A woman who walks well parts crowds – it’s something we should all be taught to do. Sonia Rykiel Read Quote
I came from an intellectual Parisian family. My father was a watchmaker; my mother was a housewife. We discussed politics, art, sculpture – never fashion. Sonia Rykiel Read Quote
My first conversation of the day is with my daughter, Nathalie. I call her every morning; it is a ritual. Sonia Rykiel Read Quote
1968 was the beginning of the hippie movement in fashion. That movement made fashion change completely. It was not necessary to be always dressed up. You could be dressed the way you wanted – it was absolute freedom. Sonia Rykiel Read Quote
I don’t think I would ever have plastic surgery; there isn’t anything I’d want to change. Sonia Rykiel Read Quote
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. Sonia Rykiel Read Quote
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. Sonia Rykiel Read Quote
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. Sonia Rykiel Read Quote
My favourite feature is my hair. It has always made me look different. It was so red when I was born that my mother thought I had blood on my head. When I was a teenager, I looked like a tomboy, but then I understood that I could be a woman who was an intelligent mix between a lady and my mannish side. Sonia Rykiel Read Quote
