Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
Breck girl
French translation:
Fille qui le vaut bien
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Breck girl
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Lors d'un concours de beauté mère-fille, Fran Fine (de The Nanny) aperçoit une jeune fille blonde et sa maman (blonde aussi) et dit à Grace : "Don't look now. Breck girl at nine o'clock.", qui lui répond : "And a No-More-Tears babe bringing up the rear."
Des idées pour un équivalent de Breck girl ?
Des idées pour un équivalent de Breck girl ?
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une fille qui le vaut bien
As-tu gardé le shampoing pour Johnson aussi?
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Gayle Wallimann
: J'avais la même idée, (référence à l'Oréal, bien sûr). Peut-être "une femme qui le vaut bien avec sa petite qui n'a pas les yeux qui piquent". Je pense que les cheveux sont importants, tel que je connais Fran!
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Philippe C. (X)
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Michel A.
: Attention aux droits l'Oréal et le sens général de desirable and chaste n'est pas celui là
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| agree |
GILLES MEUNIER
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Karim Oualladi
: c'est une expression réservée à l'Oréal et le sens est différent (cf réf historiques)
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Comment: "merci"
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7 mins
une femme parfaite
Breck Girls
Idealizing American women as both desirable and chaste, the 'Breck Girl' ad campaign turned heads, and sold a lot of shampoo. From ...
www.smithsonianmag.si.edu/ smithsonian/issues00/jan00/breck.html - 12k -
Idealizing American women as both desirable and chaste, the 'Breck Girl' ad campaign turned heads, and sold a lot of shampoo. From ...
www.smithsonianmag.si.edu/ smithsonian/issues00/jan00/breck.html - 12k -
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Anna Maria Augustine (X)
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Merci
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Gayle Wallimann
: The context (well-known sit-com) really refers to perfect hair, Fran is very aware of hairstyles in the show. The Breck girl always has the most beautiful hair.
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Oui, je sais Gayle, c'est pourquoi j'ai gradé "2" mais je ne trouve pas en français un mot pour exprimer "desirable and chaste"
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Femme BCBG
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Gayle Wallimann
: A Breckgirl isn't necessarily BCBG. She could even be a country girl, but she has to have the most beautiful hair,no matter how she's dressed (that never shows on the picture anyway).
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ok
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Karim Oualladi
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Une femme glamour
Breck, c'est le nom de l'inventeur du champoing aux US :
One look at Breck, and you can see why Himmel would find it attractive. It was America's first shampoo -- created by John Breck in 1930 as a gentle alternative to bar soap, which he blamed for his hair loss -- a fact that appeals to Himmel's sense of nostalgia.
http://www.fortune.com/fortune/smallbusiness/articles/0,1511...
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Note added at 1 hr 23 mins (2005-02-28 09:25:14 GMT)
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la suite de l\'article : Supermodels like Brooke Shields and Christie Brinkley got their start as Breck girls, and for decades the brand -- a salon staple -- was synonymous with glamour.
par souci d\'honnêteté inetellectuelle !
One look at Breck, and you can see why Himmel would find it attractive. It was America's first shampoo -- created by John Breck in 1930 as a gentle alternative to bar soap, which he blamed for his hair loss -- a fact that appeals to Himmel's sense of nostalgia.
http://www.fortune.com/fortune/smallbusiness/articles/0,1511...
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Note added at 1 hr 23 mins (2005-02-28 09:25:14 GMT)
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la suite de l\'article : Supermodels like Brooke Shields and Christie Brinkley got their start as Breck girls, and for decades the brand -- a salon staple -- was synonymous with glamour.
par souci d\'honnêteté inetellectuelle !
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fille de chez Gap/bébé (de chez) Gap à la traîne
pourquoi ne pas utiliser une marque aussi en français? Le Gap n'est qu'une idée, il y en a sûrement d'autre. Bonne chance.
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sophistiquée vs. la jeunesse
Breck girls had long beautiful smooth hair - no trendy hairdos.
No-More-Tears babe (as writeaway said) is for baby shampoo; reference to 2nd female is that she's cute, very young (remember Fran has been looking for a husband for a LONG time)
No-More-Tears babe (as writeaway said) is for baby shampoo; reference to 2nd female is that she's cute, very young (remember Fran has been looking for a husband for a LONG time)
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