Sylvie Vartan, a towering figure in French music, has also made a surprising impact in the fashion world. Known for her early trendsetting and stylish persona, she has shaped fashion norms of the past and continues to influence today\u2019s styles. For those younger audiences who might not appreciate her visionary impact, consider these three compelling points: 1) she co-authored a book modestly titled “Le Style Vartan”; 2) she launched her own fashion brand in the 1960s; 3) her fashion influence was celebrated in an exhibition at the Palais Galliera. Indeed, her contributions to fashion are significant.<\/p>\n
In her 2015 book, Sylvie Vartan, mother of David Hallyday, shares insightful style advice: her fashion whims, eccentricities, favorite garments, and those she despises. One piece she absolutely cannot live without is the “blue jeans.” Much like Yves Saint Laurent, who also designed for her, she once expressed a whimsical desire to have been the inventor of jeans:<\/p>\n
“I would have liked to invent jeans: the most spectacular, practical, comfortable, and casual piece. It has expression, modesty, sex appeal\u2014everything I\u2019ve always wanted in my designs,” she was quoted in Public magazine. Her passion for jeans is so intense that she often wears them head-to-toe, as seen in a famous 1971 TV appearance.<\/p>\n
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Over time, her love for jeans has led her to experiment with all of its styles, including personally studded jeans, which she crafted herself. She explains, “In New York, they sold studs with various types of claws (…) You would attach them using a tool with rivets. I bought one. I would put studs on my denim jackets.” This innovative approach is yet another testament to her lasting relevance in fashion, as her signature denim pieces have been seen everywhere last year and are expected to remain popular this year, according to fashion experts.<\/p>\n
However, there is one style she finds utterly appalling: low-rise jeans. She has never appreciated them, finding them unflattering and borderline vulgar: “I hate it, it\u2019s not attractive at all, almost vulgar.”<\/p>\n
But after all, beauty is in the eye of the beholder. In the end, vulgarity is subjective: tastes vary widely, and trends come and go over time!<\/p>\n\n\n