Fashion's 'Queen Of Knitwear,' Sonia Rykiel, Designed Clothes for Everyday Life (Video)

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Fashion's 'Queen Of Knitwear,' Sonia Rykiel, Designed Clothes for Everyday Life
The New York Times said Rykiel "created chic ready-to-wear clothes that caught on around the world with generations of women on the go." She was 86. 
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Fashion's 'Queen Of Knitwear,' Sonia Rykiel, Designed Clothes for Everyday Life

The New York Times said Rykiel "created chic ready-to-wear clothes that caught on around the world with generations of women on the go." She was 86.

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