I am like the lover of Roland Barthes "who's always running in his head". I'm always searching, and "eating" everything from my life, in order to put it in my dresses! Sonia Rykiel More Quotes by Sonia Rykiel More Quotes From Sonia Rykiel How can you live the high life if you do not wear the high heels? Sonia Rykiel shoes fashion high-heels 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. Sonia Rykiel listening sometimes people 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. Sonia Rykiel color expression trying Sometimes in the fashion industry we come across some unfair rules, but no one is obliged to follow them. Sonia Rykiel unfair fashion sometimes You can create fashion everywhere in the world, but the place where you are crowned is Paris. Sonia Rykiel paris fashion cities 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. Sonia Rykiel soul mind hands Perfume is like a parenthesis, a moment of freedom, peace, love and sensuality in between the disturbances of modern living. Sonia Rykiel perfume modern moments 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. Sonia Rykiel cake fashion art I don't like women who are multiform, who wear many different shapes. Women who retain a unique shape are usually unique people. Sonia Rykiel different unique people 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 intelligent essence men 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! Sonia Rykiel fabulous littles men Perfume follows you; it chases you and lingers behind you. It's a reference mark. Perfume makes silence talk. Sonia Rykiel perfume behind-you silence I think in the darkest moments, we need a break. Sonia Rykiel moments needs thinking Being one step ahead of a fashion trend is not so important to me. What matters is to always forge ahead. Sonia Rykiel what-matters fashion important I feel like a slave, and in a way like an artist, because I need to get inspiration everyday, from everything and everyone. Sonia Rykiel everyday artist inspiration A scarf has to be the most beautiful thing ever invented to wear! It's a winding, a continuity, an infinity! I love things that are endless, I hate them to stop. It's like order and disorder: I rather love disorder and things that move, it's a state where one gets more things done! Sonia Rykiel hate beautiful moving My clothes are put together out of different basic elements so that a woman can express the way she wants to look, transform, metamorphosize herself not as the woman I decided but as she herself wants to be. Sonia Rykiel clothes different together 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. Sonia Rykiel mirrors beautiful thinking In my family, Fashion was something we never talked about, it was thought of as kind of superficial. Sonia Rykiel my-family fashion kind You have to be luxurious nude. It's difficult to move in the nude in front of a mirror. It's much easier to move when you're dressed. But if you can walk around in the nude easily in front of your man, if you can be luxurious in the nude, then you've really got it. Sonia Rykiel mirrors men moving
