Carine Roitfeld Quotes
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I never think I have to prove something.
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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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I think it is good when something can stay interesting for a long time. It's not just a trend for one month.
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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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In my 10 years, I never put a girl that was too skinny in French 'Vogue.'
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When everything is good, maybe I think it's the time to do something else.
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I'm not a nostalgic person: I never look back; I always forget.
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I like to provoke. I'm very French.
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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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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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Paris is mostly retired people - I love it, and it's a beautiful city, but it's quite slow.
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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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I am not mean at all; I am not tough at all.
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Fashion is a hard business.
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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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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 do think fashion is fun! Much more than people think.
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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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I think the 'Harpers Bazaar' woman is not a fashion victim; she understands fashion but is not a victim, you know.
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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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We have the sort of beautiful older woman here in Paris. People like Loulou de la Falaise and Betty Catroux, all these beautiful looking women over 60... So there is culture here in France that even if you are older, you can stay beautiful.
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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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When you love fashion, there is no weekend. Everything just blends together.