Carine Roitfeld Quotes
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Fashion is supposed to be light and not try too hard.
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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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If people ask me to describe my look, I always say: 'Quite classic with an edge.'
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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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When I don't know what to wear, I wear black lace.
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Do what you are not supposed to do, like wear white shoes all year round.
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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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People say I look like my father. My son is very much like him.
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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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The Russians are very much more up and down than the French.
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Fashion is a completely international business.
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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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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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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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My name has become a brand - it could be make-up, clothing, perfume.
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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 don't think because you have money you have taste... Education and money - this is quite rare. No?
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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 am Parisian. I don't love the French.
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I'm not bad-looking, but I'm not a beauty, either.
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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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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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I love ballet because you can see how beautiful the body is.
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Either you are a good Virgo or a crazy Virgo! The good Virgo side of me is educating and raising the children - being there for them.