I have the feeling I've always done what I wanted throughout my life.

How can you live the high life if you do not wear the high heels?

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

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.

People said making clothes inside out was not proper. I disagreed because clothes that are inside out are as beautiful as a cathedral.

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

The fashion industry is a free world, with creative codes that can be hardly considered sometimes, but it's also up to women to create their own style, and own trend.