Even if I'm in Japan and I don't speak Japanese and the woman facing me doesn't speak French but she's dressed in Rykiel, and she recognizes me, then we have a common language right away.

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.

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

The knitted jumper comes in different trends, colours, shapes, and is adaptable in various ways when wearing. But there are also different noticeable marks of Sonia Rykiel brand, like black stripes which are very recognisable too.

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

As a slave [to fashion], I can be very dramatic and very demanding of myself and of the people I work with.

I was influenced by the hippie movement in San Francisco and by the feminist movement, which had arrived in Paris.