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" I just can't live without chocolate - I have between two and six pieces every day. "
Sonia Rykiel
Two
Live
Every Day
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" When I started in fashion, for the first 10 years, I said to myself every day, 'I'm going to quit tomorrow.' "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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" When a woman confuses what she is with what she wears, then something is wrong inside. "
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" It's not true that clothes look better on skinny girls; what counts is the attitude. "
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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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" I came from an intellectual Parisian family. My father was a watchmaker; my mother was a housewife. We discussed politics, art, sculpture - never fashion. "
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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 think that clothes have anything to do with the personality. That comes from the woman herself. "
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" With only one bag, you can change your outfit completely. "
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" A woman who walks well parts crowds - it's something we should all be taught to do. "
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" I don't read e-mails because I hate them. "
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" I invented a sweater so small, so close to the body, that Women's Wear Daily nicknamed it 'The Poor Boy Sweater' and consecrated me queen of knitwear. "
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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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" 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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" It's useless to send models out on the runway to cry. "
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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 natures of men and women are very mixed, and for me, the most fascinating type of woman is the one who is a little masculine, has a little of the man in her, and the sort of man who is fabulous is the one who is a little woman, too. It's impossible not to mix them! "
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Me
Men
" I became the world's queen of sweaters without even knowing how one was made. "
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Knowing
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" I love chocolate. Black chocolate with marshmallow inside, caramel inside. If I could only have two foods, I'd take some fantastic chocolate. And some terrible chocolate. I love the Clark Bar. "
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Two
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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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" I didn't listen to anyone. I was so violent, so authoritarian, only listening to what I wanted and myself. "
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" A woman and a dress, very often, fight against each other because they are not at the same place. Sometimes you see the woman moving the belt around. She is making the robe her own. She needs that. Otherwise, the dress doesn't exist. "
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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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" 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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" Paris was a melting pot. "
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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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" To me, the biggest revolution of the 20th century was the pill. "
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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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" 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. "
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