Carine Roitfeld Quotes
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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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The first Chanel jacket that I saw - that I knew was Chanel - was on TV. It was on Mrs. Kennedy - the pink one.
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It's always fun when people ask you for advice.
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I have good legs, so I prefer my skirt lengths and my high heels. It's like my uniform.
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When you go to a show, Americans in New York are very proper, much more so than the French. Everything is perfect. Their hair, the nails, everything. The look. Everything is perfection.
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You know it's very important, the role of a mother... I don't know, but it's feminism to me to love your kids.
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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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Sometimes, when you go to airport and look at the people, you see the worst looks - but the worst looks can give you more ideas than the best looks.
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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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I have a lot to say about fashion - not just about fashion, but beauty, art.
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I discovered the slip dress, which I think is one of the more French things because when you take off your clothes, even when to go into a shop to buy something, or you're going to Riccardo Tisci to try on a suit, it's like having protection.
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I'm always independent. No boss.
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At the start, I had no idea to go into fashion, because I thought people would think I was stupid. I don't worry about those things anymore.
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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 started wearing high heels when I first worked with Mario Testino. He is tall; I had to be at his height. And I have never stopped since then.
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I'm not bad-looking, but I'm not a beauty, either.
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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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One time, a burglar came to my apartment, so we called the police. My son was here, so I think they left before they tried to steal something. So the police come to my apartment, and they say, 'Oh my God, did they steal everything?' I was like, 'No, it was like that!'
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I love curvy women. Maybe because I'm not. I would love to be a Marilyn Monroe, but I'm very far away from that... So I love very curvy girls.
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I think that something needs to be weird in order to have a real beauty.
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People ask me 'Why you want to do another magazine - 10 years at 'Vogue,' a great magazine? Why do you want to make a new one? It's so difficult and there's already so many.' I wanted to do something new, bring a new vision.
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When everything is good, maybe I think it's the time to do something else.
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Even though jeans suit me, I never wear jeans.
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I think it's good to have surprises in fashion because we always see the same things.