Carine Roitfeld Quotes
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For me, fashion is not about reality.
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I love the free spirit in London.
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The Russians are very much more up and down than the French.
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Makeup can help you capture a moment.
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There are so many magazines and so many editors out there that you have to be different.
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If I'm doing something in fashion, I will try to respect the 'laws' of the business, but I will try to keep my integrity and my respect for the designers and for my readers.
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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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I am Parisian. I don't love the French.
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It's always fun when people ask you for advice.
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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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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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I have good legs, so I prefer my skirt lengths and my high heels. It's like my uniform.
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A lot of rumours on the Internet are wrong and horrible.
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Even though jeans suit me, I never wear jeans.
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I'm not a nostalgic person: I never look back; I always forget.
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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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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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I'm not bad-looking, but I'm not a beauty, either.
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Paris is mostly retired people - I love it, and it's a beautiful city, but it's quite slow.
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I have a lot to say about fashion - not just about fashion, but beauty, art.
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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'm always independent. No boss.
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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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Sometimes pressure can be good, and it gives you a lot of energy to do something.