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Sylvie Vartan at the Premiere of the movie "A tout casser"

4 October 1968

 

Sylvie Vartan et Johnny Hallyday se rendent en moto à la première de "A tout casser" 1968

 

 

In 1967, they had made a memorable appearance in a Lamborghini but this time their new toy took the form of a two seater motorbike whith shining chromes allowing for an entrance worthy of "the wild ones": Johnny and Sylvie came to attend the premiere of the film "A tout casser" which took place at the "le Triomphe" cinema on the Champs-Elysées...

 

How better than straddling Johnny's bike, clamped around his waist, could Sylvie showoff her new "apache" outfit taken straight from her 1968 autumn-winter collection?

 

The film was directed by John Berry and Johnny played one of the principle roles alongside Eddie Constantine and Michel Serrault. Like most productions casting ye-ye stars as leads, it was a flop in Paris with 166,000 at the box office, but caught up admirably in the rest of the country to finish at 2,487,000 ticket sales. One last success for Eddie Constantine...

 

After the showing, Sylvie and Johnny ate at the Bistingo, last-cry restaurant of Saint-Germain-des-Prés that Carlos had just opened with Hubert Wayaffe, rue Saint-Benoît...

 

 

Press Review

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Johnny and Sylvie, "A tout casser"  

 

 

All the golden crowds of Paris that flowed down the Champs-Elysées yellowed at the thought that black motorbike jackets were infiltrating their territory. Looking closer, they would have recognised Johnny Hallyday at the head of this roaring tide that, the other day, attended the premiere of the film of the youth idol called "A   tout   casser" and where there was   

precisely noone butyoung hairy motorheads. For the occasion, Johnny didn't wear leather trousers or motorcycle boots. In a black jacket, he didn't have wings on his back, but rather a charming squaw named Sylvie Vartan. Even more surprising: despite the roar of the engine, they seemed to hear each other just fine...  Pourquoi pas  (7 nov.1968)

     
Sylvie Vartan et Johnny Hallyday en moto  à la première de "A tout casser" 1968

Sylvie Vartan et Johnny Hallyday en moto  à la première de "A tout casser" 1968

 

 

 

Sylvie Vartan et Johnny Hallyday entourés de fans en moto à la première de "A tout casser" 1968

Sylvie in an apache squaw,  Johnny with hair in the wind: a spectacular arrival.

 
Sylvie Vartan 1968 en robe courte et bottes dans Paris

Sylvie Vartan, Johnny Hallyday et Eddie Constantine à la première de "A tout casser" 1968 Sylvie between Johnny and Eddie Constantine ▲

 

Sylvie Vartan et Johnny Hallyday au Bistingo après la première de "A tout casser" 1968

 

 

Sylvie Vartan et Johnny Hallyday dîinent au Bistingo en 1968

▲  Dinner as lovers at the Bistingo

 

Sylvie Vartan en robe style indienne devant Johnny Hallyday en 1968Sylvie Vartan et Johnny Hallyday sur une moto à la première de "A tout casser" 1968 Sylvie Vartan et Johnny Hallyday devant le Bistingo rue Saint Benoit 1968

Johnny Hallyday and Sylvie Vartan, the most famous couple of French song, always want to be on the cutting edge of youth fashion. For that, while Sylvie is the first to appropriate indian style, Johnny swapped his big engines for James Dean style high power bikes. In her own shop, Sylvie selected for herself one of her latest creations in suede. It's on an enormous motorbike that they made their way to the premiere of the film "A tout casser", in which Johnny plays the role of a young yob. She was dressed in a "comanche" piece and he in a black jacket. After the showing, still on the bike and escorted by a crowd of admirers, Sylvie and Johnny went to Saint-Germain-des-Près to dine at the Brocherie. Sylvie exlaimed:  "I have to share my husband's tastes, even if the sound of the bikes and the speed tend to make me nervous"...     Semana  (Spain)

 

 

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The fashion spot

 

 

  Créations Sylvie Vartan

Autumn-winter 1968/69: "apache" fashion

 

 

EP "La Maritza" RCA VICTOR 87.074 M

 

 

It was in Brazil that Sylvie Vartan presented her ready-to-wear 1968 autumn-winter collection, under the brand "Sylvie Vartan Créations". It's at the same time one of the richest and the most daring, in a word on of the most successful, whose spirit you have to search for in the steppes of central Asia as well as in the planes of the far west... The "apache" dress (or "comanche", depending on the article...) stands out in the iconography of Sylvie Vartan because it features on the cover of one of her most emblematic singles:  "La Maritza". On television, she wore it in France in "Age tendre" but also in "Si ça vous chante", and in Italy in "Doppia Coppia". But it's probably the Italian documentary "Una moto per due" that shows most deliciously this Amerindian inspired dress...

