Sonia Rykiel Half-Pullover

The Sonia Rykiel Half-Pullover, a subversive classic

The Sonia Rykiel Half-Pullover, midway between a c...lassic women's ribbed knit sweater and a scarf, is an iconic and exclusive piece by the Parisian fashion house. In 1955, when Sonia Rykiel knits her first bespoke sweater for her own use, she has no idea that she will revolutionize French fashion. Her use of knit fabrics challenges established conventions and encourages a new approach to making fashionable sweaters. Named the Queen of Knitwear by Women’s Wear Daily in 1972, she is responsible for revolutionizing women’s relationship with clothing.

Sonia Rykiel knits fashion history

Sonia Rykiel’s fashion is surprising and innovative, but also particularly joyful and irreverent. She bends the rules, ignores established conventions and plays with the rules of haute couture, turning them upside down to invent a style that is more connected with its wearers, more genuine, intimate and casual, while also being more spectacular and more original.

The Sonia Rykiel striped sweater for women seduces actresses, singers and Parisian women before conquering the entire world. The Half-Pullover evokes mid-season strolls by the sea and is an invitation to play with graphic layering and look beyond conventions. Sonia Rykiel invites women to join with her in reinventing fashion, inspired by the thrill of subversion and the pleasure of dressing up!

The stunning success of a Half-Pullover that became iconic

Among the fashion house’s iconic pieces is the ribbed knit sweater for women with visible stitching, the hallmark of the movement she calls “démode” or breaking the traditional rules of fashion.

Sonia Rykiel uses a unique woven fabric for all knitwear in her collections, from the fashion house’s iconic Half-Pullover to ultra-feminine, colorful designer dresses and striped sweaters for women with geometric lines, the Rykiel signature. The Sonia Rykiel Half-Pullover features signed messages, showcasing the designer’s love of words. This avant-garde designer prizes art and literature, combining them with fashion. Inimitable and instantly recognizable, Sonia Rykiel’s esthetic is a world apart: a hotbed of creativity that is joyful, precise, modern and freeread more.