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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. "

Sonia Rykiel

Inside

Two

Black

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Through

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

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

" I just can't live without chocolate - I have between two and six pieces every day. "

" 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. "

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

" It is interesting to see what other designers do, and not work in a vacuum. "

" 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. "

" I wanted women wearing my sweaters to give the impression they were naked. The aim wasn't to impose outfits but to stay as close as possible to women's bodies and their freedom of movement. "

" 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. "

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

" I hate wasting time getting dressed. I like to put something on and just think, 'Yes. That's it.' "

" Paris was a melting pot. "

" I want women to learn to find themselves. "

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" I am what I am. Before I was not so proud to make fashion. My family thought fashion wasn't very interesting. So I hid that. "

" I hate the word 'feminine!' I mean, there is a woman and a man, and when I say 'woman,' it suggests all that is radiant, tender, fascinating, gentle, demoniac, exaggerated! 'Feminine' makes me think of somebody who is spindly and over-sweet - I don't like that! "

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Say

Man

" My first conversation of the day is with my daughter, Nathalie. I call her every morning; it is a ritual. "

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

" 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. "

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Impossible

Nothing

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

" For me, luxury isn't just the real thing. It's also fake. Swarovski crystals or real diamonds? It's a game. "

" I have no regrets in life, and you know what? If I could, I'd go back and do it all again. "

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