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.

I can't go any place without going to museums. It's very important for me.

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

Perfume follows you; it chases you and lingers behind you. It's a reference mark. Perfume makes silence talk.

From the very beginning I've said to women not to follow the fashion rules blindly, and to adapt clothes to suit who they are, and not the contrary.

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

My husband had a clothing store in Paris, and I had his factory make specifically for me something similar to the one I was looking for. We made it in different colours, and decided to sell them in the store...and in a day, they were sold out! This sweater became later known as the "poor boy sweater" and it ended up making the cover of Elle magazine, and in a day, I became the "Queen of knit", without knowing anything about knitting!