Carine Roitfeld Quotes
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The true test of a man's style is the haircut. There are some men who look good no matter how their hair is styled, whether it's trendy or not. A man can change his haircut many times, but to pull off any haircut, you have to be very chic. Like Brad Pitt.
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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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You don't choose your public; your public chooses you.
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I am very excited to be able to work more with young designers and support them.
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London Fashion Week isn't the most organised, but I don't mind that. It's such an exciting place - it's small and cool.
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If Kate Moss hadn't been booked when she was 14, Kate Moss might not exist.
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I think that each woman, whatever age, needs to recognize something good in her body. Someone has beautiful legs, someone has beautiful hair, someone else has beautiful decolletage or a beautiful waist or beautiful hands. Everyone has something great.
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Do what you are not supposed to do, like wear white shoes all year round.
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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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The most important thing is posture: when you get old, it's the way you walk, the way you stand, that shows it.
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My name has become a brand - it could be make-up, clothing, perfume.
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What is chic is just to be perfect, like magical, no?
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There are too many 50-year-olds dressing as 20-year-olds.
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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.'
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I started as a writer for magazines, and soon they asked me to illustrate my stories. I started from the bottom of the bottom. And I climbed the stairs, one by one.
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I actually love the 'rappers look,' with the saggy pants and oversized clothes. It's very deliberate.
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I would never share my daughter's wardrobe. Every five years you have to go through your wardrobe and say, 'This is possible, this is not possible.' But you have to be happy with yourself.
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To see yourself on the big screen, you're big, you hate your voice, your vocabulary. You say the same words, you speak bad.
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Anna Wintour is the most powerful woman in the global fashion industry, the first lady of fashion. She's a politician; I'm a stylist. They are two very different jobs.
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I made a big family when I was working at 'Vogue' for ten years, and I'm still friends with a lot of them.
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Each morning I do my ballet class for one hour; after that, it means one hour less to get ready.
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If people ask me to describe my look, I always say: 'Quite classic with an edge.'
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When I don't know what to wear, I wear black lace.