Flame-haired frenchwoman Sonia Rykiel celebrated forty years in the fashion business with a party-themed runway show. Models were encouraged to have a bloody good time rather than stomp up and down in a miserable haze.
Rykiel mixed up the wearable with the hilarious. There were her usual French classics along with statement
Obama,
superwoman and
I Have a Dream knits. Like Mister Karl Lagerfeld, she also wove a shed load of self-referencing into the show with masses of orange hair, knitting needles and a giant fringed dress bearing a print of her face.
Rykiel is one of France's most accessible ready to wear professionals. Sure, all the grand houses do RTW, but Rykiel is the one with stores all over the world full of affordable pieces for you and me. The secret is the knitwear. We all need/want/crave knitwear because it's so practical, comfortable and easy to care for.
Just between you and me, you can also fish Rykiel bargains out of the
bay fairly regularly.