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" I never played a part in the feminist movement - it touches me, but I am not a militant. "
Sonia Rykiel
Movement
Never
Me
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" People said making clothes inside out was not proper. I disagreed, because clothes that are inside out are as beautiful as a cathedral. "
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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. "
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" 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. "
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" I don't read e-mails because I hate them. "
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" My mother knitted a lot, but I never did; it was no fun. "
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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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" 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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" It's important to keep on keeping on, to feel good about yourself and be happy with who you are. "
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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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" 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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" Women often stop me in the street. "
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Me
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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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" 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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Way
Me
" 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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" My breakfast is very important. "
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Breakfast
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Very
" 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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" It is interesting to see what other designers do, and not work in a vacuum. "
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Work
Vacuum
See
" When a woman confuses what she is with what she wears, then something is wrong inside. "
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Woman
Inside
" 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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Day
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" Paris was a melting pot. "
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Paris
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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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Daily
" I think in the darkest moments, we need a break. "
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" For me, luxury isn't just the real thing. It's also fake. Swarovski crystals or real diamonds? It's a game. "
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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 wasn't interested in fashion originally. Fashion was for other people. "
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" 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 that clothes have anything to do with the personality. That comes from the woman herself. "
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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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Question
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" People are going to figure out that I don't know anything. I always thought I'd be discredited in the end. "
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End
Thought
Always