Carine Roitfeld Quotes
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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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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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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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I love the free spirit in London.
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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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It's always fun when people ask you for advice.
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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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I am Parisian. I don't love the French.
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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 have good legs, so I prefer my skirt lengths and my high heels. It's like my uniform.
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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 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 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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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 have a lot to say about fashion - not just about fashion, but beauty, art.
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Even though jeans suit me, I never wear jeans.
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A lot of rumours on the Internet are wrong and horrible.
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I'm not bad-looking, but I'm not a beauty, either.
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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 not a nostalgic person: I never look back; I always forget.
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When you love fashion, there is no weekend. Everything just blends together.
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I think that something needs to be weird in order to have a real beauty.
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Sometimes pressure can be good, and it gives you a lot of energy to do something.