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Paris names its first street after a fashion designer

In a city yet to name a back alley after Coco Chanel, Parisians stepped out Sunday to do their organic shopping at a street market named after fashion designer Sonia Rykiel. Hours earlier the city's mayor Anne Hidalgo -- something of a fashionista herself -- had declared Allee Sonya Rykiel open, with her label staging its Paris fashion week show...

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Can the 'Made in China' label make a comeback?

Paris - In the fashion industry we have Western brands on one hand, and Chinese brands on the other. Occasionally we see both intertwined which raises the question: how can these very different cultures coexist in the same industry, and what roles will they play? China already has its foot in the door by acquiring several local French labels....

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Video: Sonia Rykiel L'Atelier FW 2018/2019 Haute Couture

Sonia Rykiel L'Atelier | Haute Couture Fall Winter 2018/2019 by Julie de Libran, Paris Fashion Week Haute Couture. Source: FF Channel, YouTube.

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Givenchy homage on first day of Paris haute couture shows

Clare Waight Keller, the Givenchy stylist who grabbed the global fashion spotlight by designing Meghan Markle's wedding dress, paid homage to the storied house's late founder in her latest haute couture collection. On the first day of Paris couture week, the Givenchy show, held in the gardens of the National Archives in the city's Marais...

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Video: Sonia Rykiel FW18 PFW

Sonia Rykiel collection Fall Winter 2018/2019, March 2018, Paris Fashion Week. Source: Sonia Rykiel Paris, YouTube

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Sonia Rykiel appoints Chief Marketing Officer

Fashion house Sonia Rykiel has appointed Julien Soyez its new Chief Marketing Officer, reports Fashion Network. The company was acquired by Chinese investment firm First Heritage Brands and celebrates its fiftieth anniversary this year. In this newly created role, the report added, Soyez in collaboration with Creative Director Julie De Libran...

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Video: Sonia Rykiel SS18 collection PFW

"&amp;amp;amp;amp;gt; Sonia Rykiel Spring/Summer 2018 collection by Julie de Libran, Paris Fashion Week, 30 September 2017. Video: FF Channel, YouTube

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Reflecting On The Impact of Fashion’s Fallen of 2016

2016 has been strewn with big losses across all industries and fashion has certainly not been spared. But this is not an In Memoriam so much as an In Appreciation piece. We’re choosing to focus on our gains over our losses; on the endeavors and achievements of these dynamic individuals who are no longer with us but who have left something...

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Sonia Rykiel cuts jobs, closes Sonia by Sonia Rykiel line

After the demise of its iconic founder in August this year, French fashion house Sonia Rykiel has decided to cut short the number of staff, while pulling curtains on its Sonia by Sonia Rykiel line. The company said that the decision was taken on the back of considerable drop in tourist spending in Europe and lower demand from Russia. The company...

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Sonia Rykiel to cut jobs after founder's death

Struggling French fashion house Sonia Rykiel, whose "Queen of Knitwear" founder died in August, said Wednesday it plans to lay off around a quarter of its 330 staff. The ready-to-wear company, known for its multi-coloured stripy outfits, said it planned to cut 79 posts owing to "unfavourable" global fashion market conditions. The pioneering,...

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In Picture: An ode to the late Sonia Rykiel

It has been a little more than a month since famed designer Sonia Rykiel passed away at the age of 86. Perhaps best known for her famous striped sweater and effortless chic Parisian style, Rykiel has been credited for designing fashion for real women. Although the French designer had retired from her own eponymous label several years ago, her...

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Sonia Rykiel execs issue tributes to founder

Senior directors at French fashion house Sonia Rykiel, including artistic director Julie de Libran, have issued tributes to the legendary French designer who passed away August 25, aged 86, after a long battle with Parkinson. In a statement from the Sonia Rykiel business, the fashion label expressed that the fashion world had lost “an icon, a...