However, on re-release it soon became a cult classic, thanks in no small part to the captivating performances of its lead actors and their equally mesmerising looks.
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Criticised for gratuitous violence, the film was initially relegated to drive-ins and second-tier movie theatres.
When Arthur Penn’s biographical film – about ruthless couple Bonnie Parker (Faye Dunaway) and Clyde Barrow (Warren Beatty), who went on a crime spree across America during the Great Depression – was released in 1967, it divided opinion. So popular were YSL’s designs for the film, they found their way into popular fashion, with sales of the trench coat – part of the rive gauche 1966 collection – increasing due to the film’s popularity. According to the Musée Yves Saint Laurent in Paris, “Séverine is at once fragile and seductive, especially in the legendary black vinyl trench coat with knit sleeves and the austere black dress with ivory satin cuffs and collar.” Other highlights include the safari dress with its gold belt, and a red A-line dress with matching Eisenhower jacket. The film is also a paragon of Parisian chic, with Séverine’s entire wardrobe created by Yves Saint Laurent it was a perfect match, as the designer was busy transforming haute couture for a new era of youthful, strong, independent women.
The film is credited as being one of the first to truly push boundaries in its depiction of female desire. Catherine Deneuve stars as the titular role in Luis Bunuel’s 1967 Belle De Jour, about a bored housewife, Séverine Serizy, who counters her ennui by taking up afternoon work in a brothel.
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