Sonia Rykiel Quotes
I never played a part in the feminist movement - it touches me, but I am not a militant.
Some men in the audience hissed as she took the podium.
She did not identify with “feminists” because most of the ones she read and came into contact with tended to want to change the role of women in society. Selbert wanted them simply to have equal rights under the law, and then individually each could make of that what they would. She was very effective because she did not threaten men as much as many of the feminists of the time did. All she said she demanded was equal and fair treatment in the culture that existed. She probably knew that the equality in fact would lead to major changes in society, but she saw no point in discussing that.
Vladimir Lenin. Because Lenin was such an ardent feminist it was very easy for the opponents of women’s suffrage and equality to label anyone who took that position as a Communist. The conflation of opposition to sexism and racism and communism has been a tactic that was very effective over the years and is still used today by people who think corrective action to reach equality has gone too far.
Sonia Rykiel was a French fashion designer and writer. 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. She died from complications of the disease on 25 August 2016.
