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" The lead of a film that wove around me, I played all the roles. I traveled the world; I loved life, pleasure. I adored to write, create. "
Sonia Rykiel
Loved
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Me
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" First I made a dress because I was pregnant and I wanted to be the most beautiful pregnant woman. Then I made a sweater because I wanted to have one that wasn't like anyone else's. "
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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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" My color is black. And black, if it's worn right, is a scandal. "
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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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" 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. "
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" I don't know how to knit. "
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" I was supposed to be a mother like my mother, who didn't work. "
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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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" Like Picasso, I go through blue periods, green periods, or grey periods. "
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" My mother knitted a lot, but I never did; it was no fun. "
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" 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. "
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" Women often stop me in the street. "
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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. "
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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 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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" It's important to keep on keeping on, to feel good about yourself and be happy with who you are. "
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" Fashion should be a kind of bouillon de culture. "
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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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" Since I didn't know anything, I did everything I wanted. "
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" The key to my collections is sensuality. "
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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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" I didn't listen to anyone. I was so violent, so authoritarian, only listening to what I wanted and myself. "
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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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" The Rykiel woman? She doesn't have time to stop time. She's too busy running. In her hands she's carrying a tote, a baby, a book, a camera. "
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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 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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" I just can't live without chocolate - I have between two and six pieces every day. "
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" I think in the darkest moments, we need a break. "
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" Wherever I go, I buy shoes. "
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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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