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

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

I started by designing a sweater very close to the body, because I couldn't find any for myself.

I did not plan to have such a career in the fashion world. All that I wanted, was to have ten kids and raise them!

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

I was rather free, and I always did what I wanted to do, sometimes without listening to the people who warned me not to do this or that.

I can be happy with something I did, like a drawing or a dress I designed, and yet be very disappointed with the same drawing, or the same dress the day after.