166 Quotes by Sonia Rykiel

What pushes me forward is everything I have learned: political, social, cultural. I put all that into the clothes.

Fashion should be a kind of bouillon de culture.

I was supposed to be a mother like my mother, who didn't work.

I wanted a maternity dress, but I couldn't find anything I liked. Everything was abominable. So I made one. Then I made a pullover. 'Elle' put it on the cover. Then WWD elected me the Queen of Knitwear.

I didn't listen to anyone. I was so violent, so authoritarian, only listening to what I wanted and myself.

I don't want to show my pain. I resisted; I hesitated. I tried to be invisible, to pretend that nothing was wrong. It's impossible; it's not like me.

I always believe in pants. You can play with your legs, your attitude, with pants. It's much more funny. It's much more sophisticated. It's much more arrogant, like a man with feminine attitude. I love pants.

Wherever I go, I buy shoes.

It is interesting to see what other designers do, and not work in a vacuum.