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Sonia Rykiel passes away aged 86

French fashion designer Sonia Rykiel has passed away at the age of 86. Founder of the eponymous Parisian fashion label Sonia Rykiel and its ready-to-wear diffusion line Sonia by Sonia Rykiel the celebrated designer died on Thursday after a long battle with Parkinson, her daughter revealed to AFP. "My mother died at 5:00 this morning at her home...

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Julie de Libran tapped by Sonia Rykiel

French fashion label Sonia Rykiel has tapped Julie de Libran as its new artistic director,effective immediately. She succeeds Geraldo da Conceicao, a Canadian designer who joined the label in September 2012. De Libran was previously the studio director of women's ready-to-wear at Louis Vuitton and was also in charge of the label's cruise and...