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Rykiel, Sonia

LC control no.n 80029197
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LC classificationPQ2678.Y5
Personal name headingRykiel, Sonia
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Variant(s)Flis, Sonia
LocatedNeuilly-sur-Seine (France)
Birth date1930-05-25
Death date2016-08-25
Place of birthParis (France)
Place of deathParis (France)
Field of activityFashion design
Profession or occupationFashion designers
Found inHer Et je la voudrais nue, 1979: t.p. (Sonia Rykiel)
Sonia Rykiel, 2009: p.60 (b. 1930 as Sonia Flis; married Sam Rykiel in 1951; fashion designer)
New York times WWW site, viewed Aug. 25, 2016 (Sonia Rykiel; b. Sonia Flis, May 25, 1930, Paris; grew up in Neuilly-sur-Seine; m. Sam Rykiel, 1953 (div. 1968); d. Thursday [Aug. 25, 2016], Paris, aged 86; Paris fashion designer who planted her contrarian flag on the Left Bank in the 1960s, flouted haute couture conventions, and created chic ready-to-wear clothes that caught on around the world with generations of women on the go)