Fashion world said goodbye today to the French fashion designer Sonia Riquel

Yesterday at the venerable age of 86, the fashion designer Sonia Rykel died. One of the legislators of fashion industry and fashion house Sonia Rykiel, after a long illness died in Paris.

«Queen of knitwear»

The life story of the Parisian Sonja Riquel is embodied not only in her works, but also in the cinema and biography. In 1994 her charisma and ascent in the world fashion industry was devoted to feature films. A young girl, she came to a textile store in Paris as a window dresser, there she met her first wife and began to develop and learn. Confidence in yourself and a great desire to do what you love, outshone her Jewish background and the conjectures of envious people.

Thanks to the support of her husband in the early 60's, Parisian women of fashion could see the first knitted things in the style of Sonya Riquel. Over the next 40 years, she invariably conquered the summit behind the summit and proved her status as "Queen of Knitwear". In 2009, the true Frenchwoman Sonia Rykiel was awarded the Order of the Legion of Honor for her significant contribution to the French fashion industry.

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Silent farewell ...

Among the clients of Sonya Rikel were the first persons of France and representatives of the world beau monde, exhibitions with drawings and sketches of the fashion designer and now make us admire her refined taste. Unfortunately, in recent years she suffered from Parkinson's disease and could not do her favorite thing. Natalie Rickel's daughter suffered a lot of pain in the loss, in her Instagram account she put an old photo of her mother without a signature, all the words and pain remained only for a close circle.