France’s Princess of Pop, Sylvie Vartan, the popular French entertainer, was created in vinyl, as a 12-inch tall fashion doll, by Poupées Raynal for the home market.
This doll is not very well-known outside France, but her distinctive looks make her a favorite with collectors who discover her. Raynal produced a limited range of only 12 outfits for the Sylvie doll. Nowadays, due to their rarity, these clothes have become expensive, and even harder to find than the doll herself – she is a niche-collector favorite. The full line-up consists of twelve Sylvie Vartan outfits – six city outfits and six gala outfits.
In this video, we take a closer look at Raynal’s doll, with dolls and outfits from the collection of Franck Drocourt, the preeminent Sylvie Vartan fan, designer, and collector. Many of the images shown are from his incredible collection, his dolls are often wearing bespoke outfits he created especially for his muse. He points out that the entertainer is the only French icon to have been dressed by some of the greatest names in fashion, including Yves Saint Laurent, Pierre Cardin, Paco Rabanne, Kenzo, Karl Lagerfeld, Jean-Paul Gaultier, Lanvin, Dior, and Hedi Slimane.
We go behind the scenes to discover the relationship of Mego Corporation with the Sylvie Vartan doll, looking at Farrah, Cher and Wonder Woman dolls. We also find out about a Charlie’s Angels doll that never was!
For French visitors to TheBoldDoll, here is la version française :
2 Comments
Linda · July 17, 2022 at 6:59 am
A beautiful video! What an impressive collection, too!
thebolddoll · July 17, 2022 at 10:10 am
Hi Linda, Thanks very much – I’m glad you enjoyed it. Congratulations on your newly updated website thedollyears.com. I’ll update the link on my Links page.