Gainsbourg in Vanity Fair

I strongly advise you to buy the November issue of Vanity Fair (pictured), for it has a very revealing and touching article about Serge. Writer Lisa Robinson got a tour, with Charlotte as a guide, inside Rue de Verneuil. We get descriptions of all the untouched rooms ("The small kitchen at the back of the first floor has a 15-inch black-and-white television set, candy bars and two cans of tomato juice in the refrigerator, opened wine bottles, and, in the cupboard, cans of food from 1991 - except, says Charlotte, the ones that exploded"), a few great pictures from inside (made by J.P. Mondino) and great archive-material. Robinson spoke with Charlotte, Jane, Regine, Françoise Hardy, Bambou and Serge's sister Jacqueline. All women talk with so much love about Serge, although they don't hide his vulgar Gainsbarre-antics. Revealing quote (by Jane): "He was the cleanest man I ever knew, he knew how to wash all the bits, but in 13 years I never saw him take a bath. I never saw him go to the loo, I never saw him completely naked, the children never saw him naked - and they tried like mad."

Serge & Charlotte Gainsbourg - Plus doux avec moi