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I'm not the girl next door.
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I am just doing photo shoots. It's not something that extraordinary. I'm not a great artist, I'm not writing books, I'm not a painter, and people in the streets ask me for a picture or a note, and I say, 'Why?'
Carine Roitfeld
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Fashion is one big family.
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It's true I always like to mix femininity and something a bit masculine. It's the reason I love skirts with high heels and tights, and no handbag because I love having my hands in my pockets.
Carine Roitfeld -
Only buy clothes that you plan to keep forever. It's important to see trends for what they are: a game.
Carine Roitfeld -
I don't like Botox. It makes a very strange forehead.
Carine Roitfeld -
I definitely want to work on a project with young designers, not just French but international.
Carine Roitfeld -
Bleaching eyebrows makes me crazy.
Carine Roitfeld
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I miss my parents. But still, my granddaughter, my daughter, my grandma, you know, so it's very important for me. You lost your parents, but a new baby comes. It's like the cycle of fashion.
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I always try to be nice to the paparazzi because finally, maybe one day, they won't ask for me, and I will regret it.
Carine Roitfeld -
When I was working with Tom Ford, he would just look at me and ask, 'Will you wear it?' I'd say, 'Ah, too long, too short, lower waist, deeper V, unbutton' - that sort of thing. I don't create clothes, but I definitely know how to make them come alive.
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My hair and make-up secret is 'the messier the better.'
Carine Roitfeld -
I'm not a Facebook girl. Even though there is a fake Facebook with my name, it's not me. I'm not on Twitter; it's not me.
Carine Roitfeld -
Yes, I can speak a bit and I can read and write in Russian. I learned it from my grandmother who raised me with all the Russian fairytales.
Carine Roitfeld
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When you get older, you have to stay a bit rock n' roll so that young people will still be interested in you. The way you move, the way you talk, maybe the way you have your hair in your face a little bit - this keeps you interesting.
Carine Roitfeld -
Fashion is a language, for sure, and it is a reflection of society.
Carine Roitfeld -
I was never conscious that I was becoming an icon or I'm not an icon, because my family, my kids, my husband keep me down-to-earth.
Carine Roitfeld -
When you give a lot of confidence in people and you don't get it back, you are a bit disappointed, but it's life.
Carine Roitfeld -
I could live very quietly, do advertising to earn money.
Carine Roitfeld -
I have a couture body.
Carine Roitfeld
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I saw 'The Devil Wears Prada.' I don't think it's a reality.
Carine Roitfeld -
Like most Russians, I am very superstitious, and if I don't get married, I don't get divorced.
Carine Roitfeld -
My mom read French 'Elle' when I was a little girl, and so, when I was 15 or 16, I said, 'I want to work in fashion.'
Carine Roitfeld -
I've always used black girls on the runway, because I think they're beautiful. I don't need people to tell me, 'You need to use black girls.' I did for 20 years; it's not a new thing for me.
Carine Roitfeld