Free woman, Nathalie Rykiel will always cherish the mother

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Nathalie Rykiel who pays a moving and singular tribute to her mother Sonia Rykiel.

His book "Talisman for mothers and daughters" was published by Flammarion editions © Pascal Ito / Flammarion editions

By: Jean-François Cadet Follow

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Nathalie Rykiel, daughter of Sonia Rykiel, publishes a book tribute to her missing mother.

An intimate work that combines drawings by the designer and texts by her daughter.

The story of a privileged relationship, of a heritage.

A posthumous dialogue punctuated with memories and tender irony.

"Talisman for mothers and daughters" is published by Flammarion editions.

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She was nicknamed "the red-haired empress" or "the queen of knitting".

Her famous tight-fitting sweater, her reverse seams marked the fashion or rather the "old fashioned", since for her, the woman had to adapt fashion to her personality, and not the other way around.

Sonia Rykiel

, a key figure in Saint-Germain des Prés, was certainly a renowned stylist and designer, she was also a mother.

Five years after his death, his daughter

Nathalie Rykiel

pays him a new tribute through a moving and singular book.

A posthumous dialogue between the mother's drawings and little words, and the daughter's responses, often tinged with tender irony and humor.

"Talisman for mothers and daughters", by Nathalie Rykiel, has been published by Flammarion editions.

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