Sonia Rykiel, Queen of Knitwear dies at 86

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Sonia Rykiel, Queen of Knitwear dies at 86

PARIS: French fashion designer Sonia Rykiel, the so-called Queen of Knitwear, died on Thursday at the of 86 after a long battle with Parkinson’s disease, her dauther told AFP.

“My mother died at 5:00 this morning at her home in Paris from the effects of Parkinson’s” Nathalie Rykiel said.