The Wish List: A Tribute To Serge Gainsbourg

While taking a stroll on a lazy sunny, summer Sunday in Paris a couple months ago, I came across the apartment where Serge Gainsbourg used to live and noticed that someone had scribbled "we miss you Serge, life is such a bore," in tiny block letters on the building's façade. The quote stuck with me as I wandered around Saint-Germain that afternoon, eventually arriving at the iconic Café de Flore for a midday rendez-vous. As I people-watched while sipping my apéritif, I thought about Serge, and slipped into revery. The iconic French singer, poet, artist and actor who famously dated Bridgitte Bardot and Jane Birkin in the '60s and '70s was known as a rogue, but his panache and charm, along with tremendous musical talent, made him one of the style icons of his time.