Carine Roitfeld Quotes
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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.
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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.
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It is very wrong to sleep in your make-up, but when you wake up the next morning, I think it looks very good.
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Thinking differently is my strength.
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I think that ballet is very good for the body. It's very similar to yoga, because you have to hold a position.
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I have a couture body.
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The less you have, the more you enjoy.
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I am not a celebrity. I work with celebrities, and it is very difficult. When a celebrity wears a dress, it's good for business, so brands fight for the red carpet. Me? I don't like it, because fashion becomes a job about dressing celebrities. And it's a bit boring.
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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.
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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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Fashion is very tough, and we shouldn't forget that before designers were money-makers, they were artists.
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'Vogue' is a very specific world. You are 'Vogue,' or not 'Vogue.'
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I always love to push myself, because I am not so self-confident.
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You don't choose your public; your public chooses you.
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I think beauty can be everywhere.
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Monsieur Saint Laurent was pathologically shy, and he made the Saint Laurent woman in his own image. Like her, I am shy. And to protect myself, I adopted something of an androgynous look, just as his women did.
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The fashion industry certainly has its obscene sides. The cost of a coat can be obscene. So can the cost of a photo shoot if you're working with a really good photographer.
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When I was young, no one got married. Now, all the young people, they want to get married, they want security. Now that my children's friends are getting married, I go to more weddings than I ever did when I was young.
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When you're getting old, obviously you try to put on the best cream, you have massages, you try to stay beautiful, but I think wrinkles can sometimes be more beautiful than having none.
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'Grandmother' doesn't mean that you have gray hair and you retire and stay home cooking cakes for your grandchildren.
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You discover yourself through the research of your work.
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If Kate Moss hadn't been booked when she was 14, Kate Moss might not exist.
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Designers have told me that their collections are so me, but I don't always recognise it because if you ask me what my style is, I'm really not that sure.
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I am very excited to be able to work more with young designers and support them.