Carine Roitfeld Quotes
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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 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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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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There are too many 50-year-olds dressing as 20-year-olds.
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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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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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Makeup can help you capture a moment.
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The Russians are very much more up and down than the French.
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Fashion is supposed to be light and not try too hard.
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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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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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To be a good model, you have to be very smart.
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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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If people ask me to describe my look, I always say: 'Quite classic with an edge.'
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My name has become a brand - it could be make-up, clothing, perfume.
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For me, fashion is not about reality.
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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 love ballet because you can see how beautiful the body is.
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If Caravaggio was a photographer today, I would love to work with him. I love his dark vision - I have a dark vision.
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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 has a political role insofar as following it can give you the impression to belonging to a certain social group or a private club.
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It's always fun when people ask you for advice.
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I think that Americans, they love comfort more than Europeans. Americans created the T-shirt, the sweat pants, and they create the best sporting shoes.
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Each morning I do my ballet class for one hour; after that, it means one hour less to get ready.