Joi deVivre: The spirit of the Sonia Rykiel brand, 40 years strong and Flourishing

“Time always tells who a true style icon is.”  -Sonia Rykiel

Interview by Julia Dinardo

As the thunderous, final bow applause from the star-studded dinner party/fashion show of 500 guests in Saint-Cloud, France began to peter out, a new sound broke through the air. It was the voice of Nathalie Rykiel, daughter and house president of Sonia Rykiel, announcing to her mother: “A birthday without a surprise isn’t a birthday. You’ve been inspiring the world of fashion for 40 years; here’s your present. Bon anniversaire, Maman.” At that moment, Continue Reading

        

Little Black Dress-Crystallized

Last year, CRYSTALLIZED™ – Swarovski Elements commissioned 22 of fashion’s best-known names and most talented newcomers to design one very special little black dress each, to be auctioned off in September 2010 at Phillips de Pury & Company in New York City. One hundred percent of the proceeds of the auction, as well as the earnings from the sale of the publication CRYSTALLIZED™ Ways To Say Black, will go to the American Cancer Society and La ligue nationale contre le cancer in France.

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