Designers Work Quotes by Sonia Rykiel

You know, the more grown-up you are, the more you like Proust.

— Sonia Rykiel

A woman and a dress, very often, fight against each other because they are not at the same place. Sometimes you see the woman…

— Sonia Rykiel

My view is that you have to deal with who you are. It's hard work, in a way, but somebody has to do it.

— Sonia Rykiel

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

— Sonia Rykiel

Sometimes in the fashion industry we come across some unfair rules, but no one is obliged to follow them.

— Sonia Rykiel

How can you live the high life if you do not wear high heels? I don't understand why women wear these ballet pumps. They…

— Sonia Rykiel

Perfume is like a parenthesis, a moment of freedom, peace, love and sensuality in between the disturbances of modern living.

— Sonia Rykiel

I wasn't interested in fashion originally. Fashion was for other people.

— Sonia Rykiel

I hate wasting time getting dressed. I like to put something on and just think, 'Yes. That's it.'

— Sonia Rykiel

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…

— Sonia Rykiel

I became the world's queen of sweaters without even knowing how one was made.

— Sonia Rykiel

Paris was a melting pot.

— Sonia Rykiel