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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! "

Sonia Rykiel

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Men

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

" I hate wasting time getting dressed. I like to put something on and just think, 'Yes. That's it.' "

" I have no regrets in life, and you know what? If I could, I'd go back and do it all again. "

" 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. "

" 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 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. "

" My color is black. And black, if it's worn right, is a scandal. "

" It's not true that clothes look better on skinny girls; what counts is the attitude. "

" My only ambition was to have 10 children. Fashion was an accident. "

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

" Women should look at themselves and decide for themselves what color or length they should wear. "

" 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. "

" I didn't listen to anyone. I was so violent, so authoritarian, only listening to what I wanted and myself. "

" Wherever I go, I buy shoes. "

Sonia Rykiel

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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. "

Sonia Rykiel

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Nothing

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Paris was a melting pot. "

" When a woman confuses what she is with what she wears, then something is wrong inside. "

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

" You can have a conversation with your eyes. "

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

Sonia Rykiel

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Pill

" I came from an intellectual Parisian family. My father was a watchmaker; my mother was a housewife. We discussed politics, art, sculpture - never fashion. "

" I always believe in pants. You can play with your legs, your attitude, with pants. It's much more funny. It's much more sophisticated. It's much more arrogant, like a man with feminine attitude. I love pants. "

" 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. "

" I was supposed to be a mother like my mother, who didn't work. "