The
famous Sonia Rykiel, a French fashion designer, passed away this week. She
was 86 years old. A pioneer of Parisian
womenswear from the late 1960s onwards.
Sonia Rykiel opened her first store in Paris in 1968 on the
Left Bank. Despite becoming synonymous with knitwear, casual-chic and the
infamous “poor boy” sweaters – fitted ribbed jumpers with raised armholes that
narrowed the torso and shoulders – her legacy is more focused on pioneering
womenswear at a time when women were expected to wear sombre tones and skirts.
Regularly compared with Coco Chanel, both designers famously eschewed couture
in favour of ready-to-wear clothes, encouraged women to wear trousers, made
stripes a signature look and helped carve out Paris as a major player on the
modern fashion map.
Her manifesto urged “women to be eccentric, seductive,
mysterious, and to create their own style”.
https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/2016/aug/25/sonia-rykiel-the-french-fashion-designer-dies-aged-86
It is an opportunity for me to show you
some of her creations:
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