#3. Sonia Rykiel Pierrot Wool Jumper 2000s

Image source: Oh Cheree Cheree, London, UK. via https://www.etsy.com/listing/1208829758/vintage-00s-sonia-rykiel-pierrot-knitted

“[Sonia Rykiel] was founded in May 1968, during the student riots in Paris, when a young, flame-haired Parisienne named Sonia Rykiel opened a woman’s wear boutique on the Left Bank to sell saucy knitwear as a counterpoint to the era’s bourgeois tailoring. She designed a stylish-yet-comfortable uniform for working women — her signature was a striped pullover called the “poor boy” that was a favorite of the actresses Anouk Aimée and Audrey Hepburn — and Ms. Rykiel became known as the Queen of Knitwear. She staged shows in her Rue de Grenelle shop, reciting poetry as the models descended the staircase, and opened boutiques in the provinces, so women there could have access to her clothes.”

-The New York Times, “What Really Happened at Sonia Rykiel How an adored French brand ended up in liquidation.”