 

 

 

Sylvie Vartan en apache vers 1968

 

"Una moto per due"  (apache fashion at 10:06)

 

 

 

 

Press Review

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 Un petit tour dans la boutique de Sylvie

 

SyIvie Vartantakes us soaring from snow to sun, from the earth to the stars, from Spain to Russia, Zaragoza, Cadiz, Venus, Orion, Saturn. From one catwalk to another, she has gleaned seductive or original ideas and has gathered them together in her collection for you. Sylvie has good taste and everyone will find something, I believe, across the diverse trends of her designs. For the coats, the line is close to the body, the closing double buttoned, the collar well defined with wide lapels often fur lined — giving an air at once distinguished and sporty. Stitching, crosstitching everywhere, everywhere! On the pockets, the collar, the lapels, the sleeves.

 

 

Croquis création Sylvie Vartan collection hivers 1968

 

The belt is where is should be, and even very visible; either inlaid, fashioned from leather, in metal loops or with multicoloured stones. The craze of the moment remains the little jacket in leather or suede, cut at the waist. Variations are added: assymetrical closing, leather inlays, different tones or fur. It's all warm, all beautiful. The long side to side coats, from sheep or lambskin, worn over trousers, will delight sophisticated, sporty or timid ladies. The little checked suits are sensible and sweet. The skirts are embellished with folds and topstitching, with inlaid pockets. Their length is becoming impressive and gives young ladies an archaic allure from another era. The line of the skirts is lightly flared on the whole. I very much liked the little suede "apache" dress that gives the look of a squaw, a civilised touch, to the wearer. The plain lined dresses are adorned with gilded or multicoloured braids on the sleeves, at the waist. A few shoulder tabs from last year have still strayed onto the shoulders of small dresses, with high collars, in fine wool. Tweed, doeskin and broached velvet are the kings of the season. Ladies, whether you mis the Andalusion sun or you are takng on the siberian cold, you wil find something to your taste in the series of designs that Sylvie has proposed for you. The "slim figures" will like the big belts around the waist, the "fuller ladies" will appreciate the few centimetres that appear at the bottom of the clothes! Yolande  Les échos de la mode

 

 

Les mannequins des Créations Sylvie Vartan hiver 1968

☀️ Sylvie presents indian fashion

The winter fashion presentations take place at a rate of several each day in our big cities. Each company makes sure to present theirs: couturiers, ready-to-wear makers, shoe designers, hari stylists, all the way to base level manufacturers. But that's not enough for the artisans that sometimes rightly judge themselves masters in these matters or extol a speciality. This is why every fashion house, every boutique organises it's own little show. Each has their audience. The one that took place yesterday in a hotel in the capital brought the ye-yes running. Sylvie Vartan presented her collection in person. In personne; it's fair to say as she wore herself of of her favourite pieces. In this case it was a squaw costume because youth fashion is more western than ever. Miniskirts have dethroned the blue jeans but the boots have stuck around and are climbing up towards to the knees. Leather and suede, very beautiful materials and in superb tones for these fringed dresses and these sheepskin coats. A fashion to have fun with because it's hard to see it, despite the stylistic freedom of young people, appearing in school or in the office. Be that as in may. Sylvie's fans will also have the choice of more sensible, even very sensible dresses. Because Sylvie still has a taste for the classic dresses that are still abundant in her collection. A little pricey, marked with such a name!                   France Soir (1968 )►


⛅️  Indian designed from the "Sylvie Vartan" collection With a whole indian tribe, the "icon" of French song, Sylvie Vartan, took off for Brussels. There she presented the new pieces from the collection "Créations Sylvie Vartan". As we can see in the photo, everything is inpired by the apache line even though amongst the models not one has red-skinned ancestry. Ama (Spain October 1968)

 

⚡️ The designs of Sylvie The famous Sylvie Vartan poses with her models upon her arrival in Brussels where she has arrived from Paris to present her collection "Créations Sylvie Vartan". As you can see in the photo, the designs are mainly in the "western" style, inspired by films evoquing the American West, and, we suppose, all of these "boom" and excessively "in" designs will disappear without glory and without a trace, because they don't deserve anything more. Europa Press   (Spain 1968)

 

 

 

 

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