166 Quotes by Sonia Rykiel

As soon as I am up, I brush my hair. I eat breakfast first: tea and brown bread, and sometimes a fresh fruit juice like orange or grapefruit. I write notes on the previous day in my notebook, then I shower.

I invented a sweater so small, so close to the body, that Women's Wear Daily nicknamed it 'The Poor Boy Sweater' and consecrated me queen of knitwear.

My first conversation of the day is with my daughter, Nathalie. I call her every morning; it is a ritual.

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.

I don't read e-mails because I hate them.

I just can't live without chocolate - I have between two and six pieces every day.

I want women to learn to find themselves.

I don't think I would ever have plastic surgery; there isn't anything I'd want to change.

My fashion has no time, no season. It doesn't go out of style. If someone decides that clothes can go out of fashion, then you are deciding a woman can go out of fashion.