Carine Roitfeld Quotes
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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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Each morning I do my ballet class for one hour; after that, it means one hour less to get ready.
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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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Just because someone is holding a gun doesn't make an image controversial. It all depends on where you put the gun, who is holding it.
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The reason I call my book 'Irreverent' is because there were a lot of pictures that were very irreverent. Maybe I could call my book 'Forgiving' because maybe I made a lot of errors, too.
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Fashion is supposed to be light and not try too hard.
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'Vogue' is a very beautiful magazine, an institution, and I learned so much working there.
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I don't think because you have money you have taste... Education and money - this is quite rare. No?
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It's very difficult for designers today. How can someone produce so many shows? Now the minimum is four a year.
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I think I have character, and that is what people like in me.
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I am from the age of magazines, so the Internet is terrifying to me. But I am learning.
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I don't like intellectuals, or, at least, people who call themselves that way, because I am under the impression that there is always something condescending in their demeanour, and I don't like condescending people.
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When you have the baby, there is no BlackBerry, no computer; you just have the baby on your stomach, and your heart is beating the same time as the baby's. It's very nice.
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I don't have a big appetite. I don't eat a lot, to be honest - never. I'm a bit like a little bird, picking all day long, but I'm not getting pasta or getting all those things, you know?
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My private life is a lot more ladylike and less sultry than the fashion photos I imagine.
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I was the muse of Tom Ford and Gucci for years, but that was a long time ago.
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Makeup can help you capture a moment.
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I never like to wear too much makeup, and sometimes the best makeup is when it's not too perfect. I like to sometimes apply my makeup with my fingers.
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I want to be the Joan of Arc of fashion. I want to be the link between the runway and the real woman.
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To be a good model, you have to be very smart.
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I love ballet because you can see how beautiful the body is.
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I am very surprised by someone like Alexander Wang. I am amazed how he is good with fashion, with business, with public relations himself, with an attitude in his clothes that is spoken immediately.
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As you get older, you see life is very short, so you have to appreciate more and more and to enjoy it.