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The essence of seduction for me in a man, although it stems from his rough, almost rough-neck looks, still contains something of the woman: he must be seductive and intelligent.
Sonia Rykiel
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Sonia Rykiel
Age: 86 †
Born: 1930
Born: May 25
Died: 2016
Died: August 25
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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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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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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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Sometimes in the fashion industry we come across some unfair rules, but no one is obliged to follow them.
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I am still taking care of the creation of the collection alongside my staff, and my daughter Nathalie Rykiel, is the artistic director of Sonia Rykiel, who takes care of a lot of things. We are very alike and also very close.
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I don't like women who are multiform, who wear many different shapes. Women who retain a unique shape are usually unique people.
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I think that there are so many women who understand nothing about clothes and they should try and understand themselves before they start putting on disguises: they should stand in front of the mirror for a day, two days or three, and find out what they have which is beautiful, interesting: what they should show: hair, neck, arms, or hands.
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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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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.
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I couldn't have opened a store without putting books with the clothes. I am still writing as I have always done, and have published my ninth book L'envers à l'endroit last year. I am currently working on a dictionary of my favourite words.
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The fashion industry can in a certain way be very hard and closed.
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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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It's important to know yourself well, in order to create your own style of fashion to suit your own body shape.
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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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I have the feeling I've always done what I wanted throughout my life.
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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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I married a man who was in fashion. I began to work when my daughter Nathalie was about eight or 10 years old. Then one day I began to make a sweater, and eventually the sweater was on the front page of Elle magazine. And the day after I was the queen of knit in America.
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I think that the boy-woman is a very strong image and a lot of fascinating women are like that: Gala [Dalí].
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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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