Carine Roitfeld Quotes
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Sometimes pressure can be good, and it gives you a lot of energy to do something.
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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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A lot of rumours on the Internet are wrong and horrible.
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Each morning, you dress to become a different woman. Fashion helps.
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I am not mean at all; I am not tough at all.
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Coco Chanel was always doing things with ballet, so it is a tradition clashing fashion and ballet.
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Ballet is good, because it makes you stand up tall.
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When Tom Ford asked me to consult for Gucci, I had never consulted in my life. I didn't know what consulting was, and look, we made something amazing.
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You can't put yourself into competition with a magazine like 'Vogue.' You have to create something new, something different.
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When a designer creates, he looks at the world around him.
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In Japan, you can learn how to make a bunch of flowers. This is an art. Tea ceremony, it's an art.
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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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When I was a little girl, my mother tried to make me dance, but I did not like it then.
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Karl Lagerfeld looks very tough because of the glasses, and he has all these rings and the leather gloves, and he's so smart. But he's a very nice person... when he comes into a room or studio, he is going to say hello to each person, and the same when he leaves.
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I never think I have to prove something.
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When you're writing, you're on your own, and I like to work as a team.
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When you love fashion, there is no weekend. Everything just blends together.
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If I could choose something besides fashion, I would love to be a ballerina.
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I'm not a nostalgic person: I never look back; I always forget.
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The Russians are extreme people: they are generous but crazy at the same time. They always have something to say, and I really like that.
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Fashion is a hard business.
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Becoming a grandmother brought me back to the things I forgot to love. Nature. Playing. Seeing animals. A new way of looking. A rejuvenation. A cycle of life - things come back to you. The details.
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In my 10 years, I never put a girl that was too skinny in French 'Vogue.'
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I want more women to run countries. There'd be more peace on Earth.