Teaser
- The film reveals what stands behind the myth: A very sensitive woman, that despite her success never stopped questioning herself. A woman that is, due to her inner restlessness, still at the age of 79 one of the most creative and successful fashion designers of the world.
Irene Höfer and Gabriela Hermer draw the quite unusual biography of the French fashion designer.
Synopsis
- Docu series „Ma Vie / My Life, 44 min., NDR/ ARTE, 2009
Script and direction: Gabriela Hermer and Irene Höfer
In 1960 Sonia Rykiel married and had two children shortly after. Her husband was the owner of a small boutique, but she didn´t like the dresses being sold there. So she designed her own woolen jumper. The pullover was supposed to nestle to the skin and underline the figure. Within a very short time this first creation of Sonia Rykiel got on the cover of the „Elle“ - the Americans named her „Queen of knits“.
After her first big success and the divorce from her husband Sonia Rykiel opened her own boutique in Saint-Germain-des-Prés, Paris‘ artist‘s and university quarter. Influenced by the social revolution around her, she freed the female body from the rigid silhouette of former decades. Today Sonia Rykiel looks back on 40 very successful years of creation. Like almost no other fashion designer she stands for sensuality, eroticism and feminine self-confidence. She and her carrot topped trapeze shape became iconic.
But, the film reveals what stands behind the myth: A very sensitive woman, that despite her success never stopped questioning herself. A woman that is, due to her inner restlessness, still at the age of 79 one of the most creative and successful fashion designers of the world.
Irene Höfer and Gabriela Hermer draw the quite unusual biography of the French fashion designer.
Crew
- Director: Irene Höfer, Gabriela Hermer
- Screenplay: Irene Höfer, Gabriela Hermer
- Production company: Medea Film
