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Sonia Rykiel (Flis)

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Birthplace: Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine, Île-de-France, France
Death: August 25, 2016 (86)
Paris, Paris, Île-de-France, France
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Daughter of Alfred Flis and Fanny Tesler
Wife of Sam Rykiel
Mother of Nathalie Rykiel and Jean Phillipe Rykiel
Sister of Francoise Zonabend; Daniele Flis; Muriel Trèves and Jeannine Flis

Managed by: Esther Dinah Weinstein
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About Sonia Rykiel

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.

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Sonia Rykiel's Timeline

1930
May 25, 1930
Birth of Sonia Rykiel
Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine, Île-de-France, France
1956
1956
Birth of Nathalie Rykiel
2016
August 25, 2016
Age 86
Death of Sonia Rykiel
Paris, Paris, Île-de-France, France
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Birth of Jean Phillipe Rykiel
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