Carine Roitfeld Quotes
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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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I get on well with models, and I like to treat them well.
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I'm not bad-looking, but I'm not a beauty, either.
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I have a lot to say about fashion - not just about fashion, but beauty, art.
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I am afraid of blood, but for some reason often I put blood in my photos... I don't know why.
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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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The hair and makeup is very important in a fashion picture. When I create a look for a girl, it starts with the makeup. Sometimes it takes an entire day to find the look.
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You lose attitude when you feel too comfortable, so I prefer to wear clothes that have a certain edge to them.
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To me, makeup is fashion and vice versa. What I dress and what I wear always needs to work with my makeup, which is usually the same anyway.
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A lot of rumours on the Internet are wrong and horrible.
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Ballet is good, because it makes you stand up tall.
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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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In photo shoots, I rely on instinct. Which is not to say I don't bring ideas to a project or consider it beforehand.
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Sometimes pressure can be good, and it gives you a lot of energy to do something.
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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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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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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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I think it's good to have surprises in fashion because we always see the same things.
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When you have a magazine like 'Vogue,' you know a lot of kids are going to follow your pictures.
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Even though jeans suit me, I never wear jeans.
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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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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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When a designer creates, he looks at the world around him.