Sonia Rykiel was born in 1930, in Paris, France.
At the age of 17, she was employed to dress the window displays in a Parisian textile store.
Sonia was married to the owner of a boutique which sold elegant clothing, but in 1962 she just couldn't find any soft sweaters to wear when she was pregnant. So she used a supplier to her husband from Venice, to design her own. She created her first maternity dresses and tiny sweater.
The sweater is her symbol, and she was crowned “Queen of Knits” by the Americans in 1967.The sweater went back 7 times for alterations before she was satisfied with it. This first creation was called the Poorboy Sweater, and she started selling it from her husband’s label "Laura. It made the cover of Elle fashion magazine, and brought her fame. She later became the first designer to put seams on the outside of a garment, took away the hem and lining, and print words on her sweaters. In particular, she favors long clinging sweaters or small cropped pullovers, large rolled-back cuffs and long shawls. Her colours are usually beige, grey, dark blue and charcoal.
In 1968, she opened her first boutique. Rykiel has written many books, including an A to Z of fashion, and a collection of children’s stories.
In 1980 she was voted one of the world's 10 most elegant women. She proved that knitwear can follow any trend.
In October 2001, she showed her Spring 2002 collection at the Louvre in Paris, proving that nothing has changed in almost 40 years she has been designing.
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- A couple of the lean black jacket tucked into high-waist trousers
- trompe-l'oeil sweaters embroidered to look like smoking or sailor uniforms;
- Other spelled out words like diamante in glittering paillettes.
- Lollipop colored frilly dresses
This is the Designer Sonia Rykiel's introduction and my inital content of my presentation.
Because I am very intrested in Jewellery, my group members suggest me go to the Natural History Museum for Sequins/jewels/diamantes, V & A for jewellery.
2003 spring ready to wear
Lurex shripes, and glittery cartoons on the front looked as neatly
2003 fall ready to wear
Rykiel hit the current idea of the big, soft, fun fur done as a huge bubble of colour, in her case baby pink, purple knitted fox or teal-blue Mongolian lamb.
During Paris Fashion Week in October 2003, Sonia Rykiel showed her own collection for next spring. There were also gorgeous ruffled dresses in vintage floral and polka dot prints.
2004 Fall
Slinky skinny sweaters, fur stoles; a curvy brown houndstooth tweed coat, a floral chiffon tea dress
Sonia and her daughter Nathalie had decided to bring Paris to New York. In February 2005 Henri Bendel launched an in-store shop for the Sonia Rykiel Woman line. There are three Sonia Rykiel boutiques in the U.S. and they are in Boston, New York and Guam.
Because I am very intersted in Jewellery, my group members sussgest me to go to the Natural History Museum for Sequins/jewellery/diamants, V & A for jewellery.
2009 spring ready to wear collection was designed by Gabrielle Greiss under Sonia Rykiel’s supervision and included around 30 silhouettes designed by other top designers. This fashion show is Sonia Rykiel 40th Anniversary celebration. These designers got the inspiration from Sonia Rykiel, the fist one like her face.
In December 2009, Sonia Rykiel and H&M introduced a collection of underwear.
This is the designer Sonia Rykiel's introdiction and the initial content of my presentation.
Because I am very intersted in Jewellery, my group members sussgest me to go to the Natural History Museum for Sequins/jewellery/diamants, V & A for jewellery.
