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.

Being one step ahead of a fashion trend is not so important to me. What matters is to always forge ahead.

The key to my collections is sensuality.

It is a very important matter, as a woman, to juggle everything... Your professional life, family, children etc.

[Nathalie Rykiel] knows by heart the genetic codes of the brand, and she also has a very contemporary and creative opinions about it.

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!

For the collection, I am like a painter or a writer. I may or may not be a character in my own story.