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" My shows are about the complete woman who swallows it all. It's a question of survival. "
Sonia Rykiel
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Woman
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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 became the world's queen of sweaters without even knowing how one was made. "
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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 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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" 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 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. "
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" When a woman confuses what she is with what she wears, then something is wrong inside. "
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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 was fascinated by stripes from the start. On clothing, they follow a woman's movements. "
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" I was supposed to be a mother like my mother, who didn't work. "
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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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" Like Picasso, I go through blue periods, green periods, or grey periods. "
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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 want women to learn to find themselves. "
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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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" What pushes me forward is everything I have learned: political, social, cultural. I put all that into the clothes. "
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" 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. "
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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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" 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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" My breakfast is very important. "
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Important
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" To me, the biggest revolution of the 20th century was the pill. "
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" It is interesting to see what other designers do, and not work in a vacuum. "
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" Women often stop me in the street. "
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" I was a tomboy, always fairly eccentric, and convinced I'd grow up to be an actress. "
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" 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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" You have to be luxurious nude. It's difficult to move in the nude in front of a mirror. It's much easier to move when you're dressed. But if you can walk around in the nude easily in front of your man, if you can be luxurious in the nude, then you've really got it. "
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" The pill was the liberation of the spirit of women. "
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" I don't think I would ever have plastic surgery; there isn't anything I'd want to change. "
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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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