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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.' "
Sonia Rykiel
Tomorrow
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Fashion
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" I hate the word 'feminine!' I mean, there is a woman and a man, and when I say 'woman,' it suggests all that is radiant, tender, fascinating, gentle, demoniac, exaggerated! 'Feminine' makes me think of somebody who is spindly and over-sweet - I don't like that! "
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" I became the world's queen of sweaters without even knowing how one was made. "
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