Carine Roitfeld Quotes
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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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Fashion is a language, for sure, and it is a reflection of society.
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I hate mules. I hate the noise when someone walks with mules. Clomp, clomp, clomp. I think it's very not chic. I don't even like a flip-flop. I don't like this noise.
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I don't like Botox. It makes a very strange forehead.
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Fashion's about extravagance, and everyone needs a bit of that.
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Thinking differently is my strength.
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My hair and make-up secret is 'the messier the better.'
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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.
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Amidst globalisation, trends are becoming worldwide, so it's important to take a unique approach to what fashion has to offer. Be yourself in the middle of it all; fashion shouldn't be 'try hard.'
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People say I look like my father. My son is very much like him.
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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.
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Like most Russians, I am very superstitious, and if I don't get married, I don't get divorced.
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I definitely want to work on a project with young designers, not just French but international.
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In a way, I envy the freedom artists have. Artists can push themselves beyond their limits, in pursuit of their ideas and their vision, even if they are inhabited by demons that can also play tricks on them.
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Blogs are quite a new development - now, everyone wants to know you, everyone wants to know everything about you. And you can build a following that way. In a way, it's a good thing if you want to create a buzz around yourself.
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If I like a make-up artist's look, even if nobody knows about her, I use her. New people give me energy.
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I keep my old friends, and get older with them, but push young. It's good to be surrounded by kids, because they keep you young.
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I think beauty can be everywhere.
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A magazine is not just one person. And a fashion shoot is the same!
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Only buy clothes that you plan to keep forever. It's important to see trends for what they are: a game.
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Working with Barneys, and choosing the looks, I was thinking about whether a real woman would buy this outfit and feel beautiful and comfortable.
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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.
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I love black lingerie and white shoes, and I love knives.
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I'm not a business girl. I will never be a business girl, but I will say, for Anna Wintour, that I respect successful people; I like things that are success.