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For the collection, I am like a painter or a writer. I may or may not be a character in my own story.

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Sonia Rykiel
Age: 86 †
Born: 1930
Born: May 25
Died: 2016
Died: August 25
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I think in the darkest moments, we need a break.
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The key to my collections is sensuality.
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I have to say that the identity of a fashion designer is international today.
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The fashion industry can in a certain way be very hard and closed.
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My parents never mentioned anything about fashion in our household, instead we used to talk about literature, theatre, and arts...this is why I have kept a real relation with the Art world, by putting books from the beginning in my shops' windows.
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For me, luxury isn't just the real thing. It's also fake. Swarovski crystals or real diamonds? It's a game. You have to be luxurious nude.
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It doesn't matter one damn bit whether fashion is art or not. You don't question whether an incredible chef is an artist or not-his cakes are delicious and that's all that matters.
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The fashion industry is a free world, with creative codes that can be hardly considered sometimes, but it's also up to women to create their own style, and own trend.
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I did not plan to have such a career in the fashion world. All that I wanted, was to have ten kids and raise them!
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After all these years of creating my collections, I still doubt my decision even until the last minute before the fashion show, I keep questioning myself and wondering if I did the right thing.
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My shows are about the complete woman who swallows it all. It's a question of survival.
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How can you live the high life if you do not wear the high heels?
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I have the feeling I've always done what I wanted throughout my life.
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Your body can be very female, which is something you can do nothing about, but then you can have the soul, the mind and the spirit of both male and female. The women friends I am closest to somehow have this masculine side to them, they shove their hands in their pockets when they walk: I love that side.
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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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I feel like a slave, and in a way like an artist, because I need to get inspiration everyday, from everything and everyone.
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You know, the more grown-up you are, the more you like Proust.
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I was rather free, and I always did what I wanted to do, sometimes without listening to the people who warned me not to do this or that.
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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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In the same way, I can wake up with a very positive idea of what I want to do for my collection, and be completely desperate at night regarding the same thing. And I do a lot of other things too: Writing for me is almost as important as drawing my collection.
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