The designer, who died nearly three years ago from Parkinson's disease aged 86, popularised dressing all in black and made her name with the "Poor Boy Sweater" that film star Audrey Hepburn made a key part of her look.
Fashion mourned Thursday (July 25) the demise of the troubled French fashion label Sonia Rykiel that once symbolised the rebellious spirit of 1960s Paris.
A court in the French capital ordered the winding up of the loss-making brand founded by the "Queen of Knits", once an icon of youthful revolt against the stuffy fashion establishment.
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