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! Sonia Rykiel Read Quote
A woman and a dress, very often, fight against each other because they are not at the same place. Sometimes you see the woman moving the belt around. She is making the robe her own. She needs that. Otherwise, the dress doesn’t exist. Sonia Rykiel Read Quote
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. Sonia Rykiel Read Quote
Everyone knows that life is very expensive and you can change, you can turn, you can play with clothes with a lot of accessories. Sonia Rykiel Read Quote
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. Sonia Rykiel Read Quote
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. Sonia Rykiel Read Quote
I became the world’s queen of sweaters without even knowing how one was made. Sonia Rykiel Read Quote
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. Sonia Rykiel Read Quote
