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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 don't want to show my pain. I resisted; I hesitated. I tried to be invisible, to pretend that nothing was wrong. It's impossible; it's not like me. "

Sonia Rykiel

Impossible

Nothing

" I don't think I would ever have plastic surgery; there isn't anything I'd want to change. "

" I wasn't interested in fashion originally. Fashion was for other people. "

" My breakfast is very important. "

" A woman who walks well parts crowds - it's something we should all be taught to do. "

" The pill was the liberation of the spirit of women. "

" When I started in fashion, for the first 10 years, I said to myself every day, 'I'm going to quit tomorrow.' "

" 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. "

" To me, the biggest revolution of the 20th century was the pill. "

Sonia Rykiel

Revolution

Pill

" I didn't listen to anyone. I was so violent, so authoritarian, only listening to what I wanted and myself. "

" It's useless to send models out on the runway to cry. "

" A dress will never make a woman sexy, fatale, magnificent, mysterious. It's a way of walking, of standing, or existing, the way you give your hand or your regard. That's what makes the dress. "

" I think in the darkest moments, we need a break. "

" People said making clothes inside out was not proper. I disagreed, because clothes that are inside out are as beautiful as a cathedral. "

" I care a lot about my looks, although I'm not too adventurous. Every day I dress the same way in a kind of 'uniform' of black, although in varying fabrics - it's always black. "

" Being one step ahead of a fashion trend is not so important to me. What matters is to always forge ahead. "

" 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. "

" My shows are about the complete woman who swallows it all. It's a question of survival. "

" Women should look at themselves and decide for themselves what color or length they should wear. "

" Women often stop me in the street. "

Sonia Rykiel

Women

Stop

" You have to be luxurious nude. It's difficult to move in the nude in front of a mirror. It's much easier to move when you're dressed. But if you can walk around in the nude easily in front of your man, if you can be luxurious in the nude, then you've really got it. "

" With only one bag, you can change your outfit completely. "

" 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. "

" I don't know why some women don't wear make-up. Every woman should gild the lily. "

" 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. "

Sonia Rykiel

Loved

World

" My only ambition was to have 10 children. Fashion was an accident. "

" What pushes me forward is everything I have learned: political, social, cultural. I put all that into the clothes. "

" French women famously take care over their appearance, but this wasn't instilled in me as I grew up. I was taught that beauty comes from different places, from the inside and from the outside. "

" I don't read e-mails because I hate them. "

" 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. "

Sonia Rykiel

Think

Way