Regularly compared with Coco Chanel, both designers famously eschewed couture in favour of ready-to-wear clothes, encouraged women to wear trousers, made stripes a signature look and helped carve out Paris as a major player on the modern fashion map. I kept it that way because my doctor advised me not to tell anyone. It was a mild form of the disease, so it was barely worth mentioning, he said.
But in private I was really frightened, because my mother contracted the disease when she was 70, and I had memories of her suffering although that was 40 years ago, when there was no treatment at all. Rykiel was born 25 May, She had two children with her ex-husband, Sam Rykiel, and despite her illness, remained involved with her eponymous label, lately serving as honorary president.
Her early clients included Brigitte Bardot and Audrey Hepburn, and her pieces regularly appeared on the covers of Elle and Vogue. Julie de Libran currently heads up the label, which will show at Paris next month during fashion week.
Who do you admire most? My mother. Whose style made a lasting impression on you? Audrey Hepburn. When I was little I watched her try on and buy the first sweaters created by my mother. It was at the Laura boutique owned by my parents.
She has an innate sense of elegance that appears to come from within her. That is true style. She was incredibly important. My mother was an integral part of that attitude — being free-spirited, intelligent and unconventional with her designs and her attitude to living.
You always look naturally radiant. What beauty products do you swear by? I adore their Eau Florale, which wraps me in a gentle cloud when I wake up in the morning. And family; I speak to my three daughters every day. Which city most inspires you? Paris, of course. I am a woman of the Left Bank. The other side of the Seine is a foreign country to me. How do you relax?
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