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" To me, the biggest revolution of the 20th century was the pill. "
Sonia Rykiel
Revolution
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" The pill was the liberation of the spirit of women. "
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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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" 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 think in the darkest moments, we need a break. "
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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 became the world's queen of sweaters without even knowing how one was made. "
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" Fashion should be a kind of bouillon de culture. "
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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 just can't live without chocolate - I have between two and six pieces every day. "
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" My color is black. And black, if it's worn right, is a scandal. "
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" I wasn't interested in fashion originally. Fashion was for other people. "
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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. "
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" You can have a conversation with your eyes. "
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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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" My first conversation of the day is with my daughter, Nathalie. I call her every morning; it is a ritual. "
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" I don't read e-mails because I hate them. "
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" The key to my collections is sensuality. "
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" 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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" Women often stop me in the street. "
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" I am a perfectionist. It has always been this way. "
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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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" As soon as I am up, I brush my hair. I eat breakfast first: tea and brown bread, and sometimes a fresh fruit juice like orange or grapefruit. I write notes on the previous day in my notebook, then I shower. "
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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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" 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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