 65 on Saturday (Jan. 17). With the sort of good looks (strong jaw, big eyes, side-swept bangs) that have paved the way for girls like Charlotte Gainsbourg and Feist, Hardy was the original girl with a guitar and a definitive icon of the 1960s.

It is her style though that is still copied and oh-so perfectly French. A.P.C.’s entire look seems to be built on the Francoise staples - the striped tees, cable-knit sweaters and trench coats that exemplified Hardy’s school-girl chic. Celebrate her anniversaire with these pieces:

Striped Shirttail Tee available at Urban Outfitters

10th Arrondissement Trench Coat available at Anthropologie

Cashmere cable knit sweater available at  J.Crew’s boy’s department

Tags: 1960s, A.P.C., Charlotte Gainsbourg, Feist, Francoise Hardy, school-girl.