First I made a dress because I was pregnant and I wanted to be the most beautiful pregnant woman. Then I made a sweater because I wanted to have one that wasn't like anyone else's.

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.

You can create fashion everywhere in the world, but the place where you are crowned is Paris.

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.

The essence of seduction for me in a man, although it stems from his rough, almost rough-neck looks, still contains something of the woman: he must be seductive and intelligent.

It's important to know yourself well, in order to create your own style of fashion to suit your own body shape.

My breakfast is very important.