Vintage Style: Sonia Rykiel Exhibit

spring/summer 1973


fall 1973


spring/summer 1982

A major retrospective of the French designer and casualwear pioneer, Sonia Rykiel, will take place at Les Arts Decoratifs. The exhibit runs November 20, 2008 - April 19, 2009. Annointed the "World's Queen of Knitwear" by Women's Wear Daily in 1970 - she created a unique style that was all her own. Relying on the heavy use of color, Rykiel's knitwear designs popped. She opened her own label in 1968 and it continues today under the direction of her daughter.