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

When I was a kid, all I liked were books and chocolate.

I married a man who was in fashion. I began to work when my daughter Nathalie was about eight or 10 years old. Then one day I began to make a sweater, and eventually the sweater was on the front page of Elle magazine. And the day after I was the queen of knit in America.

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

I feel like a slave, and in a way like an artist, because I need to get inspiration everyday, from everything and everyone.

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.

I think that clothes should be a shelter like a house or a rug. I think that there is that element of protection and a uniform can be just that.