Sonia rykiel bag
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Rykiel, Sonia
French designer
Born: Sonia Flis in Paris, 25 May 1930. Education: Attended high school in Neuilly-sur-Seine. Family: Married Sam Rykiel, 1953; children: Nathalie, Jean-Philippe. Career: Freelance designer for Laura boutique, Paris, 1962; first Paris boutique opened, 1968; household linens boutique opened, Paris, 1975; Sonia Rykiel Enfant boutique opened, Paris, 1987; cosmetics line introduced in Japan, 1987; Rykiel Homme boutique opened, Paris, 1989; Inscription Rykiel collection, designed by Nathalie Rykiel, introduced, 1989; new flagship boutique opened, Paris, 1990; menswear collection, Rykiel Homme introduced, 1990; second Inscription Rykiel boutique, Paris, 1990; Rykiel Homme boutique opened, Paris, 1992; footwear collection launched, 1992; Sonia Rykiel fragrance introduced 1993; also columnist for Femme, from 1983; 30th anniversary celebration, Bibliothéque Nationale, 1998. Exhibitions:Sonia Rykiel, 20 Ans de Mode (retrospective), Galeries Lafayette, Paris, and Seibo Shibuya department store, Tokyo, 1987; retrospective, the Orangerie, Pal
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Follow the Thread
∼ by Jade Papa ∼
The Textile and Costume Collection is fortunate to count amongst its holdings a number of knitwear pieces from a designer dubbed the “Queen of Knits” by Women’s Wear Daily in 1968.
Although Sonia Rykiel claimed to know nothing about knits when she began (and in fact would never learn to knit), she clearly knew what women wanted. The first sweater she designed in 1962 which she described as “very small and very tight…a bit androgynous, a bit tomboyish, a bit femme fatale – very mysterious and both unprovocative and sexually liberating,” landed on the cover of French Elle modeled by “It Girl” Françoise Hardy.
When Rykiel opened her first self-named shop in 1968, these finely ribbed, unpretentious “poor-boy” sweaters – as well as everything else – flew off the shelves. She was still designing them in the 1980s as attested to by the jaunty sweater with the deep ribbed cuffs and cleverly knitted-inpocket we recently photographed from the Textile and Costume Collection. Stripes – an iconic patte
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Sonia Rykiel
French fashion designer and writer (1930 - 2016)
Sonia Rykiel | |
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Rykiel in 2009 | |
| Born | Sonia Flis (1930-05-25)25 May 1930 Neuilly-sur-Seine, France |
| Died | 25 August 2016(2016-08-25) (aged 86) Paris, France |
| Occupation(s) | Fashion designer, writer |
| Spouse | Sam Rykiel (m. 1953–1968) |
| Children | Nathalie Rykiel[1] Jean-Philippe Rykiel[1] |
Sonia Rykiel (née Flis; French pronunciation:[sɔn.jaʁi.kjɛl]; 25 May 1930 – 25 August 2016) was a French fashion designer and writer.[2][3] She created the Poor Boy Sweater, which was featured on the cover of French Elle magazine. Her knitwear designs and new fashion techniques led her to be dubbed the "Queen of Knits". The Sonia Rykiel label was founded in 1968, upon the opening of her first store, making clothing, accessories, and fragrances. Rykiel was also a writer, and her first book was published in 1979. In 2012, Rykiel revealed that she was suffering from Parkinson's disease. She
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