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Sonia Rykiel
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Faire « cohabiter les plis des robes et les pages » des livres... Habiller les murs et les vitrines d’un établissement de luxe de nombreux ouvrages... Permettre à la douceur des mailles de côtoyer la poésie des mots... En installant en 1968 sa première boutique au cœur de Saint-Germain-des-Prés, Sonia Rykiel proclame son amour de la littérature. «J’ai inventé une image, une femme papier écrite dans les pliures du tissu, les fils du tricot, les couleurs de la chair.» Elle-même écrivaine de romans et de contes pour enfants, la créatrice à la chevelure rousse affirme une mode qui se tisse intimement avec les lettres et les arts, reflet de l’esprit des rues environnantes. Figure du foisonnement culturel de la Rive gauche, Rykiel s’y voit dédier en 2018 une allée à son nom.

© Lilian Birnbaum, Bridgeman Images

The myth of Saint-Germain" - personalities who contributed to the history of the neighborhood, an exhibition on display at the metro station of Saint-Germain. For more details, see the following sign Click for sign's details

The letter shown at the top of the sign indicates the letter in the name of the station dedicated to the current personality, as can be seen in the following photo taken on the same day in which the photo of Sonia Rykiel also appears Click for a larger image

Sonia Rykiel (1930-2016) is a fashion designer known as the "queen of knitwear". In addition, she wrote books on fashion and novels.

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Sonia Rykiel
(1930-2016)

Making “the folds of dresses and the pages” of books coexist... Dressing the walls and windows of a luxury establishment with numerous works... Allowing the softness of the knits to rub shoulders with the poetry of the words... In setting up her first store in the heart of Saint-Germain-des-Prés in 1968, Sonia Rykiel proclaimed her love of literature. “I invented an image, a paper woman written in the folds of the fabric, the threads of the knitting, the colors of the flesh.” Herself a writer of novels and children’s stories, the red-haired designer asserts a fashion that is intimately woven with letters and the arts, reflecting the spirit of the surrounding streets. A figure in the cultural abundance of the Left Bank, Rykiel had an alley dedicated to his name there in 2018.

© Lilian Birnbaum, Bridgeman Images