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" I was a tomboy, always fairly eccentric, and convinced I'd grow up to be an actress. "
Sonia Rykiel
Grow
Actress
Always
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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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" Like Picasso, I go through blue periods, green periods, or grey periods. "
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" Since I didn't know anything, I did everything I wanted. "
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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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" 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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" I don't know why some women don't wear make-up. Every woman should gild the lily. "
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" Paris was a melting pot. "
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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. "
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" I am a perfectionist. It has always been this way. "
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" A man is attractive when he is slightly disturbing like a woman, a woman when she's a little disturbing like a man. "
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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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" 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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" I think in the darkest moments, we need a break. "
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" When a woman confuses what she is with what she wears, then something is wrong inside. "
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" I just can't live without chocolate - I have between two and six pieces every day. "
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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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" I have no regrets in life, and you know what? If I could, I'd go back and do it all again. "
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" My favourite feature is my hair. It has always made me look different. It was so red when I was born that my mother thought I had blood on my head. When I was a teenager, I looked like a tomboy, but then I understood that I could be a woman who was an intelligent mix between a lady and my mannish side. "
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Mother
Thought
" 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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" I didn't listen to anyone. I was so violent, so authoritarian, only listening to what I wanted and myself. "
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" 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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" I never played a part in the feminist movement - it touches me, but I am not a militant. "
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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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" I was fascinated by stripes from the start. On clothing, they follow a woman's movements. "
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