French fashion designer Sonia Rykiel (C), next to French-Jewish novelist, Marek Halter (2nd R), his wife French sculptor Clara Halter (R) and French author, editor, director, and playwright, Regine Deforges (L) poses after awarded Commandeur of the Arts and Letters order by French businessman Pierre Berge and received the medal of the city of Paris by Paris' mayor Bertrand Delanoe, on October 2, 2012 at Paris city hall. AFP PHOTO / JACQUES DEMARTHON