Early Years
Sylvain was born in Cairo, Egypt to a Jewish family, with one brother and one sister, Leon and Brigitte. He was raised in New York City, United States where his family had moved after living on Lafayette Avenue in Buffalo, New York, while he was still a child. Prior to joining the New York Dolls, Sylvain ran a clothing company called "Truth and Soul" with Billy Murcia, which helped define his fashion sense and would play a role in the band's groundbreaking look.
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“If there is a price to pay for the privilege of spending the early years of child rearing in the driver’s seat, it is our reluctance, our inability, to tolerate being demoted to the backseat. Spurred by our success in programming our children during the preschool years, we may find it difficult to forgo in later states the level of control that once afforded us so much satisfaction.”
—Melinda M. Marshall (20th century)