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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. "

Sonia Rykiel

Everything

Dress

Queen

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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. "

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

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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. "

" Since I didn't know anything, I did everything I wanted. "

" 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

" 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. "

" 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

" Like Picasso, I go through blue periods, green periods, or grey periods. "

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Through

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

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

" My view is that you have to deal with who you are. It's hard work, in a way, but somebody has to do it. "

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

" To be modern is to be aware of what is going on. "

" 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! "

Sonia Rykiel

Man

Men

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

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

" 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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Fashion

Woman

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

" 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. "

" We are working women. Also, we have the problem of children, of men, to take care of our houses, so many things. I try to explain that in my clothes. They are clothes for everyday life. That is the real life of woman. "

" 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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Fact

Impression

" I was a tomboy, always fairly eccentric, and convinced I'd grow up to be an actress. "

" I became the world's queen of sweaters without even knowing how one was made. "

" 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. "

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

" My mother knitted a lot, but I never did; it was no fun. "

" Wherever I go, I buy shoes. "

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Shoes

Wherever

" 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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Queen

Daily