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" I didn't listen to anyone. I was so violent, so authoritarian, only listening to what I wanted and myself. "
Sonia Rykiel
Listening
Wanted
Only
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" Everyone knows that life is very expensive and you can change, you can turn, you can play with clothes with a lot of accessories. "
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" My favourite feature is my hair. It has always made me look different. It was so red when I was born that my mother thought I had blood on my head. When I was a teenager, I looked like a tomboy, but then I understood that I could be a woman who was an intelligent mix between a lady and my mannish side. "
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" My only ambition was to have 10 children. Fashion was an accident. "
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" Women should look at themselves and decide for themselves what color or length they should wear. "
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" My shows are about the complete woman who swallows it all. It's a question of survival. "
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" Being one step ahead of a fashion trend is not so important to me. What matters is to always forge ahead. "
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" The pill was the liberation of the spirit of women. "
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Women
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" To be modern is to be aware of what is going on. "
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" It's not true that clothes look better on skinny girls; what counts is the attitude. "
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Attitude
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" I became the world's queen of sweaters without even knowing how one was made. "
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Knowing
Queen
" I never played a part in the feminist movement - it touches me, but I am not a militant. "
Sonia Rykiel
Movement
Never
Me
" I was a tomboy, always fairly eccentric, and convinced I'd grow up to be an actress. "
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Grow
Actress
Always
" A man is attractive when he is slightly disturbing like a woman, a woman when she's a little disturbing like a man. "
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Attractive
She
He
" A woman who walks well parts crowds - it's something we should all be taught to do. "
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Something
Well
Who
" I just can't live without chocolate - I have between two and six pieces every day. "
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Two
Live
Every Day
" It is interesting to see what other designers do, and not work in a vacuum. "
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Work
Vacuum
See
" The Rykiel woman? She doesn't have time to stop time. She's too busy running. In her hands she's carrying a tote, a baby, a book, a camera. "
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Camera
Woman
Time
" 1968 was the beginning of the hippie movement in fashion. That movement made fashion change completely. It was not necessary to be always dressed up. You could be dressed the way you wanted - it was absolute freedom. "
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Beginning
You
Fashion
" I was supposed to be a mother like my mother, who didn't work. "
Sonia Rykiel
Supposed
Mother
Work
" Since I didn't know anything, I did everything I wanted. "
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Anything
Did
" At hotels, you are an actress. Absolutely. You can do what you want. Go where you want. I love my home too. But I love to arrive in a hotel. They have books, chocolate, food. I put things in the little refrigerator. "
Sonia Rykiel
Hotel
You
Love
" When I started in fashion, for the first 10 years, I said to myself every day, 'I'm going to quit tomorrow.' "
Sonia Rykiel
Tomorrow
Day
Fashion
" Everything I do is really an expression of myself, through colors and shapes and, at the same time, I try to explain what I feel not only as a creator but also as a woman. I cannot separate one from the other. "
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Woman
Time
Feel
" I don't think I would ever have plastic surgery; there isn't anything I'd want to change. "
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Want
Think
Plastic Surgery
" Wherever I go, I buy shoes. "
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Shoes
Wherever
Go
" I have no regrets in life, and you know what? If I could, I'd go back and do it all again. "
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No Regrets
You
" My first conversation of the day is with my daughter, Nathalie. I call her every morning; it is a ritual. "
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Day
Daughter
Conversation
" You can have a conversation with your eyes. "
Sonia Rykiel
Conversation
Eyes
You
" I wanted a maternity dress, but I couldn't find anything I liked. Everything was abominable. So I made one. Then I made a pullover. 'Elle' put it on the cover. Then WWD elected me the Queen of Knitwear. "
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Queen
" I have never followed fashion. What is fashion to me? I just think of things that inspire me, that inspire women, and I design that way. "
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