"Sonia" label with NY Paris. Need help identifying.

[E. Sophie Schwartz]

Hello all,

Has anyone seen this Sonia label variation? It has "Sonia" in script with NEW YORK - PARIS, Made in India.
The garment is an oversized nylon jacket in gold and green with a large butterfly on the back. Vintage indeed from approximately the 80s. Is this a Sonia Rykiel? Thank you in advance for any information and insight.

 

[Linn]

Please show us a photo of the jacket - maybe someone will be able to help you identify it. The label in your jacket does not look similar to any of the labels we have for Sonia Rykiel in our Label Resource:

https://vintagefashionguild.org/label-resource/rykiel-sonia/

 

[E. Sophie Schwartz]

Hi Linn,

Thanks for replying! Here are a couple of pics. Ofcourse one side pocket zipper got stuck and two buttons are missing but overall it's a very interesting beautifully crafted nylon jacket.

The metal hardware on the zipper says "YKK"

Thanks for your help identifying the label and jacket designer.

E. Sophie S.

Please show us a photo of the jacket - maybe someone will be able to help you identify it. The label in your jacket does not look similar to any of the labels we have for Sonia Rykiel in our Label Resource:

https://vintagefashionguild.org/label-resource/rykiel-sonia/

 

[Midge]

thank you for posting the photos. It definitely looks like 1980s, but I don't think it has anything to do with Sonia Rykiel. It doesn't look like what Rykiel designed, and the label as well does not look like any of those in our resource (and even so, I would expect it to have her full name on it if indeed it was Rykiel, even if it were a label that we didn't have in our resource).

 

[E. Sophie Schwartz]

Thank you for the post & feedback. Perhaps there was a lesser known designer "Sonia" out of NY/Paris in the 80's. If anyone sees or remembers another designer from that era named Sonia, please feel free to post the information.

E. Sophie S.

 

[Vintagiality]

designer "Sonia" out of NY/Paris

Very often you see things like “Paris/ New York” on a label but it really doesn’t mean that they actually had anything to do with either. It’s just a way to make the brand sound fancier. Looking at your label, I wouldn’t think this is an actual designer named Sonia but likely a brand name. Are there any other tags inside? Care labels? Anything that shows an RN number?

 

[E. Sophie Schwartz]

Hi Victoria,

Unfortunately no other labels are in the jacket except for "made in india" right below the main label.

Thanks for your feedback and information.

E. Sophie

 

[Midge]

I second Victoria's view - and I think the "made in India" supports that this was a smaller brand, and not so much a designer.

 

[E. Sophie Schwartz]

Thanks for your feedback. I see what you're saying!