Carine Roitfeld Quotes
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When I don't know what to wear, I wear black lace.
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I think I have character, and that is what people like in me.
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There are too many 50-year-olds dressing as 20-year-olds.
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I don't think the woman in French 'Vogue' was an object. She was always a real woman.
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I'm not a superhero - I'm a super worker!
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Makeup can help you capture a moment.
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'Vogue' is a very beautiful magazine, an institution, and I learned so much working there.
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I love if someone invites me to a restaurant, so I don't know if that's a feminist.
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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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To be a good model, you have to be very smart.
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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 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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Fashion is supposed to be light and not try too hard.
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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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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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The Russians are very much more up and down than the French.
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You can be covered and be very sexy. It's not what you show; it's what you have in mind, the way you cross your legs, the way you talk to people.
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I love ballet because you can see how beautiful the body is.
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Look at someone like Steve Jobs. His look wasn't very special - black turtleneck and jeans - but he had style. He looked the same, and you knew it was him when you saw him. Plus, he was a very smart person, which is also very attractive. His style was simple, not distracting, and very strong.
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Fashion isn't something you can buy; you need to have the sense of it, and most people don't.
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For me, fashion is not about reality.
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We are very lucky to work in fashion and not work in a hospital or something where the biggest deal we come across is perhaps the length of a skirt.
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I'm still like a butterfly going from one job to another job. But it's quite lovely - I hope to keep this freedom, to have fun.
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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.