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" I don't think that clothes have anything to do with the personality. That comes from the woman herself. "
Sonia Rykiel
Clothes
Think
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" My fashion has no time, no season. It doesn't go out of style. If someone decides that clothes can go out of fashion, then you are deciding a woman can go out of fashion. "
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" I've never been interested in dressing one woman. What's interested me was to have a philosophy. It hasn't been important to put a woman in a blue dress. I wanted to dress women who wanted to look at themselves. To stand out. To be women who were not part of the crowd. A woman who fights and advances. "
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" Women should look at themselves and decide for themselves what color or length they should wear. "
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" How can you live the high life if you do not wear high heels? I don't understand why women wear these ballet pumps. They are only good if you walk like a ballet dancer, and only ballet dancers do that. "
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" I was fascinated by stripes from the start. On clothing, they follow a woman's movements. "
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" I have the impression that the women around me are like me - smaller, taller, fatter, thinner - but in fact, we are all the same. "
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" I don't think I would ever have plastic surgery; there isn't anything I'd want to change. "
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" I hate wasting time getting dressed. I like to put something on and just think, 'Yes. That's it.' "
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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 first conversation of the day is with my daughter, Nathalie. I call her every morning; it is a ritual. "
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Conversation
" As soon as I am up, I brush my hair. I eat breakfast first: tea and brown bread, and sometimes a fresh fruit juice like orange or grapefruit. I write notes on the previous day in my notebook, then I shower. "
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" To be modern is to be aware of what is going on. "
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" Women often stop me in the street. "
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" 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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" The pill was the liberation of the spirit of women. "
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" Knowing yourself, and learning to love yourself as you are, is the beginning of beauty. I think the most important thing is to show off what's most beautiful about you and to hide what's less beautiful. "
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" First I made a dress because I was pregnant and I wanted to be the most beautiful pregnant woman. Then I made a sweater because I wanted to have one that wasn't like anyone else's. "
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" I never played a part in the feminist movement - it touches me, but I am not a militant. "
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Me
" As soon as the show is over, I always think, 'How will the woman I design for go forward?' It's so important to start quickly because I can't let her get away. "
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" When a woman confuses what she is with what she wears, then something is wrong inside. "
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" The lead of a film that wove around me, I played all the roles. I traveled the world; I loved life, pleasure. I adored to write, create. "
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" I wasn't interested in fashion originally. Fashion was for other people. "
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" I'm not brave, I'm not fantastic. I'm like any other woman. I'm unhappy. I'm difficult. I'm sad. Am I strong, too? Maybe, but not always. There are days when I don't want to see anyone. The most important thing you learn? You can live with it. "
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" I think in the darkest moments, we need a break. "
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" My color is black. And black, if it's worn right, is a scandal. "
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" 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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" It's important to keep on keeping on, to feel good about yourself and be happy with who you are. "
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" Since I didn't know anything, I did everything I wanted. "
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" What pushes me forward is everything I have learned: political, social, cultural. I put all that into the clothes. "
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