Carine Roitfeld Quotes
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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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Fashion is supposed to be light and not try too hard.
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People might think I'm very hard, what with my black make-up, my hair over my eyes, etc. My innocence didn't always help me, but it did preserve something in me that maybe others don't have anymore. I'm inside my bubble, you could say, and thankfully so, because I don't think daily life is always great. It protects me.
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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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'Vogue' is a very beautiful magazine, an institution, and I learned so much working there.
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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 don't think because you have money you have taste... Education and money - this is quite rare. No?
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We have the sort of beautiful older woman here in Paris. People like Loulou de la Falaise and Betty Catroux, all these beautiful looking women over 60... So there is culture here in France that even if you are older, you can stay beautiful.
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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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I think when I became a grandmother my life changed a lot, and I think I changed personally.
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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.
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My name has become a brand - it could be make-up, clothing, perfume.
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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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I like to surprise people. I try to take risks.
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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.
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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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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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I am very lucky in that I can eat what I want and don't have to follow any special diet.
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I think I have character, and that is what people like in me.
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I get on well with models, and I like to treat them well.
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Makeup can help you capture a moment.
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There are a lot of good men's magazines. In England, you have 'Arena Homme+' and 'Another Man;' and in France we have 'L'Officiel Hommes.' But all are looking similar.
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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.'