Sonia Rykiel Quotes

I like dressing how I like to dress, and I look like a little art statement.

I guess I've always been really strong minded about what I wear; I've never followed what other people consider fashionable or what styles are happening at the time.

I don't really believe in any fashion rules. I think fashion is a form of self-expression. I think you can wear whatever you want!

Don't be into trends. Don't make fashion own you, but you decide what you are.

A wise friend once told me, 'Don't wear what fashion designers tell you to wear. Wear what they wear.'

I like playing with fashion and bending the "rules," or what was "rules" - there are no rules anymore, you know? Fashion is way bigger than that and it's about wearing what you want and wearing what makes you feel comfortable and what makes you feel confident.

I was never hurt by what anybody said about my clothes, because I dress to please myself. If somebody doesn’t like what I’m wearing, it’s their problem, not mine

No elegant woman follows fashion slavishly.

Choose thy clothes by thine own eyes, not another's.

Sometimes I get it right and I sometimes I get it wrong. But fashion is all about having fun. I think fashion has been hijacked by the fashion industry creating rules on what one should wear and I feel like breaking the mold and seeing that the world won’t crumble.

If I want to wear a dress, I'll wear a dress.

Walk out of the house the way you feel you want to look that day - it doesn't mean you have to stick to that style for the rest of your life.

Fashion is chaotic, and it can be an aggravation, too, but it is at its best when it allows you to express yourself.

Fashion is ultimately a form of self-expression. That's why I love trying out new things.

Everything I wear is a do and everything else is a don't!

My Mum always says to have fun; remember that fashion is about fun, and that is the most important thing because sometimes, people take it very seriously. Great advice to remember!

That is the key of this collection, being yourself. Don't be into trends. Don't make fashion own you, but you decide what you are, what you want to express by the way you dress and the way to live.

The minute I'm off that stage, I try to get as 'me' as possible. I do that by piling on my black eyeliner, and I put on my ripped tights. Dressing like myself again helps.

I wanted to try to push some freedom into the men's clothes.

Don't try to dress like me or wear your hair like mine. Find your own style.

Some people choose their style at the age of 14, but I changed mine all the time.

There's no need to dress like everyone else. It's much more fun to create your own look.

I don't look so closely at women's fashion, but from the 20th century on, people have had the freedom to express themselves and their individualities, and fashion is one of the most fundamental ways in which they do this, men and women are equally able to express themselves.

I do not think I reinvent myself. Wearing my hair differently or changing my style of dress is playing dress-up. I don't take it too seriously.

I want to be different, and fashion gives me that outlet to do that.