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Radio 3,12 Jan 2016,14 mins

SeriesListener, They Wore It

Francoise Sagan's Bonjour Tristesse

The Essay

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Five writers recall clothes and accessories that resonate vividly in works of art: Journalist Rachel Cooke remembers reading the best-seller Bonjour Tristesse as a teenager, in which a character's memorable slacks, or 'pedal pushers', said everything about French chic. Or so she thought.

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